Here we've displayed a list of the best Performance films : An Evening With the Royal Ballet(1964), The Royal Ballet(1960), The Life of Reilly(2006), The Circus(1928), Opening Night(1977), High Fidelity: The Guarneri String Quartet(1989), Jazz on a Summer's Day(1959), Monterey Pop(1969), Genghis Blues(1999), Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer(2007), Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt(2004), He Who Gets Slapped(1924) ... ...
8.3/10
Musical
UK
1964
85 Minutes
Anthony Havelock-Allan
rudolf nureyev margot fonteyn ballerina partner poet charming spectacular theater stage london royal ballet performance fairy tales poetry rise discovery 1960s
Documentary about the Royal Ballet. Includes selections from "Les Sylphides" and "The Sleeping Beauty".
8.3/10
Musical
UK
1960
90 Minutes
Margot Fonteyn Michael Somes Julia Farren Rosemary Lindsay Alexander Grant Franklin White Bryan Ashbridge
ballerina dancer prince mermaid bird partner emotional fascinating passionate sad london royal opera house stage forest sea castle dance performance partnership royal ballet
Filmed on the stage of London's Covent Garden. Includes extracts from Swan lake, Ondine & The Firebird.
8.2/10
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 »
8.1/10
Comedy
USA
1928
72 Minutes
Charles Chaplin Merna Kennedy Al Ernest Garcia Harry Crocker Stanley Sanford John Rand George Davis Henry Bergman Steve Murphy Betty Morrissey Tiny Sandford
tramp beautiful woman ringmaster acrobat police officer magician playful madcap endearing hilarious big top cage fun house backstage wedding false accusations unrequited love circus love triangle performance
The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.
8.0/10
Drama
USA
1977
144 Minutes
Gena Rowlands Ben Gazzara Joan Blondell John Cassavetes Paul Stewart Zohra Lampert John Finnegan Ray Powers
actress playwright director alcoholic spiritual leader girl chilling bleak profound theater street stage mental illness alcoholism theater breakdown performance fall wretched excess 1970s
A renowned actress teeters on the edge of a breakdown as she counts down the days toward a big Broadway opening.
8.0/10
Documentary
USA
1989
85 Minutes
violinist cellist musician rival coworker engaging fascinating amusing stage recording studio united states university music performance rehearsal rivalry relationships guarneri string quartet rivalry transformation
Relationships, rehearsals, performances, hobbies, family life of the members of the Guarneri string quartet
8.0/10
Documentary, Music
USA
1959
85 Minutes
Gerry Mulligan Louis Armstrong Dinah Washington Thelonious Monk Anita O'Day Chuck Berry Mahalia Jackson Danny Barcelona Urbie Green
jazz musician mahalia jackson anita o'day louis armstrong thelonious monk audience uplifting creative playful newport, r.i. stage festival jazz concert performance live show music newport jazz festival discovery quest
The highlights of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.
8.0/10
Documentary, Music
USA
1969
80 Minutes
rock star jefferson airplane jimi hendrix mama cass paul simon the who uplifting engaging california festival stage concert performance rock 'n' roll discovery 1960s
A film about the greatest pre-Woodstock rock music festival.
7.9/10
Documentary
USA
1999
88 Minutes
Richard Feynman
bluesman guitarist blind person b.b. king musician fascinating emotional festival tuva russia san francisco town teaching travel radio performance throat singing paul pena quest transformation
San Francisco bluesman and composer, Paul Peña makes a musical pilgrimage to the land of Tuva.
7.9/10
Documentary, Music
USA
2007
93 Minutes
Anita O'Day Buddy Bregman Leonard Feather Will Friedwald Russell Garcia Johnny Mandel
jazz singer friend critic musician inspiring engaging chicago stage anita o'day drug addiction poverty performance struggle imprisonment rise underdog 1960s
A tribute to jazz diva Anita O'Day, completed just weeks before her death in November 2006.
7.8/10
Documentary
USA
2004
99 Minutes
willie nelson emmylou harris steve earle kris kristofferson singer songwriter brooding passionate austin, texas stage townes van zandt country music show business alcoholism mental illness performance wretched excess transformation underdog 1990s
Be Here to Love Me - Chronicles the fascinating and often turbulent life of musician Townes van Zandt.
