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Movies by Lists - AFI Nominated 180 Musicals (181 [181])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
42nd StreetWhen the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.1933Lloyd Bacon (*)Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance7.4 (11.6K votes)8920211228
1776A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.1972Peter H. HuntDrama, Family, History, Musical7.6 (9.4K votes)14120211228
AladdinA kindhearted street urchin and a power-hungry Grand Vizier vie for a magic lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.1992Ron Clements, John MuskerAnimation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance8.0 (393.7K votes)9020211228
Alexander's Ragtime BandThis send-up of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco when society boy Roger Grant decides to pursue popular rather than serious music.1938Henry KingDrama, Music, Musical, Romance6.9 (2.1K votes)10620211228
Alice in WonderlandAlice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has her way.1951Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack KinneyAnimation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical7.4 (137K votes)7520211228
All That JazzDirector/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid career of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer.1979Bob Fosse (*)Drama, Music, Musical7.9 (30.6K votes)12320211228
An American in ParisThree friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.1951Vincente Minnelli (*)Drama, Musical, Romance7.2 (32.8K votes)11420211228
Anchors AweighA pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.1945George Sidney, Joseph Barbera, William HannaComedy, Fantasy, Musical7.1 (8.6K votes)14020211228
Annie Get Your GunThe story of the great sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who rose to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler.1950George Sidney, Busby BerkeleyBiography, Comedy, Musical, Romance, Western6.9 (4.8K votes)10720211228
Babes in ArmsA group of vaudevillians struggling to compete with talkies hits the road hoping for a comeback. Frustrated to be left behind, all of their kids put on a show themselves to raise money for the families and to prove they've got talent1939Busby Berkeley (*)Comedy, Musical6.4 (2.5K votes)9420211228
Babes in Toyland [March of the Wooden Soldiers]Opposing the evil Barnaby, Ollie Dee and Stanley Dum try and fail to pay-off Mother Peep's mortgage and mislead his attempts to marry Little Bo. Enraged, Barnaby's Bogeymen are set on Toyland.1934Gus Meins, Charley RogersComedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical7.1 (6.8K votes)7720220423
Babes on BroadwayJudy Garland and Mickey Rooney star in a musical directed by Busby Berkeley as two talented teenagers dreaming of success as Babes on Broadway.1941Busby Berkeley (*)Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance6.6 (1.5K votes)11820211228
Band Wagon, TheA pretentiously artistic director is hired for a new Broadway musical and changes it beyond recognition.1953Vincente Minnelli (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance7.5 (11.1K votes)11220211228
Barkleys of Broadway, TheA married musical team splits up so the wife can become a serious actress.1949Charles Walters (*)Comedy, Musical7.0 (3.1K votes)10920211228
Bathing BeautyA contrived misunderstanding leads to the breakup of a songwriter and his fiancée. She returns to work as a gym teacher at an all-girls school, but a legal loophole allows the man to enroll as one of her students.1944George SidneyComedy, Musical6.5 (1.6K votes)10120211228
Beach Blanket BingoIn the fourth of the highly successful Frankie and Annette beach party movies, a motorcycle gang led by Eric Von Zipper kidnaps singing star Sugar Kane managed by Bullets, who hires sky-diving surfers Steve and Bonnie from Big Drop f1965William AsherComedy, Musical, Romance5.7 (2.7K votes)9820211228
Beauty and the BeastA prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.1991Gary Trousdale, Kirk WiseAnimation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance8.0 (434.2K votes)8420211228
Bells Are RingingA Brooklyn answering service operator becomes involved in the lives of her clients, including a struggling playwright with whom she begins to fall in love.1960Vincente Minnelli (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance7.0 (3.3K votes)12620211228
Big Broadcast of 1938, TheThe Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.1938Mitchell Leisen, James P. HoganAnimation, Comedy, Musical, Romance6.3 (965 votes)9120211228
Billy Roses JumboA debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.1962Charles Walters (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance6.2 (1.5K votes)12320211228
