Showbiz Dramas on Netflix

An idealistic English filmmaker casts a group of student actors in her docudrama about India's revolution against British rule in the 1920s.

Year: 2006
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix rating: 4/5
Runtime: 02:46:39
Netflix ID: 70047320 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Truman Burbank is the star of 'The Truman Show,' a 24-hour-a-day TV phenomenon that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge.

Year: 1998
IMDb: 8.1
Netflix rating: 3.7/5
Runtime: 01:42:54
Netflix ID: 11819086 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A gifted young singer becomes an instant sensation on a popular talent show. But her real goal is earning the love of her father, a member of the jury.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 8.1
Runtime: 01:58:26
Netflix ID: 81205993 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Career aspirations run up against bittersweet romance in modern-day Los Angeles, as two artists face a heartbreaking dilemma.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8
Runtime: 02:07:38
Netflix ID: 80095365 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Noah Baumbach directs this incisive and compassionate look at a marriage coming apart and a family staying together.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8
Runtime: 02:16:58
Netflix ID: 80223779 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Winner of five Oscars, this black-and-white silent film follows the romance between a silent-era legend on a downward spiral and a rising starlet.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Runtime: 01:40:34
Netflix ID: 70189319 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A well-endowed busboy is taken in by a tight-knit group of 1970s porn actors and transforms himself into skin flick celebrity Dirk Diggler.

Year: 1997
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix rating: 3.6/5
Runtime: 02:35:29
Netflix ID: 1180077 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This acclaimed biopic follows country singer Johnny Cash from his hardscrabble days on an Arkansas farm to his time inside Memphis's Sun Studios.

Year: 2005
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Runtime: 02:15:48
Netflix ID: 70023968 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Four friends hoped that their rock band would be a hit. After breaking up, the band members reunite and take another shot at fulfilling their dream.

Year: 2008
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix rating: 3.7/5
Runtime: 02:24:42
Netflix ID: 70110883 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

From the depths of addiction to the heights of stardom to underworld entanglements, this biopic traces the checkered past of Indian actor Sanjay Dutt.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.8
Runtime: 02:38:56
Netflix ID: 81020508 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A Hollywood screenwriter battles insecurity as he struggles to adapt The Orchid Thief -- a book about a mercurial orchid poacher named John Laroche.

Year: 2002
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 01:50:25
Netflix ID: 60025026 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When he is blacklisted by Hollywood for his leftist political views, screenwriter Dalton Trumbo struggles to find work in secret as a ghost writer.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 7.5
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Runtime: 02:04:07
Netflix ID: 80057100 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Two childhood friends who bonded at their town's cinema reunite as adults when their big-screen passions bring them together on the same movie set.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 7.5
Runtime: 01:53:08
Netflix ID: 81072910 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

While making a film about the incursion of Christopher Columbus in the New World, a director finds the Bolivian locals protesting modern exploitation.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 7.4
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Runtime: 01:42:43
Netflix ID: 70154110 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A hot-shot Chilean ad executive creates a media campaign opposing military dictator Augusto Pinochet during the referendum on his presidency in 1988.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 7.4
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 01:57:44
Netflix ID: 70243255 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Aspiring actor Greg moves to Los Angeles with his strange friend Tommy, then agrees to star in his movie. Things start weird and get a lot weirder.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 7.4
Runtime: 01:43:39
Netflix ID: 80180766 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In 1970s LA, struggling comedian Rudy Ray Moore hits it big with his raunchy alter ego, Dolemite, then risks it all to take his act to the big screen.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.3
Runtime: 01:58:16
Netflix ID: 80182014 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A film director, who is a member of a shrinking ethnic community, searches for the '13th fundamental truth' of his people -- as well as a soul mate.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 7.3
Runtime: 01:55:09
Netflix ID: 81155728 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In rehab, pop star Elton John looks back at his humble origins, timeless songs and heady moments of inspiration and excess. Based on his true story.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.3
Runtime: 02:01:45
Netflix ID: 81044418 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Oliver Stone's biopic chronicles Jim Morrison's rise from obscurity to the pinnacle of fame with the Doors, culminating in his tragic final days.

Year: 1991
IMDb: 7.2
Netflix rating: 3.6/5
Runtime: 02:20:36
Netflix ID: 454552 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In this indie drama, an aging filmmaker recounts his life before the accident that left him blind, when he became entangled with an aspiring actress.

Year: 2009
IMDb: 7.2
Netflix rating: 3.6/5
Runtime: 02:07:30
Netflix ID: 70117230 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Willie Brown sells the devil his soul so he can become a legendary blues singer but eventually winds up in a prison hospital regretting his choice.

