31. Little Shop of Horrors
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Frank Oz
Actors: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin
Plot: Seymour Krelborn, a nerdy orphan is raised and given a job by Mr. Mushnik in his run-down florist on skid row. As an eclipse goes by, he finds a strange and unusual plant he calls Audrey II, after the co-worker he secretly pines for. When the plant displays a taste for blood, he gets concerned. As the plant becomes a hit it grows larger and is soon eating people whole. Can Seymour and Audrey stand up to the monster plant or will it have its way and rule the world?
32. White Christmas
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen
Plot: Following WWII, two soldiers form a successful song-and-dance team. They meet up with a pair of sisters who form their own team and romance soon follows. They end up at a Vermont Inn where they hope to use their talent to help a former military commander - now the owner of the inn - to save the struggling business.
33. Sing Street
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Carney
Actors: Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Jack Reynor, Lucy Boynton
34. Easter Parade
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles Walters
Actors: Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller
Plot: Fred Astaire's character, Don, is stunned when his dancing partner (and the woman he thinks he's in love with) Nadine, played by Ann Miller, refuses to sign a new contract to continue their dance partnership. To prove that she's not important to him and that he is the reason she can dance at all, he finds a new protegee, Hannah Brown, played by Judy Garland, and vows to make her a dancing sensation by next Easter.
35. A Star is Born
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bradley Cooper
Actors: Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Dave Chappelle, Sam Elliott
Plot: Ally, an up-and-coming singer is about to give up on her dream, until she meets a seasoned musician, Jackson Maine, who becomes not just her mentor, but her lover. Yet while she begins to find fame and fortune, Jack finds himself pushed to the side, dealing with his own personal demons even as he struggles to remain relevant in Ally's life.
36. A Star is Born
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: George Cukor
Actors: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford
Plot: A movie star whose best days are behind him, stumbles upon showgirl Esther Blodgett and develops a friendship that blossoms into romance. Yet while her star is rising, his star continues to fall - and the relationship suffer.
37. Oklahoma!
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Romance
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Actors: Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Rod Steiger
38. An American in Paris
Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Actors: Gene Kelly, Oscar Levant, Leslie Caron, Nina Foch
Plot: An unsuccessful American painter in Paris finds a companion in someone who loves his work as much as he does...does she love more than just that?
39. Pal Joey
Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Sidney
Actors: Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Barbara Nichols
Plot: A handsome singer, and A-number one heel, Joey Evans meets up with former chorus girl Vera Simpson - a widowed vamp - finds his plans going up in smoke when Linda English - a proper, sweet girl, also enters his life.
40. Anchors Aweigh
Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Sidney
Actors: Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Kathryn Grayson, José Iturbi
Plot: Joe and Clarence, two navy sailors who have a few days leave in Hollywood. All Joe wants to do is to have a good time and meet up with his girl, the unseen Lola.