Blue SkiesAn ex-dancer and New York radio star narrates his love story for a band singer who loved a self-centered man who was unable to commit to his nightclub business or his family.1946Stuart Heisler, Mark SandrichComedy, Musical, Romance6.4 (1.4K votes)9920211228
BrigadoonTwo Americans on a hunting trip in Scotland become lost. They encounter a small village, not on the map, called Brigadoon, in which people harbor a mysterious secret, and behave as if they were still living two hundred years in the p1954Vincente Minnelli (*)Fantasy, Musical, Romance6.8 (8.2K votes)10820211228
Broadway Melody of 1940Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to gives him the name of his partne1940Norman TaurogMusical7.3 (2.4K votes)10220211228
Broadway Melody, TheA pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt.1929Harry BeaumontDrama, Musical, Romance5.7 (7K votes)10020211228
Bye Bye BirdieA rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.1963George SidneyComedy, Musical6.7 (8.2K votes)11220211228
CabaretA female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.1972Bob Fosse (*)Drama, Music, Musical, Romance7.8 (53K votes)12420211228
Cabin in the SkyA compulsive gambler dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife.1943Vincente Minnelli, Busby BerkeleyComedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical7.1 (3K votes)9820211228
Calamity JaneThe story of Calamity Jane, her saloon, and her romance with Wild Bill Hickok.1953David ButlerMusical, Romance, Western7.3 (9.6K votes)10120211228
Call Me MadamWashington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.1953Walter LangComedy, Musical, Romance6.8 (1.3K votes)11420211228
Carmen JonesContemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.1954Otto Preminger (*)Drama, Musical, Romance6.8 (5.1K votes)10520211228
CarouselFifteen years after his death, a carousel barker is granted permission to return to Earth for one day to make amends to his widow and their daughter.1956Henry KingDrama, Fantasy, Musical6.6 (6.3K votes)12820220423
ChicagoTwo death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention.2002Rob MarshallComedy, Crime, Musical7.2 (225.3K votes)11320211228
Chitty Chitty Bang BangA down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure to save their grandfather in a far-off land.1968Ken HughesAdventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical6.9 (44.9K votes)14420211228
CinderellaWhen Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq, and from her Fairy Godmother.1950Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton LuskeAnimation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance7.3 (154.8K votes)7420211228
Court Jester, TheA hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against an evil ruler who has overthrown the rightful King.1955Melvin Frank, Norman PanamaAdventure, Comedy, Family, Musical7.9 (12.6K votes)10120211228
Cover GirlRusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny.1944Charles Vidor (*)Comedy, Music, Musical, Romance6.8 (5.3K votes)10720211228
Daddy Long LegsA wealthy American has a chance encounter with a joyful young French woman, and anonymously pays for her education. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor, nicknaming him from the description given by some of her fellow orph1955Jean NegulescoMusical, Romance6.7 (3.8K votes)12620211228
DamesA multimillionaire decides to boycott "filthy" forms of entertainment such as Broadway shows.1934Ray Enright, Busby BerkeleyComedy, Music, Musical, Romance7.1 (2.1K votes)9120211228
Damn Yankees!A frustrated fan of the hopeless Washington Senators makes a pact with the Devil to help the baseball team win the league pennant.1958George Abbott, Stanley DonenComedy, Musical, Romance, Sport7.1 (2.9K votes)11120211228
Damsel in Distress, AA betting castle staff, and a series of misunderstandings and set-ups, leads to an American entertainer and an English damsel falling in love.1937George Stevens (*)Comedy, Music, Romance6.8 (2K votes)10120211228
Dick TracyThe comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.1990Warren Beatty (*)Action, Comedy, Crime, Music, Romance, Thriller6.1 (60.6K votes)10520211228
Dolly Sisters, TheTwo sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.1945Irving CummingsBiography, Drama, Musical, Romance6.3 (781 votes)11420211228
Down Argentine WayAn American girl on vacation in Argentina falls for a wealthy racehorse owner.1940Irving CummingsComedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, Sport6.5 (1.1K votes)8920211228
Du Barry Was a LadyA night club's coatroom attendant who's in-love with the club's singer accidentally sips a drugged drink that makes him dream he's French King Louis XV courting the infamous Madame Du Barry.1943Roy Del RuthComedy, Musical, Romance6.3 (1.5K votes)10120211228
DumboRidiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.1941Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Bill RobertsAnimation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical7.2 (127.9K votes)6420211228
