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10 Best Movies Like The Great Performance

If you loved The Great Performance, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

2012★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Performance for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An original story featuring performances by Cirque du Soleil. A young woman is entranced by an Aerialist. When they fall into the dreamlike world of Cirque du Soleil and are separa...

#2
The Play House

The Play House

1921★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Performance for fans of Comedy & Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works....

#3
Watching the Detectives

Watching the Detectives

2007★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Performance for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life fem...

#4
Bogus

Bogus

1996★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Performance for fans of Comedy & Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus....

#5
The Court Jester

The Court Jester

1955★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Performance for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England....

#6
Beat the Devil

Beat the Devil

2002★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Performance for fans of Comedy & Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The Driver drag-races the Devil, in order to earn James Brown his soul....

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