Here we've displayed a list of the best Performer films : Been Rich All My Life(2006), Paris Is Burning(1990), Wattstax(1973), The Greatest Showman(2017), Victor/Victoria(1982), The Next Step Live: The Movie(2015), The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert(1994), Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey(1994), Make It Funky!(2005), The Jolson Story(1946), Fear of a Black Hat(1993), The Buddy Holly Story(1978) ... ...
8.3/10
Documentary
USA
2006
81 Minutes
Marion Coles Elaine Ellis Cleo Hayes Fay Ray
chorus girl elderly woman manager tap dancer performer endearing inspiring new york city europe jazz club nightclub harlem, n.y. stage music dance harlem renaissance aging silver belles reunion rise
Five sassy, tap dancing women aged 84 - 96. Meet the "Silver Belles".
8.2/10
Gay & Lesbian, Documentary
USA
1990
78 Minutes
André Christian Freddie Pendavis Willi Ninja Pepper LaBeija Junior Labeija Shari Headley Paris Duprée Dorian Corey
drag queen gay man performer friend spirited emotional new york city apartment gay bar stage drag queens prejudice poverty homophobia race relations underdog 1990s
A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.
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.
7.6/10
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.
7.6/10
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.
7.4/10
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
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
Australia
1994
102 Minutes
Terence Stamp Hugo Weaving Guy Pearce Bill Hunter Sarah Chadwick Mark Holmes Julia Cortez Ken Radley Alan Dargin June Marie Bennett Rebel Russell
drag queen transsexual mechanic wife performer campy offbeat bus desert australia outback homophobia road trip performance friendship show business quest transformation 1990s
Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.
7.4/10
Documentary
USA|UK
1994
83 Minutes
Clara Rockmore Robert Moog Nicolas Slonimsky Paul Shure Henry Solomonoff Suki Bader Lydia Kavina Brian Wilson Todd Rundgren Dr. Samuel Hoffman Ingrid Bergman
inventor musician scientist brian wilson performer fascinating creative quirky shocking new york city russia music the theremin cold war inventions kidnapping discovery quest 1990s
A documentary about the inventor of the first electronic synthesiser instrument and his subsequent life after he was abducted by the KGB as well as a history of his instrument.
7.2/10
Documentary
USA
2005
110 Minutes
singer musician performer cool engaging creative spirited new orleans stage performance musical influences musicians jazz blues gospel rise transformation 2000s
MAKE IT FUNKY! tells the story of New Orleans through words, sound and picture in this extraordinary documentary featuring the best of New Orleans' musicians, plus special guests Ahmet Ertegun, Bonnie Raitt, and Keith Richards.
7.2/10
Biography
USA
1946
128 Minutes
Larry Parks Evelyn Keyes William Demarest Bill Goodwin Ludwig Donath Tamara Shayne John Alexander Jo-Carroll Dennison Ernest Cossart Scotty Beckett William Forrest
cantor singer actor vaudevillian performer entertainer charming endearing playful rousing synagogue theater nightclub movie studio washington, d.c. backstage al jolson father/son relationship show business career vs. family
This movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson, a little Jewish boy who goes against the will of his father in order to be in showbiz. He becomes a star, falls in love with a... See full summary »
7.2/10
Comedy
USA|UK
1993
85 Minutes
Larry B. Scott Mark Christopher Lawrence Rusty Cundieff Kasi Lemmons Howie Gold Barry Heins Eric Laneuville
performer sociologist filmmaker manager groupie rapper hilarious hedonistic madcap road arena hotel hip-hop touring music industry sexual conquests violence rap music discovery rivalry
A mockumentary chronicling the rise and fall of NWH, a not particularly talented--or particularly bright but always controversial--hip-hop group.
7.2/10
Biography
USA
1978
113 Minutes
Gary Busey Don Stroud Charles Martin Smith William Jordan Maria Richwine Conrad Janis Albert Popwell Amy Johnston Jim Beach Jake Barnes Fred Travalena
performer band member wife rock star engaging frenetic rousing texas nashville, tenn. concert stage harlem, n.y. airplane buddy holly rock 'n' roll ambition freedom tragic death quest underdog love
The story of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death.
7.2/10
Documentary
USA
2006
88 Minutes
transsexual performer mother father contestant filmmaker touching emotional intense las vegas stage family home beauty pageant training gender identity family prejudice going home underdog growing up
In 2004, Las Vegas promoters planning a review starring Jahna Steele invite trans women to participate in "The World's Most Beautiful Transsexual Pageant," a two-day contest from which ... See full summary »
7.1/10
Biography, Drama
Brazil|France
2002
105 Minutes
Lázaro Ramos Marcélia Cartaxo Flávio Bauraqui Renata Sorrah Fellipe Marques Emiliano Queiroz Giovana Barbosa Ricardo Blat
transvestite prostitute performer hustler club owner unrestrained inspiring thrilling rio de janeiro nightclub cabaret integration race relations social change performance cross-dressing love rise transformation underdog
Loose portrait of João Francisco dos Santos, also known as Madame Satã, a sometime chef, transvestite, lover, father, hero and convict from Rio de Janeiro.
7.1/10
Comedy, Drama
Germany
2011
94 Minutes
Elmar Wepper Katja Rupé Marie Leuenberger Ozay Fecht Siegfried Terpoorten Hans Stadlbauer Mercan-Fatima Türköglu Ivan Anderson Gabi Geist
taxi driver performer taxidermist emotional moon city life family suspicion growing up
6-year old Hayat turns up in Hartmut's taxi without a word of German. All attempts to get rid of her fail. So he resigns himself to helping her find her mother. But is he helping her or she... See full summary »
6.9/10
Comedy
USA
1991
106 Minutes
comedian performer woman hilarious quirky rousing stage theater feminism comedy stand-up comedy lily tomlin one-woman show adventure discovery 1970s
This filmed version of Lily Tomlin's successful one-woman performance piece is sometimes classified as a "documentary."