Easter ParadeA nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and to prove he can make any partner a star.1948Charles Walters (*)Musical, Romance7.4 (9.5K votes)10320211228
EvitaThe hit musical based on the life of Eva Perón (Evita Duarte), a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.1996Alan ParkerBiography, Drama, History, Musical6.3 (35.3K votes)13520211228
FameA chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.1980Alan ParkerDrama, Music, Musical6.6 (22.1K votes)13420211228
Fiddler On The RoofIn pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.1971Norman Jewison (*)Drama, Family, Musical, Romance8.0 (42.5K votes)18120211228
Flying Down to RioA bandleader woos a Latin flame who is already engaged to his employer.1933Thornton FreelandComedy, Musical, Romance6.7 (3.6K votes)8920211228
Follow the FleetA Navy sailor tries to rekindle a romance with the woman he loves while on liberty in San Francisco.1936Mark Sandrich (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance7.2 (4.3K votes)11020211228
Footlight ParadeChester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.1933Lloyd Bacon (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance7.6 (5.3K votes)10420211228
For Me and My GalTwo vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.1942Busby Berkeley (*)Musical, Romance, War7.1 (3.4K votes)10420211228
Funny FaceAn impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.1957Stanley Donen (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance7.0 (29.4K votes)10320211228
Funny GirlThe life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.1968William Wyler (*)Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance7.4 (22K votes)15120211228
Gang's All Here, TheA soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.1943Busby Berkeley (*)Musical6.7 (1.7K votes)10320211228
Gay Divorcee, TheA woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.1934Mark Sandrich (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance7.5 (7.7K votes)10720211228
Gentlemen Prefer BlondesShowgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers.1953Howard Hawks (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance7.2 (35.8K votes)9120211228
GigiWeary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship which may not stay platonic for long.1958Vincente Minnelli, Charles WaltersComedy, Musical, Romance6.7 (22.3K votes)11520211228
Girl Can't Help It, TheA gangster hires a down-and-out press agent to make his airheaded girlfriend a singing star.1956Frank TashlinComedy, Music6.8 (3.3K votes)9920211228
Girl CrazyA young philandering playboy is sent to a College, somewhere in the American West, and organizes a show, together with his sweetheart, to save the college from closure due to falling enrollments.1943Norman Taurog, Busby BerkeleyComedy, Musical6.8 (1.8K votes)9920211228
Gold Diggers of 1933A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play, but insists on remaining anonymous.1933Mervyn LeRoy (*)Comedy, Drama, Musical7.7 (8K votes)9720211228
Gold Diggers of 1935Romantic antics abound among the guests at a luxury hotel, including a stage director, an eccentric millionaire, and the daughter of a financial backer.1935Busby Berkeley (*)Comedy, Musical6.9 (2.6K votes)9520211228
Goldwyn Follies, TheMovie producer chooses a simple girl to be "Miss Humanity" and to critically evalute his movies from the point of view of the ordinary person. Hit song: "Love Walked In.1938George Marshall, H.C. PotterComedy, Musical, Romance5.4 (464 votes)12220211228
Good NewsGolden Globe-winner June Allyson and Peter Lawford star in this enjoyable musical about a football hero who falls in love with his French tutor.1947Charles Walters (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance, Sport6.9 (2.6K votes)9320211228
GreaseGood girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?1978Randal KleiserComedy, Musical, Romance7.2 (259.4K votes)11020211228
Great Caruso, TheThis film traces the life of tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). He loves Musetta, in his home town of Naples, and then Dorothy, the daughter of one of the Metropolitan Opera's patrons. Caruso is unacceptable to both women's fathers: to1951Richard ThorpeBiography, Drama, Music6.5 (1.3K votes)10920211228
Great Ziegfeld, TheThe ups and downs of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., famed producer of extravagant stage revues, are portrayed.1936Robert Z. LeonardDrama, Musical6.7 (7.9K votes)17620211228
Guys and DollsIn New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.1955Joseph L. Mankiewicz (*)Comedy, Crime, Musical, Romance7.2 (17.2K votes)15020211228
GypsyBased on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.1962Mervyn LeRoy (*)Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical7.1 (6.2K votes)14320211228
