20 movies like Looking for Richard, ordered by similarity : Every Little Step(2008), McKellen: Playing the Part(2017), The Life of Reilly(2006), Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles(2019), And Everything Is Going Fine(2010), Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami(2017), Air Guitar Nation(2006), Cool & Crazy(2001), Comedian(2002), The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story(1996), Days of Thrills and Laughter(1961), Footlight Parade(1933) ...
Documentary
USA
1996
109 Minutes
Al Pacino Harris Yulin Penelope Allen Alec Baldwin Kevin Spacey Estelle Parsons Winona Ryder Aidan Quinn
actor al pacino shakespearean scholar richard iii charming offbeat positive engaging backstage theater new york city stage street actors theater production acting william shakespeare quest rise rivalry
Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."
Documentary, Music
USA
2008
96 Minutes
Adam Del Deo Candy Ann Brown Michelle Liu Coughlin Mara Davi Natascia Diaz Tyce Diorio Rick Faugno
actor actress dancer singer producer inspiring creative theater backstage stage show business theater production quest 1970s
Follows the plight of real-life dancers as they struggle through auditions for the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line". Also investigates the history of the show and the creative minds behind the original and current incarnations.
Documentary, Biography
UK
2017
92 Minutes
actor charming confident creative endearing engaging heartwarming positive witty england london theater growing up theater sexual identity sexual orientation acting growing up 21st century
Feature documentary on the life and work of Sir Ian McKellen.
Documentary
USA
2006
90 Minutes
Frank Anderson
actor audience gay man uplifting emotional engaging stage theater hollywood, calif. homosexuality performance game show family history alcoholism racism rise underdog transformation 2000s
If, in 1940, you had a lobotomized aunt, an institutionalized father, a racist mother, and were the only gay kid on the block, what do you think the odds would be that you'd end up a Tony ... See full summary »
Documentary, Music
USA
2019
92 Minutes
songwriter broadway producer actor choreographer broadway star author charming cheery creative inspiring new york city broadway theater stage office tradition religion anti-semitism gender roles female sexuality race
The origin story behind one of Broadway's most beloved musicals, Fiddler on The Roof, and its creative roots in early 1960s New York, when "tradition" was on the wane as gender roles, sexuality, race relations and religion were evolving.
Documentary
USA
2010
89 Minutes
actor writer profound disheartening witty engaging stage theater american life history father figure career humor spalding gray growing up love sacrifice 20th century
A look at the art of Spalding Gray who drew from real life experience to create a compelling and deeply personal series of monologues.
Documentary, Music
Ireland|UK
2017
116 Minutes
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Larger than life, wild, scary and androgynous - Grace Jones plays all these parts. Yet here we also discover her as a lover, daughter, mother, sister and even grandmother, as she submits ... See full summary »
Documentary, Biography, Music
USA
2006
78 Minutes
Dan Crane David S. Jung S. Craig Zahler Christian Finnegan Adam Crystal Peter Cilella
champion competitor air guitar player american spirited offbeat new york city finland strip club bedroom stage air guitar championship hobby music competition rise rivalry quest 2000s
It's time to rock and roll - air guitar style. AIR GUITAR NATION is the feature documentary about the year that air guitar swept America - from New York to Los Angeles and then all the way ... See full summary »
Documentary
2001
105 Minutes
Berlevåg Mannsangforening
singer fisherman factory worker audience charming engaging heartwarming russia norway city concert stage fishing village performance touring big break fighting quest underdog rise 2000s
Documentary
USA
2002
82 Minutes
comedian tv personality audience bartender actor hilarious fascinating playful nightclub backstage united states stand-up comedy rise to stardom fame show business jerry seinfeld orny adams underdog rise quest
A look at the work of two stand-up comics, Jerry Seinfeld and a lesser-known newcomer, detailing the effort and frustration behind putting together a successful act and career while living a life on the road.
Documentary
USA
1996
87 Minutes
Lauren Bacall Carol Channing Joan Collins Jules Feiffer Robert Goulet Dolly Haas Al Hirschfeld Joseph Papp Barbara Walters Nina Hirschfeld West
artist actor wife daughter amusing fascinating new york city apartment art celebrities family theater rise quest 1990s
The childhood, adolescence, and incredible adult years of Al Hirshfeld, celebrated creator of thousands of line drawings of famous people - many in the entertainment industry - over a span ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
1961
93 Minutes
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Charles Chaplin Ben Turpin Mack Sennett Douglas Fairbanks
actor comedian magician cop amusing engaging city wilderness america actors silent movies historical events adventure rescue quest 1920s
An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s. It starts with a 1905 look at French comedy, goes through the 1910s with ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1933
102 Minutes
James Cagney Joan Blondell Ruby Keeler Dick Powell Guy Kibbee Ruth Donnelly Hugh Herbert Frank McHugh
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Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.
Documentary
USA
1989
85 Minutes
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Relationships, rehearsals, performances, hobbies, family life of the members of the Guarneri string quartet
Documentary
USA
1994
113 Minutes
Bud Friedgen
performers singer actor movie star charming spectacular frenetic playful witty stage street hollywood, calif. entertainment celebration anniversary reunion adventure discovery 1940s
Third installment in the "That's Entertainment" series, featuring scenes from "The Hollywood Revue of 1929," "Brigadoon," "Singin' In The Rain," and many more MGM films.
Documentary
USA
2001
98 Minutes
Chris Hegedus The Cox Family Nashville Bluegrass Band The Peasall Sisters Fairfield Four
record producer musician singer emmylou harris allison krause holly hunter spirited engaging positive emotional stage backstage recording studio nashville, tenn. house country music collaboration rehearsal performance culture
This is a documentary about the musical artists who performed the songs in the Coen Brothers' film O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Comedy, Documentary
USA
2007
77 Minutes
comedian actor club owner author critic lighthearted engaging los angeles comedy club stage heckling comedy performance criticism quest rivalry discovery 2000s
A documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed, Jamie Kennedy takes on hecklers and critics and ask some questions ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2018
83 Minutes
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If a dance is not danced, it vanishes. If the Dancer Dances follows a group of New York City's top modern dancers as they reconstruct an iconic and mysterious work by the legendary Merce ... See full summary »
Documentary
2003
87 Minutes
Woody Harrelson Cheech Marin Nick Nolte Sean Penn Sheila Tousey
playwright nick nolte sean penn woody harrelson calm moving fascinating san francisco theater backstage theater production sam shepard father/son relationship writer's block performance adventure discovery 2000s
Documentary
UK
2007
110 Minutes
old man singer director conductor charming emotional offbeat uplifting retirement home massachusetts concert stage soundstage adaptation aging transformation quest 2000s
A documentary on a chorus of senior citizens from Massachusetts who cover songs by Jimi Hendrix, Coldplay, Sonic Youth, and other unexpected musicians.
Drama
USA
2018
94 Minutes
Helena Howard Molly Parker Miranda July Okwui Okpokwasili Felipe Bonilla Lisa Tharps Sunita Mani Curtiss Cook Reynaldo Piniella Myra Lucretia Taylor
actor actress director mother friend creative confident tense incredible new york city stage theater car park studio acting life story mother/daughter relationship theater life imitating art
A theatre director's latest project takes on a life of its own when her young star takes her performance too seriously.