Top Musical Movies


The Top Musical Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Musical List". Lists are calculated daily.

41. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joss Whedon
Actors: Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day, Simon Helberg
Plot: A musical tragicomedy miniseries in three acts, from director Joss Whedon The show tells the story of Dr. Horrible (played by Neil Patrick Harris), an aspiring supervillain; Captain Hammer (Nathan Fillion), his nemesis; and Penny (Felicia Day), their shared love interest.

42. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Actors: Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley, Paul Blackthorne
Plot: It's late in the season and it hasn't rained yet.the people of a small Indian village in Victorian India hope to be excused from paying the crippling tax that their British rulers have imposed. The over-confident British officer in charge, then challenges them to a game of cricket, a game totally unknown to them. If they win, they get their wish; if they lose, however, the increased tax burden will destroy their lives. Bhuvan, a young village farmer, accepts the challenge and begins to build his team of villagers for the showdown.

43. Blue Angel, The ( blaue Engel, Der )

Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Actors: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti
Plot: A bachelor professor finds out some of his students are frequenting a speakeasy in order to see Lola Lola, a popular dancer at the Blue Angel establishment. Yet in confronting his students, he himself becomes entranced by the woman, and his life begins to spiral out of control as her influence exerts its hold over him.

44. Dreamgirls

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Bill Condon
Actors: Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy, Beyoncé Knowles, Jamie Foxx
Plot: Three women who finally get their break sining pop music across the nation go through hard times as they deal with their manager and his arrogance.

45. Fame

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Parker
Actors: Eddie Barth, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean
Plot: Follows four students with different personalities at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts where actors, singers, dancers and artists come to hone their talents and try to become stars.

46. On the Town

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Actors: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett
Plot: Three sailors on a day of shore leave in New York City look for fun and romance before their twenty-four hours are up.

47. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Swift
Actors: Robert Morse, Michele Lee, Rudy Vallee, Anthony 'Scooter' Teague
Plot: A young, ambitious window washer thinks he has stumbled upon the key to wealth and happiness when he picks up the book "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying". The World Wide Wicket Company - the windows he previously washed - is the perfect place to put his plan into action. And, he does quickly rise, much to the ire of spoiled nephew (by marriage) of the company president.

48. Across the Universe

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Julie Taymor
Actors: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Max Carrigan, Joe Anderson
Plot: A young British man travels to the U.S. during the Vietnam War where he meets a brother and sister who take on the hippy attitude of the 1960's. Musical.

49. Hamilton

Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Thomas Kail
Actors: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo

50. The Greatest Showman

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Gracey
Actors: Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Williams, Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron
Plot: A musical that focuses on the life of P.T. Barnum - a man who rose from nothing to create the greatest show on Earth - and delight patrons from around the world.

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