HairClaude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl b1979Milos Forman (*)Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, War7.6 (37K votes)12120211228
Hallelujah I'm A BumA New York tramp (Jolson) falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt1933Lewis MilestoneComedy, Drama, Musical, Romance6.9 (792 votes)8220211228
Hans Christian AndersenThe opening scene of the movie describes it best: "Once upon a time there lived in Denmark a great storyteller named Hans Christian Andersen. This is not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about the great spinner of fairy tales.1952Charles Vidor (*)Biography, Family, Musical, Romance6.9 (3.8K votes)11220211228
Harvey Girls, TheOn a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley (Judy Garland) meets a cheery crew of young women travelling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.1946George SidneyComedy, Musical, Western7.1 (4K votes)10220211228
Hedwig and the Angry InchA gender-queer punk-rock singer from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs.2001John Cameron MitchellComedy, Drama, Music, Musical7.7 (35K votes)9520211228
Hello, DollyMatchmaker Dolly Levi travels to Yonkers to find a partner for "half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder, convincing his niece, his niece's intended, and his two clerks to travel to New York City along the way.1969Gene KellyAdventure, Comedy, Musical, Romance7.1 (14.9K votes)14620211228
High SocietyWith socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.1956Charles Walters (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance7.0 (15.5K votes)11120211228
Holiday InnAt an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.1942Mark Sandrich, Robert AllenComedy, Drama, Music, Musical, Romance7.4 (15.1K votes)10020211228
Hollywood HotelRonny Bowers, a saxophonist in Benny Goodman's band, has won a talent contest and a ten week contract with a film studio. On his first evening he is supposed to go with the studio's star Mona Marshall to a movie premiere. But this la1937Busby Berkeley (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance6.4 (727 votes)10920211228
How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingArmed with the titular manual, an ambitious window washer seeks to climb the corporate ladder.1967David SwiftComedy, Musical7.2 (4.6K votes)12120211228
Hunchback of Notre Dame, TheA deformed bell-ringer must assert his independence from a vicious government minister in order to help his friend, a gypsy dancer.1996Gary Trousdale, Kirk WiseAnimation, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance7.0 (151.6K votes)9120211228
In the Good Old SummertimeIn turn-of-the century America, Andrew and Veronica are co-workers in a music shop who dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.1949Robert Z. LeonardComedy, Musical, Romance7.2 (3.8K votes)10220211228
It's Always Fair WeatherThree soldiers meet ten years after their last meeting in New York, and find out that they have little in common now.1955Stanley Donen, Gene KellyComedy, Drama, Musical, Romance7.0 (3.4K votes)10120211228
Jailhouse RockAfter serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.1957Richard ThorpeDrama, Music, Musical, Romance6.6 (8.4K votes)9620211228
Jazz Singer, TheThe son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.1927Alan CroslandDrama, Music, Musical, Romance6.5 (9.8K votes)8820211228
Jolson Story, TheThis movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson, a little Jewish boy who goes against the will of his father in order to be in showbiz. He becomes a star, falls in love with a non-Jewish dancer, and marries her. In the 1946Alfred E. GreenBiography, Drama, Music7.3 (1.6K votes)12820211228
Jungle Book, TheBagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization.1967Wolfgang ReithermanAnimation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical7.6 (176.1K votes)7820211228
Kid MillionsA musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy (Eddie Cantor) who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.1934Roy Del Ruth, Willy PoganyComedy, Musical, Romance6.6 (517 votes)9020211228
King And I, TheA widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.1956Walter LangBiography, Drama, Musical, Romance7.4 (25.5K votes)13320211228
King of JazzAmerican Pre-Code color film starring Paul Whiteman and his Jazz orchestra.1930John Murray Anderson, Walter LantzAnimation, Comedy, Musical6.7 (1.3K votes)9920211228
KismetA roguish poet is given the run of the scheming Wazir's harem while pretending to help him usurp the young caliph.1955Vincente Minnelli, Stanley DonenAdventure, Musical, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance6.3 (1.5K votes)11320211228
