Showbiz Dramas on Netflix
Last updated December 11, 2023
Rang De Basanti
2006 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsAn English filmmaker turns to a group of student actors to film a docudrama about India's revolution against British rule in the 1920s. Her cast soon realizes, however, that their modern lifestyles do little to honor their forefathers' sacrifices.
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Imitation of Life
1959 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsLora, a white widow with a daughter, and Annie, a black single mother, move in together and face a huge challenge as they try to raise their children. Annie's daughter favors her light-skinned father and comes to resent her mother's black identity.
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Battlefield America
2012 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsTo fulfill his community service sentence, arrogant businessman Sean must help a group of aspiring young dancers who want to compete in an underground contest. Hoping to impress Sara, the kids' mentor, Sean hires a professional coach to train them.
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The Sapphires
2012 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThe spirit and vitality of 1960s soul music are at the core of this film about a real-life Australian aborigine singing group and their bumpy career. Three sisters and a cousin are brought together as the Sapphires by a talent scout with a plan.
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The Artist
2011 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsWinner of five Oscars, this artful black-and-white silent film follows the romance between a silent-era superstar on a downward spiral and a rising young starlet who embraces the future of cinema at the dawn of the "talkies."
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Filly Brown
2012 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsOffered a chance to be a star, a young rapper must decide whether to go for the gold or remain true to herself and the friends who've helped her. Meanwhile, her family struggles, with her mom in jail and her ex-gangbanger dad trying to go straight.
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Even the Rain
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn this provocative film-within-a-film, a director heads to Cochabamba, Bolivia, to shoot a movie about the trespasses of Christopher Columbus in the New World, only to find the locals protesting present-day exploitation of the poor.
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Honey 2
2011 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsThis sequel centers on teen Maria Ramirez, who's determined to prove herself as a street dancer after a scrape with the law. Fresh out of juvie, she heads to the Bronx rec center where she was introduced to the moves of her idol, Honey Daniels.
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Beat Street
1984 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsA group of Bronx teens use their dancing, rapping and artistic skills to lift themselves out of the ghetto. Dazzling street moves are on display in this musical drama that was one of the first films to feature rap music.
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Video Girl
2011 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsIn this urban drama, sweet small-town girl Lorie Walker thinks all her dreams have come true when she becomes a famous hip-hop video star -- but she soon finds herself spiraling down into a dark world of drinking and drugs.
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King of Paper Chasin'
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThis gritty, urban drama goes inside the world of gangsta rap with the story of Carter Blanche (Dwayne "DL" Clark), a notorious, ambitious drug dealer who wants to go straight by entering the music business, but both his enemies and friends impede his progress. Carter's girlfriend, Thalia (Piarry Oriol), cooperates with an FBI investigation into his criminal empire, while his best friend foments a violent betrayal upon being released from prison.
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All About Eve
1950 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsWriter-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's sharp script anchors this story about New York City theater life, with Bette Davis playing an aging Broadway diva who employs a starstruck fan (Anne Baxter) as her assistant, only to learn the woman is a conniving upstart. The now-classic All About Eve won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Mankiewicz), Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (George Sanders).
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Harishchandrachi Factory
2009 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsAgainst a backdrop of burgeoning social unrest, neophyte filmmaker Dadasaheb Phalke (Nandu Madhav) makes history in 1913 as the director of India's first feature-length film, Raja Harishchandra, igniting a national passion for cinema. As India's official selection for the 2010 Oscars, Paresh Mokashi's biopic captures the early struggles of Phalke and his family, revealing what would become one of the country's most significant sources of revenue.
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8 1/2
1963 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsDog-tired movie director Guido Anselmi retreats to thoughts of yesteryear when his producers, his wife and his mistress all pressure him to start making another movie in director Federico Fellini's rumination on the joys and rigors of filmmaking.
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Rock On!!
2008 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsAditya, Joe, Kedar and Rob hoped that their rock band, Magik, would experience success, but destiny had other plans. After breaking up and establishing regular lives, the band members reunite and take another shot at fulfilling their dream.
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Hustle & Flow
2005 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsTerrence Howard turns in an Oscar-nominated performance in director Craig Brewer's indie drama as DJay, a pimp with aspirations of grandeur who wants to make it as a rapper but discovers that fame isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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Shakespeare in Love
1998 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsYoung Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman (Gwyneth Paltrow) auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy. This bittersweet romance won seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actress.
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Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsDetermined to leave his criminal days behind, inner-city drug dealer Marcus pursues the one thing that inspires him -- rap music -- but on his life-altering journey, the aspiring artist runs into tough times.
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Topsy-Turvy
1999 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsAfter their production of "Princess Ida" tanks, Arthur Sullivan (Allan Corduner) and William Gilbert (Jim Broadbent) start a cold war that threatens to end their long-lasting partnership -- but friends and associates work overtime to bring them back together. The result is their classic play "The Mikado." Mike Leigh's thoughtful musical comedy-drama garnered four Academy Award nominations and won for costume design and makeup.
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Redemption Road
2010 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsWhen a compulsive fear of performing threatens to derail his career, white bluesman Jefferson Bailey sets off on a life-changing drive from Austin, Texas, to Huntsville, Ala., accompanied by a kindly African American stranger.
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Rough Cut
2008 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this blood-and-guts Korean action drama, a film-within-the-film threatens to become more real -- and more deadly -- than the life of its bad-boy star (Su-hyeon Hong) when he hires a real gangster to take on an important role. Desperate to avoid scandal and career suicide after beating a fellow actor half to death, spoiled superstar Su-Tae gets more than he bargained for from the performer's lethally stoic replacement, Gang-Pae (Ji-seob So).
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Aaja Nachle
2007 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsTheater actress Diya contemplates life and creativity with her director (and onetime lover) and a younger actress in this joyous musical from India. Meanwhile, Diya tries to brighten the lives of the people in her small town through dance and song.
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Mommie Dearest
1981 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsBased on Christina Crawford's scandalous tell-all memoir, Mommie Dearest paints a portrait of a Joan Crawford the public never knew. The film portrays Crawford as a wicked, abusive mother who lives as though she's perpetually onscreen.
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The Turning Point
1977 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsShirley MacLaine stars as DeeDee, a former classical ballerina who cut short her rise to fame when she decided to settle down and raise children. When her daughter shows promise as a ballerina, DeeDee is forced to confront her past choices.
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The Doors
1991 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsDirector Oliver Stone's sex-and-drug-soaked biopic chronicles Jim Morrison's rise from obscurity to the pinnacle of fame as the lead singer for the Doors, culminating in his tragic final days in Paris.
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