141. Perhaps Love ( Ru guo · Ai )
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Peter Chan
Actors: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Xun Zhou, Jacky Cheung, Jin-hee Ji, Eric Tsang, Sandra Ng Kwan Yue
Plot: This musical-within-a-musical amassed several 2006 Hong Kong Film Awards, and rightfully so. A sumptuous production involving a love triangle (one vertex of which is the great Takeshi Kaneshiro, of House of Flying Daggers fame) on- and off-camera. It’s best described as part Busby Berkeley and part Barnum & Bailey--with a touch of amnesia mixed in for good measure.
142. The Love Parade
Year of Release: 1929
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Actors: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Lupino Lane, Lillian Roth, Eugene Pallette, E.H. Calvert
143. Honolulu
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edward Buzzell
Actors: Eleanor Powell, Robert Young, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Rita Johnson, Clarence Kolb
144. Sita Sings the Blues
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nina Paley
Actors: Annette Hanshaw, Aseem Chhabra, Sanjiv Jhaveri, Pooja Kumar, Debargo Sanyal, Reena Shah
145. There's No Business Like Show Business
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Walter Lang
Actors: Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Marilyn Monroe, Dan Dailey, Johnnie Ray, Rhys Williams
Plot: Molly 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.
146. The Saddest Music in the World
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Guy Maddin
Actors: Mark McKinney, Isabella Rossellini, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox, Ross McMillan, Louis Negin
Plot: During the height of the Great Depression, a paraplegic beer baroness in Winnipeg decides to hold a contest to discover the saddest music in the world, and boost her sales in the process.
147. Cannibal! The Musical ( Alferd Packer: The Musical )
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Trey Parker
Actors: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Toddy Walters, Dian Bachar, Jason McHugh, Andrew Kemler
Plot: Chronicles the tale of Alferd Packer the only American ever found guilty
of cannibalism. With Packer at the helm, a party of gold prospectors gets
stranded in the midst of a savage Rocky Mountain winter, and next thing
you know, ribs and liver are on the menu.
148. Movie Movie
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Stanley Donen
Actors: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Red Buttons, Eli Wallach, Harry Hamlin, Ann Reinking
149. Stowaway
Year of Release: 1936
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: William A. Seiter
Actors: Shirley Temple, Robert Young, Alice Faye, Eugene Pallette, Helen Westley, Arthur Treacher
150. Annette
Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Leos Carax
Actors: Marion Cotillard, Adam Driver, Simon Helberg, Rila Fukushima, Natalie Mendoza, Ron Mael
Plot: A stand-up comedian and internationally-renowned opera singer come together under the spotlights of L.A. and find an immediate connection. Their first child, Annette, turns out to be exceptional and whose destiny will change their lives.