Kiss Me KateAn ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of 'The Taming of the Shrew'; off-stage, the production is troublesome with ex-lovers' quarrels and two gangsters looking for some money owed to them.1953George SidneyComedy, Musical, Romance7.1 (6.2K votes)10920211228
Lady and the TrampThe romantic tale of a sheltered uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown Mutt.1955Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack CuttingAnimation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance7.3 (131K votes)7620211228
Les GirlsThe former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view.1957George Cukor (*)Comedy, Musical6.7 (2.8K votes)11420211228
Lion King, TheLion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself.1994Roger Allers, Rob MinkoffAnimation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical8.5 (1M votes)8820211228
Little Mermaid, TheA mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain in an attempt to become human and win a prince's love.1989Ron Clements, John MuskerAnimation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance7.6 (251.9K votes)8320211228
Little Shop of HorrorsA nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.1986Frank OzComedy, Horror, Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi7.1 (72.9K votes)9420211228
Love Me or Leave MeA fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.1955Charles Vidor (*)Biography, Drama, Music, Romance7.1 (4.1K votes)12220211228
Love Me TonightA Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess.1932Rouben Mamoulian (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance7.6 (4K votes)10420211228
Love Parade, TheThe queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.1929Ernst Lubitsch (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance7.0 (2.3K votes)10720211228
Mary PoppinsIn turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.1964Robert Stevenson (*)Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical7.8 (167.2K votes)13920211228
MaytimeAn aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teacher and a student.1937Robert Z. LeonardDrama, Musical, Romance7.3 (1.1K votes)13220211228
Meet Me in St LouisYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.1944Vincente Minnelli (*)Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance7.6 (23.7K votes)11320211228
Merry Widow, TheWhen a small kingdom's main taxpayer leaves for Paris, its king dispatches a dashing count to win back her allegiance.1934Ernst Lubitsch (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance7.3 (2.9K votes)9920211228
Moon Over MiamiSisters Kay and Barbara arrive in Miami from Texas looking for rich husbands.1941Walter LangComedy, Musical, Romance6.8 (1.2K votes)9120211228
Mother Wore TightsIn this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank Burt notices her talent, hires her for a "two-act", then marrie1947Walter LangDrama, Musical6.5 (672 votes)10720211228
Moulin RougeA poor Bohemian poet in 1890s Paris falls for a beautiful courtesan and nightclub star whom a jealous duke covets.2001Baz Luhrmann (*)Drama, Musical, Romance7.6 (277.5K votes)12720211228
Muppet Movie, TheKermit and his newfound friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog legs merchant is after Kermit.1979James FrawleyAdventure, Comedy, Family, Musical7.6 (35.2K votes)9520211228
Music Man, TheTraveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' band leader to raise money before he can skip town.1962Morton DaCostaComedy, Family, Musical, Romance7.7 (17K votes)15120211228
My Fair LadyIn 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make crude flower girl Eliza Doolittle presentable in high society.1964George Cukor (*)Drama, Family, Musical, Romance7.8 (93K votes)17020211228
Naughty MariettaIn order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.1935Robert Z. Leonard, W.S. Van DykeDrama, Musical, Romance6.7 (1.3K votes)10520211228
Neptune's DaughterA swimsuit fashion designer is determined to protect her scatterbrained sister from a South American heart-breaker, but a case of mistaken identity complicates matters.1949Edward BuzzellComedy, Musical, Romance, Sport6.5 (1.5K votes)9520211228
New York New YorkAn egotistical saxophonist and a young lounge singer meet on VJ Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long, uphill climb.1977Martin Scorsese (*)Drama, Music, Musical6.6 (19.6K votes)15520211228
Night at the Opera, AA sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.1935Sam Wood, Edmund GouldingComedy, Music, Musical7.9 (32.3K votes)9620211228
OklahomaIn Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.1955Fred Zinnemann (*)Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, Western7.1 (12.5K votes)14520211228
Oliver!After being sold to a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor in 1830s London.1968Carol Reed (*)Drama, Family, Musical7.4 (37.4K votes)15320211228