7.8/10
Drama
USA
1924
76 Minutes
Lon Chaney Norma Shearer John Gilbert Tully Marshall Marc McDermott Ford Sterling Harvey Clarke Paulette Duval Ruth King Clyde Cook Brandon Hurst
clown circus performer partner baron wife brooding emotional uneasy laboratory household circus tent arena cage performance disillusionment dignity unrequited love science revenge
A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous count who once betrayed him.
7.8/10
Music, Biography, Drama, History
USA|Germany
2005
136 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Reese Witherspoon Ginnifer Goodwin Robert Patrick Dallas Roberts Dan John Miller Larry Bagby III Shelby Lynne Tyler Hilton Waylon Payne Shooter Jennings
musician elvis presley wife mother father jerry lee lewis gripping emotional memphis, tenn. household farm concert stage hotel prison johnny cash country music drug addiction infidelity performance family
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.
7.8/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
France
1947
110 Minutes
Louis Jouvet Bernard Blier Suzy Delair Pierre Larquey Simone Renant Jeanne Fusier-Gir Charles Dullin Robert Dalban Blavette Claudine Dupuis J. Daurand
singer pianist businessman inspector femme fatale dark cheeky engaging paris music hall murder musicians performance mystery love fall 1940s
Jenny Lamour wants to succeed in music hall. Her husband and accompanist is Maurice Martineau, a nice but jealous man. When he knew Jenny is making eyes at Brignon, an old businessman, in ... See full summary »
7.8/10
Mystery & Thriller
France|Poland|Norway
1991
97 Minutes
Irène Jacob Philippe Volter Claude Duneton Guillaume De Tonquedec W?adys?aw Kowalski Halina Gryglaszewska Kalina Jedrusik Aleksander Bardini Jerzy Gudejko Janusz Sterninski Sandrine Dumas
beautiful woman singer doppelganger boyfriend puppeteer emotional fascinating france poland paris krakow, poland street apartment double life existential crisis aspirations performance romance identity discovery
Two parallel stories about two identical women; one living in Poland, the other in France. They don't know each other, but their lives are nevertheless profoundly connected.
7.7/10
Documentary, Music
USA
1973
98 Minutes
James Alexander Raymond Allen Isaac Hayes Luther Ingram Jesse Jackson Albert King Ted Lange Little Milton Richard Pryor Mavis Staples Roebuck "Pops" Staples
singer comedian performer audience amusing emotional los angeles coliseum stage street watts riots performance comedy music community discovery 1970s
Documentary covering a Stax Records-sponsored all-day concert at the 1972 Watts Summer Festival with performances by Stax Records artists such as Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas, The Staples Singers, and more.
7.7/10
Documentary, Music
Germany|USA|UK|France|Cuba
1999
101 Minutes
singer guitarist pianist musician spirited emotional havana apartment recording studio new york city amsterdam cuba aging performance revitalization musicians ry cooder underdog discovery rise
Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians' careers.
7.7/10
Documentary
USA
2005
121 Minutes
Daniel Geller
ballerina ballet instructor irina baranova alicia markova impresario endearing striking creative st. petersburg, russia monte carlo, monaco melbourne, australia paris new orleans stage ballet ballets russes soviet union performance rise transformation
Ballets Russes is an intimate portrait of a group of pioneering artists -- now in their 70s, 80s and 90s -- who gave birth to modern ballet.
7.6/10
Documentary, Music
USA
1972
93 Minutes
Pierre Adidge
col. tom parker musician guitarist fan rousing emotional confident america virginia north carolina texas stage elvis presley music rock 'n' roll country music concert performance quest adventure
Concert footage and offstage documentary of singer Elvis Presley.
7.6/10
Comedy, Gay & Lesbian
UK|USA
1982
133 Minutes
Julie Andrews James Garner Robert Preston Lesley Ann Warren Alex Karras John Rhys-Davies Graham Stark Peter Arne Sherloque Tanney Michael Robbins
soprano performer gangster ex-boyfriend girlfriend bodyguard witty charming paris nightclub hotel apartment restaurant cross-dressing homosexuality poverty cabaret investigation performance quest
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
7.6/10
Drama, Music
USA
1991
122 Minutes
Robert Townsend Michael Wright Leon Harry Lennix Tico Wells Chuck Patterson Diahann Carroll Hawthorne James Harold Nicholas
singer manager record producer groupie friend gritty moving rousing detroit recording studio record store concert stage backstage ghetto rags to riches music industry african-americans racism performance jealousy
The story of the rise and fall of an African American vocal group.
