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Showbiz Comedy

A type of film that concentrates on the comic aspects of show business. These films may range from light comedy (42nd Street,There's No Business Like Show Business) to scathing satire (King of Comedy,Tootsie).
Major Works
Rating
Year
 Title
 
 Director
  9 Stars 1982 Tootsie   Sydney Pollack
  9 Stars 1984 This Is Spinal Tap   Rob Reiner
  9 Stars 1941 Sullivan's Travels   Preston Sturges
  9 Stars 1952 Singin' in the Rain   Stanley Donen
  9 Stars 1968 The Producers   Mel Brooks
  9 Stars 1935 A Night at the Opera   Sam Wood
  8 Stars 1973 Day for Night   François Truffaut
  8 Stars 1937 Stage Door   Gregory La Cava
  8 Stars 1992 The Player   Robert Altman
  7 Stars 1996 Waiting for Guffman   Christopher Guest
  7 Stars 1995 Living in Oblivion   Tom DiCillo
  7 Stars 1994 Bullets Over Broadway   Woody Allen
  7 Stars 1981 S.O.B.   Blake Edwards
  7 Stars 1982 My Favorite Year   Richard Benjamin
  7 Stars 1983 The King of Comedy   Martin Scorsese
  6 Stars 1999 Galaxy Quest   Dean Parisot
  6 Stars 1999 Bowfinger   Frank Oz
  6 Stars 1999 Cradle Will Rock   Tim Robbins
  6 Stars 1990 Postcards from the Edge   Mike Nichols
  6 Stars 1992 Noises Off   Peter Bogdanovich
  6 Stars 1984 Broadway Danny Rose   Woody Allen
  5 Stars 1999 The Muse   Albert Brooks
  5 Stars 1998 Illuminata   John Turturro
  5 Stars 1997 Hijacking Hollywood   Neil Mandt
  5 Stars 1997 Viva Erotica   Derek Yee
  5 Stars 1983 To Be or Not to Be   Alan Johnson
  5 Stars 1991 Soapdish   Michael Hoffman
    5 Stars 1938 Room Service   William Seiter
  5 Stars 1947 The Perils of Pauline   George Marshall
    5 Stars 1933 Going Hollywood   Raoul Walsh
  5 Stars 1986 Ginger and Fred   Federico Fellini
  5 Stars 1989 The Big Picture   Christopher Guest
    4 Stars 1958 Nusumareta Yokujo   Shohei Imamura
    4 Stars 1995 In the Bleak Midwinter   Kenneth Branagh
  4 Stars 1994 Jimmy Hollywood   Barry Levinson
  4 Stars 1944 Step Lively   Tim Whelan
  4 Stars 1992 Mistress   Barry Primus
  4 Stars 1963 Bye Bye Birdie   George Sidney
  3 Stars 1997 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn   Alan Smithee
  3 Stars 1993 CB4: The Movie   Tamra Davis
  2 Stars 2000 Isn't She Great   Andrew Bergman
  2 Stars 1993 The Pickle   Paul Mazursky
 
 
 
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