On a Clear Day You Can See ForeverA troubled young woman who visits a psychotherapist to help her quit smoking undergoes hypnosis and finds herself reliving a tragic Victorian romance from a past life.1970Vincente Minnelli (*)Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance6.4 (3.9K votes)12920211228
On Moonlight BayDuring World War I, a teenage girl begins a romance with a college student, but his unconventional attitudes cause friction with her father.1951Roy Del RuthComedy, Family, Musical, Romance7.1 (2.6K votes)9520211228
On the AvenueBroadway producer satirizes an important New York family. The family sues but their daughter falls in love with producer.1937Roy Del RuthComedy, Musical, Romance6.8 (590 votes)8920211228
On the TownThree sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.1949Stanley Donen, Gene KellyComedy, Musical, Romance7.4 (17.2K votes)9820211228
One Hundred Men And A GirlThe daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and through persistence, charm and a few misunderstandings, is able to get Leopold Stokowski to lead them in a concert that leads to a1937Henry Koster (*)Comedy, Drama, Music6.8 (1.1K votes)8420211228
One Night of LoveMary Barrett is an aspiring Opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi. After spending endless working hours together and arguing, their relationship develops into love. But, jealousy a1934Victor SchertzingerMusic, Romance5.7 (591 votes)8420211228
Pajama Game, TheAn Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay raise.1957George Abbott, Stanley DonenComedy, Drama, Musical, Romance6.7 (3.5K votes)10120211228
Pal JoeyJoey Evans' a charming, handsome, funny, talented a-1st class, A-N°.1 - heel. When Joey meets the former chorus girl and now is the rich widow, Vera Simpson, the pair of lecherous souls seem made for each other.1957George SidneyDrama, Musical, Romance6.7 (5.3K votes)11120211228
Pennies From HeavenDuring the Great Depression, a sheet-music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent schoolteacher.1981Herbert RossDrama, Musical, Romance6.5 (5.6K votes)10820211228
Peter PanWendy and her brothers are whisked away to the magical world of Neverland with the hero of their stories, Peter Pan.1953Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack KinneyAnimation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical7.3 (134.9K votes)7720211228
PinocchioA living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.1940Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton LuskeAnimation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical7.4 (139.9K votes)8820211228
Pirate, TheA girl is engaged to the local rich man, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.1948Vincente Minnelli (*)Adventure, Comedy, Musical, Romance6.9 (4.8K votes)10220211228
Poor Little Rich GirlThe daughter of a wealthy businessman becomes lost in the city while traveling to a new school, and is taken in by a pair of down-on-their-luck performers.1936Irving CummingsAdventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance7.1 (1.5K votes)7920211228
Porgy and BessA woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who'd love her regardlessly- if only everyone else would allow them to.1959Otto Preminger, Rouben MamoulianDrama, Musical, Romance7.1 (1.7K votes)13820211228
Purple RainA young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.1984Albert MagnoliDrama, Music, Romance6.5 (21K votes)11120211228
Rebecca of Sunnybrook FarmRebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast.1938Allan DwanComedy, Drama, Family, Musical7.1 (1.7K votes)8120211228
Rocky Horror Picture Show, TheA newly-engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must seek shelter at the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-n-Furter.1975Jim SharmanComedy, Horror, Musical7.4 (145.6K votes)10020211228
Romance on the High SeasRomantic misunderstandings abound when spouses suspect each other of being unfaithful, and a nightclub singer takes a cruise under a false identity.1948Michael Curtiz, Busby BerkeleyComedy, Musical, Romance7.0 (2.2K votes)9920211228
Royal WeddingA brother and sister dance act encounter challenges and romance when booked in London during the Royal Wedding.1951Stanley Donen (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance6.7 (5.3K votes)9320211228
Seven Brides for Seven BrothersIn 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.1954Stanley Donen (*)Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, Western7.4 (24.4K votes)10220211228
Shall We DanceA ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love.1937Mark Sandrich (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance7.5 (7.1K votes)10920211228
Show BoatDespite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.1936James Whale (*)Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance7.4 (3.3K votes)11320211228