Year: 1986
IMDb: 7.1
Runtime: 01:38:47
Netflix ID: 70001919 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

From the corner of a café, a young writer eavesdrops and reflects on fellow patrons as their personal conundrums unfold before her.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.1
Runtime: 01:06:11
Netflix ID: 81092848 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Desperate for a breakthrough as she nears the big 4-0, struggling New York City playwright Radha finds inspiration by reinventing herself as a rapper.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 7.1
Runtime: 02:04:14
Netflix ID: 80231356 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This biopic traces the short life of martial arts icon Bruce Lee, who overcame racism and adversity to triumph as an international film star.

Year: 1993
IMDb: 7
Netflix rating: 3.8/5
Runtime: 01:59:46
Netflix ID: 459378 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

While filming a movie in England, Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe slips away with a young Brit for a week of self-discovery and frivolity.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 7
Netflix rating: 3.5/5
Runtime: 01:38:55
Netflix ID: 70202150 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a disgraced politician disappears, his bipolar twin takes his place, energizing both the electorate and party members with his fresh ideas.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 7
Netflix rating: 3.8/5
Runtime: 01:35:54
Netflix ID: 80015652 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A decade after a British glam-rocker fakes his assassination and disappears, a tabloid journalist is dispatched to deconstruct the star's legend.

Year: 1998
IMDb: 7
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 02:03:31
Netflix ID: 5670345 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When Vikram gets tapped to play the male lead in a Bollywood film, he can't believe his luck. But it may ruin his relationship with his girlfriend.

Year: 2009
IMDb: 7
Netflix rating: 3.5/5
Runtime: 02:28:58
Netflix ID: 70114467 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

The 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.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 7
Netflix rating: 4/5
Runtime: 01:38:57
Netflix ID: 70242568 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This dreamlike, meandering narrative -- shot in black and white and set in the Korean capital of Seoul -- follows the movements of university professor Sungjoon, who's supposed to meet a male colleague but comes across an old actress friend instead.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 7
Runtime: 01:18:52
Netflix ID: 70189499 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

An unemployed Bollywood session violinist in Mumbai finally lands a small gig, but it's what happens on his way home that proves truly transformative.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 6.9
Netflix rating: 3.1/5
Runtime: 01:12:05
Netflix ID: 80149282 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Leading a tumultuous life, Egyptian-born French-Italian singer Dalida navigates love, success, suicide and the dark side of fame in this biopic.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 6.9
Runtime: 02:01:44
Netflix ID: 80210753 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

With public morale in wartime Britain at an all-time low, an ex-secretary is hired to write feminine flair into a propaganda film.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 6.8
Runtime: 01:56:48
Netflix ID: 80142529 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

On the last day of his life, a legendary director struggles to complete a new project and contemplates his legacy in this layered film by Orson Welles.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 6.8
Runtime: 02:02:26
Netflix ID: 80085566 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In a film based on true events, an awkward but ambitious TV reporter struggles to adapt when she's ordered to focus on violent and salacious stories.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 6.7
Runtime: 01:59:03
Netflix ID: 80097814 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After running away from home in search of movie stardom, a village girl rises to become a prominent sex symbol.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 6.7
Runtime: 02:24:44
Netflix ID: 70257776 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This quirky offering from director Sang-soo Hong unfolds in four chapters that feature three characters: Oki, a young film student; Jingu, an aspiring director; and Song, a respected film professor.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 6.7
Runtime: 01:20:18
Netflix ID: 70154727 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A choreographer casts a contemporary dancer and a gifted pianist for a highly anticipated Broadway show as internal drama tries to steal the spotlight.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 6.7
Runtime: 01:43:37
Netflix ID: 81256457 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Set in the 1930s, a young New Yorker moves to Hollywood, where he falls head over heels for the radiant secretary of his hot-shot uncle.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 6.6
Runtime: 01:36:02
Netflix ID: 80106775 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Tensions arise for 1960s girl group the Dreams when manager Curtis demotes the talented Effie, replacing her with the more marketable Deena.

Year: 2006
IMDb: 6.5
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 02:10:15
Netflix ID: 70045283 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Driven and arrogant, film director Michael Curtiz deals with studio politics and family drama during the troubled production of 'Casablanca' in 1942.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 6.5
Runtime: 01:38:02
Netflix ID: 81206000 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After leaving Iowa with stars in her eyes, Ali arrives at a Los Angeles burlesque lounge with dreams of taking the stage with her soaring voice.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 6.4
Netflix rating: 3.8/5
Runtime: 01:58:57
Netflix ID: 70137790 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

At Cannes, a film sales employee recently fired from her job befriends an amateur photographer who helps her uncover the reasons behind her dismissal.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 6.4
Runtime: 01:08:02
Netflix ID: 80234745 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When singing pioneer Frankie Lymon dies, Mrs. Lymon tries to track her dead husband's royalties -- and finds two more Mrs. Lymons in the same fix!