7.6/10
Documentary, Music
USA
2008
97 Minutes
The Edge Jimmy Page Jack White Dallas Schoo
musician guitarist singer inspiring creative cool soundstage tennessee household england hall music guitar meeting performance discovery rise 2000s
A documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of three significant rock musicians: the Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White.
7.6/10
Musical, Biography, Drama, History
USA
2017
105 Minutes
Hugh Jackman Zac Efron Michelle Williams Rebecca Ferguson Zendaya Keala Settle Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Paul Sparks Natasha Liu Bordizzo Austyn Johnson Cameron Seely
showman circus owner circus performer acrobat performer trapeze artist dreamy creative lighthearted charming amusing spectacular connecticut new york city circus office stage tent p.t. barnum circus life
Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
7.5/10
Documentary, Music
USA
2006
89 Minutes
Mike D Adam Horovitz Adam Yauch Doug E. Fresh Darryl McDaniels Ben Stiller
the beastie boys audience member musician cool frenetic madison square garden concert stage new york city rap music filmmaking performance discovery 2000s
A live performance shot by audience members at a 2004 Beastie Boys concert at Madison Square Garden.
7.5/10
Comedy, Drama
Canada|France
1989
119 Minutes
Lothaire Bluteau Catherine Wilkening Johanne-Marie Tremblay Rémy Girard Robert Lepage Gilles Pelletier Yves Jacques Denys Arcand
actor priest performers passionate profound creative canada montreal stage actors religion christianity controversy rebellion performance underdog discovery 1980s
A group of actors put on an unorthodox, but acclaimed Passion Play which incites the opposition of the Catholic Church while the actors' lives themselves begin to mirror the Passion itself.
7.4/10
Documentary
Canada
2015
80 Minutes
Victoria Baldesarra Isaac Lupien Lamar Johnson Jordan Clark Trevor Tordjman Brittany Raymond Jennifer Pappas Samantha Grecchi Myles Erlick Amy Wright
dancer dance instructor interviewee interviewer performer audience charming cheery confident creative engaging lighthearted tour bus concert hall concert stage dance floor touring performance live show road trip
The film features exclusive footage of the dancers from the series "The Next Step", as they prepared for their first-ever tour in Canada. Also includes live performances and exclusive interviews with cast members.
7.4/10
Documentary
USA
2010
91 Minutes
comedian actor drummer singer deaf person creative emotional gutsy los angeles new york city comedy festival recording studio college stage deafness musicians creative process disability homelessness performance
This inspirational documentary follows four deaf entertainers: a comic, drummer, actor and a singer as they attempt to cross over to mainstream audiences. These uniquely talented entertainers overcome great challenges to celebrate success.
7.4/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
103 Minutes
Judy Garland Fred Astaire Peter Lawford Ann Miller Jules Munshin Clinton Sundberg Richard Beavers Jeni Le Gon Dick Simmons Jimmy Bates
dancer partner chorus girl friend endearing heartwarming charming new york city theater bar dance performance fame new love discovery transformation love 1900s
A nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and to prove he can make any partner a star.
7.4/10
Romance, Drama
USA|Japan|France
2005
136 Minutes
Zhang Ziyi Ken Watanabe Michelle Yeoh Koji Yakusho Youki Kudoh Gong Li Kaori Momoi Tsai Chin Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Suzuka Ohgo Randall Duk Kim
geisha rival mentor servant client young girl passionate spectacular gripping engaging kyoto, japan geisha house bordello house performance training servitude coming of age romance unintended consequences
Nitta Sayuri reveals how she transcended her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.
7.4/10
Documentary
USA
1985
97 Minutes
Kenny Kirkland Miles A. Copeland III Omar Hakim Darryl Jones Branford Marsalis Dolette McDonald Janice Pendarvis Lou Salvatore
rock star singer musician wife son creative engaging concert stage england france sting performance fame parenthood rehearsal popular music transformation discovery 1980s
Documents the preparation and rehearsals for Sting's first solo concert, as well as his supporting band's opinions on their leader and his controversial efforts.
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