Show BoatThe daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairy tale romance is threatened after his luck turns sour.1951George SidneyDrama, Family, Musical, Romance6.9 (4.9K votes)10820211228
Silk StockingsA musical remake of Ninotchka: After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve them.1957Rouben Mamoulian (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance6.9 (3.9K votes)11720211228
Singin in the RainA silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.1952Stanley Donen, Gene KellyComedy, Musical, Romance8.3 (233.6K votes)10320211228
Sleeping BeautyAfter being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies.1959Clyde Geronimi, Eric Larson, Les Clark, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang ReithermanAnimation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance7.2 (144.2K votes)7520211228
Snow White and the Seven DwarvesExiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.1937William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce PearceAnimation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance7.6 (192.9K votes)8320211228
Song of the SouthThe kindly story-teller Uncle Remus tells a young boy stories about trickster Br'er Rabbit, who outwits Br'er Fox and slow-witted Br'er Bear.1946Harve Foster, Wilfred JacksonAnimation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical7.1 (13.6K votes)9420211228
Sound of Music, TheA young novitiate is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.1965Robert Wise (*)Biography, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance8.0 (221.6K votes)17220211228
South PacificOn a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission.1958Joshua LoganMusical, Romance, War6.8 (8.7K votes)15720211228
South Park Bigger Longer and UncutWhen Stan Marsh and his friends go see an R-rated movie, they start cursing and their parents think that Canada is to blame.1999Trey ParkerAnimation, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical7.7 (200.5K votes)8120211228
Springtime in the RockiesBroadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan's career takes a nosedive. In hopes of rekindling their rom1942Irving CummingsMusical6.7 (659 votes)9120211228
Star is Born, AA film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.1954George Cukor (*)Drama, Musical, Romance7.6 (17.5K votes)15420211228
Star Spangled RhythmA Paramount Studios security guard who was a major actor during the silent film era must carry out the illusion that he is still a big deal when his sailor son comes to visit.1942George Marshall, A. Edward SutherlandComedy, Musical6.6 (593 votes)9920211228
State FairEach member of the Frake clan has his/her own reason for attending the annual Iowa State Fair.1945Walter LangComedy, Drama, Musical, Romance7.0 (4K votes)10020211228
Stormy WeatherThe relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early 1900s.1943Andrew L. StoneComedy, Drama, Music, Romance7.3 (2.3K votes)7820211228
Strike Up the BandA high school boy wants to become a professional musician, and his gal pal wants to become his best girl. They work together staging big band shows with fellow classmates in the hopes of hitting it big.1940Busby Berkeley (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance6.9 (1.7K votes)12020211228
Summer StockA small-town farmer, down on her luck, finds her homestead invaded by a theatrical troupe invited to stay by her ne'er-do-well sister.1950Charles Walters (*)Musical, Romance7.2 (4.2K votes)10820211228
Sun Valley SerenadeWhen Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When soloist Vivian Dawn quits, Karen stages an ice show as a substitute.1941H. Bruce HumberstoneComedy7.2 (1.6K votes)8620211228
Sunny Side UpMolly and Bee, sweet young 'working girls,' live in a cheap room over a New York grocery store. Molly's idol, wealthy Jack Cromwell, lives in a Long Island mansion but is markedly less happy, since his fiancée Jane won't discourage h1929David ButlerComedy, Musical6.6 (415 votes)12120211228
Sunnyside UpMolly and Bee, sweet young 'working girls,' live in a cheap room over a New York grocery store. Molly's idol, wealthy Jack Cromwell, lives in a Long Island mansion but is markedly less happy, since his fiancée Jane won't discourage h1929David ButlerComedy, Musical6.6 (416 votes)12120211228
Swing TimeRoguish gambler/dancer "Lucky" Garnett is challenged by his fiance's father to come up with $25,000 to prove he's worthy of her hand. But after he falls in love with a dance instructor, Lucky'll do anything to keep from earning the b1936George Stevens (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance7.5 (13.3K votes)10320211228
Take Me Out to the Ball GameTwo turn-of-the-century baseball players, who work in vaudeville during the off-season, run into trouble with their team's new female owner and a gambler who doesn't want them to win the pennant.1949Busby Berkeley (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance, Sport6.7 (3.6K votes)9320211228