Year: 1998
IMDb: 6.4
Runtime: 01:55:48
Netflix ID: 16943884 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In the 1960s, Australian singer Helen Reddy struggles with misogyny in the music business — until she records an anthem for the women's movement.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 6.4
Runtime: 01:56:33
Netflix ID: 81041593 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A playwright's death brings together his friends to view a recording of his play, which triggers memories and reflection.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 6.3
Netflix rating: 2.4/5
Runtime: 01:54:36
Netflix ID: 70242561 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Exploring the truths and fictions of cinema itself, this film-within-a-film portrays a director smitten by an actress in the movie he's shooting.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 6.3
Netflix rating: 2.9/5
Runtime: 01:29:06
Netflix ID: 70295400 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who has a determined stalker. At first, the protector and diva clash, but soon trust and attraction overpower the unlikely pair.

Year: 1992
IMDb: 6.3
Runtime: 02:09:15
Netflix ID: 321652 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Exceptionally gifted but deeply troubled, musician Cornelis Vreeswijk lives an intense life on stage and behind the scenes as seen in this biopic.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 6.3
Runtime: 01:37:09
Netflix ID: 81233379 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After blowing a Broadway audition, a self-centered dancer reluctantly returns home and agrees to coach a squad of young misfits for a big competition.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 6.3
Runtime: 01:49:59
Netflix ID: 80994878 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Amanda Seyfried stars as adult film icon Linda Lovelace, a woman coerced into and abused by the porn industry before taking charge of her life.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 6.2
Netflix rating: 3.3/5
Runtime: 01:33:02
Netflix ID: 70241594 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Alex works as a welder by day and a stripper by night, but she dreams of training at the local conservatory and becoming a professional dancer.

Year: 1983
IMDb: 6.2
Netflix rating: 3.5/5
Runtime: 01:34:41
Netflix ID: 60010351 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A showbiz family revolving around its teen celebrity son desperately tries to hang on to fame and success in this savage satire of Hollywood.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 6.2
Netflix rating: 2.5/5
Runtime: 01:51:44
Netflix ID: 80013474 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A womanizing musician travels to India, where he composes a Bollywood film score and unexpectedly falls for the wife of the French ambassador.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 6.2
Runtime: 01:54:29
Netflix ID: 80081374 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

The life of a radio talk-show host is turned upside down after a murderous caller dials into her program and asks her to choose his next victim.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 6.2
Runtime: 01:29:00
Netflix ID: 81036533 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A grieving filmmaker struggling to keep custody of his young son after his wife's death uses magical, imaginary stories to maintain their bond.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 6.2
Runtime: 01:25:49
Netflix ID: 80122209 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Veteran male stripper Magic Mike introduces a new dancer known as the Kid to the pleasures -- and perils -- of their profession.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 6.1
Netflix rating: 3.3/5
Runtime: 01:50:37
Netflix ID: 70228101 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

As he shoots pictures that would become iconic in 'Life' magazine, photographer Dennis Stock forms a surprising bond with rising star James Dean.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 6.1
Netflix rating: 2.7/5
Runtime: 01:51:11
Netflix ID: 80059436 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A socially conscious film director struggles with his career as he faces numerous obstacles, including his social media-friendly significant other.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 6
Runtime: 01:12:11
Netflix ID: 81252514 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A Hollywood producer auditions ten Swedish actresses for the title role in a big-budget remake of Greta Garbo's classic "Queen Christina."

Year: 2000
IMDb: 6
Runtime: 02:13:55
Netflix ID: 81382090 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When three Detroit sisters rise to fame as a Motown girl group in the 1960s, their sudden success creates conflict that rips their lives apart.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 5.7
Netflix rating: 3.3/5
Runtime: 01:56:14
Netflix ID: 70228099 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

While weighing an offer to resume her career in Hollywood, Grace Kelly -- now the Princess of Monaco -- helps her country in a dispute with France.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 5.7
Netflix rating: 3.7/5
Runtime: 01:42:44
Netflix ID: 70283203 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Before the dawn of World War II, an ambitious actress pursues her dreams in Berlin. But her plans derail when she becomes Joseph Goebbels’ mistress.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 5.7
Runtime: 01:50:15
Netflix ID: 80157564 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Shooting for stardom in 1950s Hollywood, a naïve girl finds her romance with a dreamy chauffeur complicated by her eccentric boss, Howard Hughes.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 5.7
Runtime: 02:07:00
Netflix ID: 80113786 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

