Movies Like National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
If you liked National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika (2017), a drama movie directed by Marianne Elliott, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaAs a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father's death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity…
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The Boys in the Band (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaAt a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.
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Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaA group of gay friends spend summer weekends together at a lakeside house in upstate New York. As the season progresses and secrets begin to surface, the complex relationships within the group are sometimes strained…
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An Englishman in New York (2009)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaBiographical drama based on the last 20 years of Crisp's life. The literary figure and gay iconoclast emigrated to New York in 1981 and lived there until his death. The film observes Crisp in both his public and…
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Rent (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaThe story of several friends in New York City facing financial poverty, homophobia, AIDS, and, of course, rent.
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The Boys in the Band (1970)
★ 7/10Also dramaHarold is celebrating a birthday, and his friend Michael has drafted some other friends to help commemorate the event. As the evening progresses, an unexpected guest shows up, the alcohol flows, the knives come out…
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The Normal Heart (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaThe story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose…
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Synecdoche, New York (2008)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaA theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
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Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaAn uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest…
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A Chorus Line (1985)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaA group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach. After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie, who once had a…
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The Sound of Music Live! (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaThe Sound of Music Live! is a television special that was originally broadcast by NBC on December 5, 2013. Produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the special was an adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway…
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My Brother the Devil (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaFourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older brother, Rashid, a charismatic…
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Hamlet (1948)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaWinner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as…
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Mammal (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaAfter Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the…
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What Maisie Knew (2013)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaIn New York City, six-year-old Maisie is caught in the middle of a bitter custody battle between her self-absorbed parents—an aging rock singer mother and a distracted art dealer father. As both quickly marry new…
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Hamilton (2025)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaPresenting the tale of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, this filmed version of the original Broadway smash hit is the story of America then, told by America now.
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tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaOn the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.
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The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaA decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.
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Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
★ 7/10Also dramaThe story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills…
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Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaUp-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the…