Thank Your Lucky StarsTwo producers are putting together a wartime charity show with an all-star cast but the egotism of radio personality Eddie Cantor disrupts their plans.1943David ButlerComedy, Musical7.1 (1.9K votes)12720211228
That Night in RioAn entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue.1941Irving CummingsComedy, Musical6.8 (839 votes)9120211228
There's No Business Like Show BusinessMolly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.1954Walter LangComedy, Drama, Musical, Romance6.5 (5.9K votes)11720211228
Thoroughly Modern MillieIn New York City during the Roaring Twenties, would-be flapper Millie Dillmount's self-appointed mission to marry her boss is complicated by white slavers and true love.1967George Roy Hill (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance6.9 (6.4K votes)13820211228
Three Little WordsThe story of the successful Tin Pan Alley songwriting team of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby is told loosely and lightheartedly.1950Richard ThorpeBiography, Comedy, Musical, Romance7.0 (1.8K votes)10220211228
Till the Clouds Roll ByBiography of songwriter and Broadway pioneer, Jerome Kern (Robert Walker). Unable to find immediate success in the U.S., Kern sought recognition abroad. He journeyed to England where his dreams of success became real and where he met1946Richard Whorf, Vincente Minnelli, George SidneyBiography, Musical6.4 (2.4K votes)13220211228
Tin Pan AlleySongwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in Engl1940Walter LangDrama, Musical, Romance6.5 (495 votes)9420211228
Top HatAn American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.1935Mark Sandrich (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance7.8 (18.8K votes)10120211228
Unsinkable Molly Brown, TheA poor, uneducated mountain girl leaves her cabin in search of respect, a wealthy husband, and a better life in this fictionalized biopic of Margaret "Molly" Brown, who survived the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic.1964Charles Walters (*)Biography, Comedy, Musical, Romance, Western6.8 (3.7K votes)12820211228
Victor VictoriaA struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.1982Blake Edwards (*)Comedy, Music, Romance7.6 (20.9K votes)13420211228
Viva Las VegasA race car driver preparing for the Grand Prix, wiles his time in Las Vegas working as a waiter to pay for his new engine. Soon, he strikes up a romance with a beautiful young woman.1964George SidneyComedy, Musical6.4 (7.6K votes)8520211228
West Side StoryTwo youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.1961Jerome Robbins, Robert WiseCrime, Drama, Musical, Romance7.5 (108.1K votes)15320211228
White ChristmasA successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.1954Michael Curtiz (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance7.6 (42.1K votes)12020211228
Whoopee!Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's just giving her a ride; but she left a1930Thornton FreelandComedy, Musical, Romance6.4 (1K votes)9320211228
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate FactoryA poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.1971Mel StuartFamily, Fantasy, Musical7.8 (193.5K votes)10020211228
Wizard of Oz, TheYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishe1939Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, Norman Taurog, Richard ThorpeAdventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical8.0 (384.7K votes)10220211228
Words and MusicFictionalized story of the songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.1948Norman TaurogBiography, Comedy, Musical6.4 (1.3K votes)12020211228
Yankee Doodle DandyThe life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.1942Michael Curtiz (*)Biography, Drama, Family, Music, Musical7.7 (15.2K votes)12620211228
YentlA Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.1983Barbra StreisandDrama, Musical, Romance6.6 (13.8K votes)13320211228
You Were Never LovelierIn Buenos Aires, a man who has decreed that his daughters must marry in order of age allows an American dancer to perform at his club under the condition that he play suitor to his second-oldest daughter.1942William A. Seiter (*)Comedy, Romance7.2 (3.6K votes)9720211228
Ziegfeld FolliesThe late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. looks down from Heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.1945Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis, Vincente Minnelli, George SidneyComedy, Musical6.5 (3.2K votes)11020211228
Ziegfeld GirlIn the 1920s, three women become performers in the renowned Broadway show the Ziegfeld Follies, where they find fame, love, and tragedy.1941Robert Z. Leonard, Busby BerkeleyDrama, Musical, Romance6.8 (2.9K votes)13220211228