To escape the stress of fame, teen pop star Jordan goes incognito in a small town, where he forms a special bond with high school art student Emily.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 5.6
Netflix rating: 2.5/5
Runtime: 01:27:04
Netflix ID: 80108983 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Veteran gay pornography producer Stephen battles two rival producers over rights to his underage creation, Brent Corrigan, with deadly results.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 5.6
Netflix rating: 3.2/5
Runtime: 01:32:09
Netflix ID: 80127546 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After moving to a retirement home, restless talent manager Al reconnects with long-ago client Buddy and coaxes him back out on the comedy circuit.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 5.6
Runtime: 01:38:38
Netflix ID: 80202273 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Determined to prove herself as a street dancer, Maria heads from juvie to a Bronx rec center where she's introduced to her dance idol, Honey Daniels.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 5.3
Netflix rating: 3.8/5
Runtime: 01:50:35
Netflix ID: 70184050 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A tough, sexy dancer from the inner city becomes a successful music video choreographer, but her career is threatened when her mentor blackmails her.

Year: 2003
IMDb: 5.3
Netflix rating: 3.3/5
Runtime: 01:34:02
Netflix ID: 60031258 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

One woman experiences the dramatic highs and lows of fame in this voyeuristic glimpse past the glitz and glamour of a Bollywood superstar's life.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 5.1
Netflix rating: 3.2/5
Runtime: 02:29:25
Netflix ID: 70229044 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A newcomer ekes out a living in LA as a professional audience member on infomercials, but life gets complicated when he's thrust into the spotlight.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 5.1
Runtime: 01:30:27
Netflix ID: 80179373 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

The members of a talented young dance troupe enter a televised competition where both their moves and friendships are put to the test.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 4.7
Runtime: 01:29:35
Netflix ID: 81192809 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

The plot thickens at an amateur theater in Stockholm where everybody seems to be playing different characters on and off stage.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 4.5
Netflix rating: 2.5/5
Runtime: 01:49:06
Netflix ID: 70152216 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A radio DJ who used to be in a popular band strives to lift her show's ratings -- and get her surly producer off her back -- with a new concept.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 3.1
Runtime: 02:01:38
Netflix ID: 81105889 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Argentine cuarteto singer Rodrigo 'El Potro' Bueno rises to fame amid personal struggles in this dramatization of the charismatic superstar's life.

Year: 2018
Runtime: 02:02:13
Netflix ID: 81000860 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Four would-be actors take part in an acting workshop and learn about creative ways of honing their craft through using their personal experiences.

Year: 2017
Runtime: 01:58:17
Netflix ID: 81099123 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When their glamorous, fast-paced lifestyle comes to a screeching halt, two sisters try to rebuild their fortunes through music and enterprise.

Year: 2018
Runtime: 02:20:08
Netflix ID: 81317308 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a director past his prime struggles to tap into his creativity, he uses vivid flashbacks of his childhood and formative years to inspire his work.

Year: 2019
Runtime: 01:53:02
Netflix ID: 80998991 · Watch on Netflix

A newly sober actor tries to reconcile with his estranged daughter when a sudden, dire medical diagnosis speeds up his timeline.

Year: 2015
Runtime: 01:21:13
Netflix ID: 81192986 · Watch on Netflix

Eleven emerging Bangladeshi filmmakers present a collection of gritty shorts centered on the capital city and the people living in its margins.

Year: 2018
Runtime: 02:16:27
Netflix ID: 81048551 · Watch on Netflix

Facing dwindling crowds and their own aging, silver screen comedy legends Laurel and Hardy embark on a tour to reconnect with fans — and each other.

Year: 2018
Runtime: 01:37:48
Netflix ID: 81038344 · Watch on Netflix

At the peak of his career, Yehia joins a hunger strike, becomes smitten and reckons with a creative crisis — but finds a new muse.

Year: 1989
Runtime: 01:49:17
Netflix ID: 60001803 · Watch on Netflix

While undergoing heart surgery in London, Yehia reflects on his life as his heart chamber becomes a courtroom where he's tried for his mistakes.

Year: 1982
Runtime: 02:08:59
Netflix ID: 60001802 · Watch on Netflix

Three actresses must each resolve their conflicting romances to prevent their personal drama from going public and wrecking their careers.

Year: 2019
Runtime: 01:45:35
Netflix ID: 81270771 · Watch on Netflix

A young entertainment mogul builds a glittering empire of jazz, but his luck starts to change when he puts together a show featuring his new lover.

Year: 1958
Runtime: 01:45:58
Netflix ID: 81382117 · Watch on Netflix