Top 100 Musical Movies List

#100 Musical Movie

Beat Street (1984) PG

An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.

Director:

Stan Lathan

Writers:

Steven Hager, Andrew Davis

Stars:

Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis, Jon Chardiet

#99 Musical Movie

Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)

In 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 for a publicity stunt. With the usual gang of kids and a mermaid named Lorelei.

Director:

William Asher

Writers:

William Asher, Leo Townsend

Stars:

Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Deborah Walley

#98 Musical Movie

Breakin' (1984) PG

A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds.

Director:

Joel Silberg

Writers:

Charles Parker, Allen DeBevoise

Stars:

Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo Quinones, Michael Chambers

#97 Musical Movie

Xanadu (1980) PG

The story of a girl who makes dreams come true.

Director:

Robert Greenwald

Writers:

Richard Christian Danus, Marc Reid Rubel

Stars:

Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck

#96 Musical Movie

Sweet Charity (1969) G

Taxi dancer Charity continues to have Faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and Hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.

Director:

Bob Fosse

Writers:

Neil Simon, Federico Fellini

Stars:

Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Ricardo Montalban

#95 Musical Movie

Lady Sings the Blues (1972) R

The story of the troubled life and career of the legendary Jazz singer, Billie Holiday.

Director:

Sidney J. Furie

Writers:

Chris Clark, Suzanne De Passe

Stars:

Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor

#94 Musical Movie

Fear of a Black Hat (1993) R

A mockumentary chronicling the rise and fall of NWH, a not particularly talented--or particularly bright but always controversial--hip-hop group.

Director:

Rusty Cundieff

Writers:

Rusty Cundieff

Stars:

Larry B. Scott, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Rusty Cundieff

#93 Musical Movie

I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) PG

Six girls from New Jersey run off to go to a Beatles concert to meet their idols, despite not having tickets. Along the way, they learn new things about friendship and growing up.

Director:

Robert Zemeckis

Writers:

Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale

Stars:

Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Marc McClure

#92 Musical Movie

Drumline (2002) PG-13

A band director recruits a Harlem street drummer to play at a Southern university.

Director:

Charles Stone III

Writers:

Shawn Schepps, Tina Gordon Chism

Stars:

Nick Cannon, Zoe Saldana, Orlando Jones

#91 Musical Movie

Selena (1997) PG

The true story of Selena Quintanilla-Perez, a Texas-born Tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart topping albums on the Latin music charts.

Director:

Gregory Nava

Writers:

Gregory Nava

Stars:

Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Jon Seda

#90 Musical Movie

Camp (2003) PG-13

After a series of Broadway flops, songwriter Bert Hanley (Dixon) goes to work at a musical camp for young performers. Inspired by the kids, he finds an opportunity to regain success by staging an altogether new production.

Director:

Todd Graff

Writers:

Todd Graff

Stars:

Don Dixon, Daniel Letterle, Joanna Chilcoat

#89 Musical Movie

Dreamgirls (2006) PG-13

A trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.

Director:

Bill Condon

Writers:

Bill Condon, Tom Eyen

Stars:

Beyoncé Knowles, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy

#88 Musical Movie

Jailhouse Rock (2009)

After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.

Director:

Richard Thorpe

Writers:

Guy Trosper, Nedrick Young

Stars:

Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy

#87 Musical Movie

Flashdance (1983) R

A Pittsburgh woman with two jobs as a welder and an exotic dancer wants to get into ballet school.

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Writers:

Thomas Hedley Jr., Joe Eszterhas

Stars:

Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala

#86 Musical Movie

Still Crazy (1998) R

In the seventies Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor festival. 20 years on and these former rock gods have now sunk deep into obscurity when the idea of a reunion tour is lodged in the head of Tony, former keyboard player of the Fruits.

Director:

Brian Gibson

Writers:

Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

Stars:

Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Jimmy Nail

#85 Musical Movie

Damn Yankees (1958)

A frustrated fan of the hopeless Washington Senators makes a pact with the Devil to help the baseball team win the league pennant.

Director:

George Abbott, Stanley Donen

Writers:

George Abbott

Stars:

Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston

#84 Musical Movie

White Nights (1985) PG-13

An expatriate Russian dancer is on a plane forced to land on Soviet territory. He is taken to an apartment in which a black American who has married a Russian woman lives with her. He is to become a dancer for the Bolshoi again, but he wishes to escape, but can he trust the American?

Director:

Taylor Hackford

Writers:

James Goldman, Eric Hughes

Stars:

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski

#83 Musical Movie

Mamma Mia! (2008) PG-13

The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular '70s group ABBA.

Director:

Phyllida Lloyd

Writers:

Catherine Johnson, Catherine Johnson

Stars:

Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried

#82 Musical Movie

Save the Last Dance (2001) PG-13

A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.

Director:

Thomas Carter

Writers:

Duane Adler

Stars:

Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington

#81 Musical Movie

That Thing You Do! (1996) PG

A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.

Director:

Tom Hanks

Writers:

Tom Hanks

Stars:

Tom Hanks, Liv Tyler, Charlize Theron

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