6.9/10
Western
USA
1953
59 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Gail Davis Grandon Rhodes Sheila Ryan Kenne Duncan
performer sidekick toll road operator doctor gambler gene autry spirited engaging heartwarming texas saloon jail frontier stage music law and order crime murder land dispute mistaken identity
Poachers are harassing toll road owner Jen Larrabee. They want her land because it holds valuable minerals. Autry and the Cass County Boys, mistaken for Texas Rangers, help out.
6.9/10
Comedy
USA
1948
99 Minutes
Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon Elizabeth Taylor Peter Lawford Cesar Romero Lucile Watson Nigel Bruce Mary Boland Reginald Owen Ian Wolfe Phyllis Morris
performer daughter husband painter mother-in-law acrobat amusing endearing london france ship cabin mother/daughter relationship wedding family class conflict deception love quest forbidden love
A London chorus girl tries to rekindle her relationships with her daughter, who she gave up as an infant, and her estranged husband, when the former becomes engaged.
6.8/10
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Italy|USA
2018
152 Minutes
Dakota Johnson Tilda Swinton Mia Goth Angela Winkler Ingrid Caven Elena Fokina Sylvie Testud Renée Soutendijk Chloë Grace Moretz Jessica Harper Christine Leboutte
dancer choreographer witch performer ballerina doctor dark uneasy creepy chilling disturbing dance studio bedroom stage backstage doctor's office dance witchcraft suspicion possession
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
6.7/10
Documentary
USA
2018
83 Minutes
dancer performer choreographer business owner director intense incredible inspiring creative confident cool new york city dance studio stage backstage dance performance artistic struggle choreography quest
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 »
6.5/10
Musical
USA
1940
78 Minutes
Shirley Temple Jack Oakie Charlotte Greenwood Arleen Whelan George Montgomery Kathleen Howard Minor Watson Frank Swann Frank Sully Sarah Edwards Mae Marsh
child mother father townsperson performer teacher lighthearted spirited charming small town new england vaudeville show business hurricane prejudice acceptance transformation adventure discovery 1940s
Shirley's last film on her 20th Century Fox contract (aged 12). Her parents (Oakie, Greenwood) decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Comedy
USA
1932
90 Minutes
Marion Davies Robert Montgomery Billie Dove James Gleason Jimmy Durante ZaSu Pitts Sidney Toler Douglas Dumbrille Sarah Padden Louise Carter
showgirl young woman friend performer boyfriend father emotional spirited amusing new york city theater tenement house stage speakeasy family home show business friendship relationships love triangle career aspirations
Two young women find their friendship strained when one wins a role in a Broadway show, and the other's boyfriend begins to fall for her.
6.4/10
Documentary
USA
2005
89 Minutes
Chris Albrecht Steven Banks
george carlin drew carey comedian performer actor writer hilarious witty disturbing unrestrained comedy club stand-up comedy performance taboo improvisation profanity humor discovery rivalry 2000s
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
6.4/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1941
85 Minutes
Arthur Askey Richard Murdoch Kathleen Harrison Herbert Lomas
train conductor stationmaster train passenger doctor arms dealer performer amusing creepy suspenseful witty cornwall, england train train station ghost stories train travel gun running smuggling stranded investigation mystery
High jinks and chills ensue when a group of people become stranded at an isolated station and a legendary phantom train approaches.
6.4/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1991
145 Minutes
Bette Midler James Caan George Segal Patrick O'Neal Christopher Rydell Brandon Call Arye Gross
performer entertainer writer soldier husband uncle emotional dark united states stage england korea vietnam world war ii korean war vietnam war jealousy teamwork performance quest
U.S. entertainer Eddie Sparks wants to bring some fun to the soldiers during World War II and contacts singer/dancer Dixie Leonard for help. They become the perfect team and tour from North... See full summary »
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1969
110 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Deborah Kerr Gene Hackman Scott Wilson William Windom Bonnie Bedelia
skydiver rookie aunt uncle love interest performer engaging gripping intense melodramatic kansas small town family home airplane unlikely romance marital problems affair performance skydiving love
Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.
6.4/10
Documentary
USA
2015
88 Minutes
Misty Copeland
professional performer ballerina fascinating inspiring united states biography racial issues discovery rise sacrifice temptation 20th century
A feature documentary on African American ballerina Misty Copeland that examines her prodigious rise, her potentially career ending injury alongside themes of race and body image in the elite ballet world.
6.3/10
Kids & Family, Fantasy, Drama
USA|UK|Australia|Canada
2019
112 Minutes
Colin Farrell Michael Keaton Danny DeVito Eva Green Alan Arkin Nico Parker Finley Hobbins Roshan Seth Lars Eidinger Deobia Oparei Joseph Gatt
elephant circus performer child performer circus owner mouse endearing charming playful sad emotional amusing circus stable train theme park courage elephants flying friendship
A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.
6.2/10
Documentary, Music
Ireland|UK
2017
116 Minutes
performer singer model actress engaging inspiring new york city jamaica stage backstage fame performance music rise
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 »
6.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1968
100 Minutes
Jason Robards Britt Ekland Norman Wisdom Elliott Gould Forrest Tucker Harry Andrews Joseph Wiseman Denholm Elliott
stripper amish man comedian club owner performer hilarious sultry unrestrained pennsylvania lower east side new york city nightclub burlesque running away amish culture love triangle father/daughter relationship dance escape love
A naive Amish young woman runs away from her home in Pennsylvania to New York City where she hopes to act in religious stage plays but ends up performing in Burlesque theatre.
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