Top Musical Movies


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

71. You Were Never Lovelier

Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William A. Seiter
Actors: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Adolphe Menjou, Isobel Elsom
Plot: The rich, Argentine Acunas live by a traditional rule - the daughters must get married in order from oldest to youngest. The oldest follows, but sister #2, Maria, has not found love - even though sisters #3 and 4 have already found their respective future husbands. The patriarch of the family, feeling the modern man isn't romantic enough, creates a "mystery man" to entice his daughter. But when an American dancer enters the picture - it shakes everything up.

72. Cats - The Musical

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: David Mallet
Actors: Elaine Paige, John Mills, Ken Page, Rosemarie Ford

73. The Cocoanuts

Year of Release: 1929
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Florey, Joseph Santley
Actors: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx
Plot: Groucho Marx owns a Florida hotel, and auctions off some his land to try to make some money.

74. Cinderella

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Iscove
Actors: Brandy Norwood, Bernadette Peters, Veanne Cox, Natalie Desselle
Plot: An updated version of the classic fairytale that has Brandy taking on the role of Cinderella, Whitney Houston as the fairy godmother and Paolo Montalban as the Prince.

75. Damn Yankees!

Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Abbott, Stanley Donen
Actors: Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston, Russ Brown
Plot: The classic stage musical comes to the big screen as a major fan of the Washington Senators makes a pact with the devil in order to make sure his team wins the league pennant.

76. Les Girls

Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Cukor
Actors: Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall, Taina Elg

77. Carefree

Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mark Sandrich
Actors: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy, Luella Gear
Plot: Steven, at the behest of his friend Dr. Tony Flagg, sends in his wife, Amanda, to improve their relationship. But Amanda finds herself falling for Flagg - who uses hypnotism to get her into a better place with Steven... but things don't go quite as planned.

78. Hello, Dolly!

Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Comedy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Gene Kelly
Actors: Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Marianne McAndrew

79. The Way We Were

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sydney Pollack
Actors: Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman, Lois Chiles
Plot: A love story that focuses on two people who are basically polar opposites. They meet in college in the '30s, and their relationship spans a twenty-year period.

80. West Side Story

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez
Plot: Adaptation of the 1957 musical and based on the classic Romeo & Juliet - Tony, a member of the Jets gang, finds himself falling in love with Maria, the younger sister of a member of the rival Sharks gang. Even as their romance blossoms, tension mounts between the two gangs which may share the same city, but not ethnicity.

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