Top 100 Musical Movies List

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#40 Musical Movie

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) R

When it becomes clear that his solo album is a failure, a former boy band member does everything in his power to maintain his celebrity status.

Director:

Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone

Writers:

Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer

Stars:

Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer

#39 Musical Movie

Pitch Perfect (2012) PG-13

Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.

Director:

Jason Moore

Writers:

Kay Canno, Mickey Rapkin

Stars:

Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson

#38 Musical Movie

Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) PG

Biographical story of Loretta Lynn, a legendary country singer that came from poverty to worldwide fame. She rose from humble beginnings in Kentucky to superstardom and changing the sound and style of country music forever.

Director:

Michael Apted

Writers:

Thomas Rickman, Loretta Lynn

Stars:

Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm

#37 Musical Movie

Cadillac Records (2008) R

Chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists.

Director:

Darnell Martin

Writers:

Darnell Martin

Stars:

Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Beyoncé Knowles

#36 Musical Movie

Hair (1979) PG

Claude leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly indoctrinated into the youth subculture and subsequently drafted.

Director:

Milos Forman

Writers:

Gerome Ragni, James Rado

Stars:

John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo

#35 Musical Movie

Footloose (1984) PG

A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.

Director:

Herbert Ross

Writers:

Dean Pitchford

Stars:

Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow

#34 Musical Movie

Victor/Victoria (1982) PG

A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.

Director:

Blake Edwards

Writers:

Blake Edwards, Hans Hoemburg

Stars:

Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston

#33 Musical Movie

Cabaret (1972) PG

A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.

Director:

Bob Fosse

Writers:

Joe Masteroff, John Van Druten

Stars:

Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem

#32 Musical Movie

Saturday Night Fever (1977) R

A Brooklyn teenager feels his only chance to succeed is as the king of the disco floor. His carefree youth and weekend dancing help him to forget the reality of his bleak life.

Director:

John Badham

Writers:

Nik Cohn, Norman Wexler

Stars:

John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller

#31 Musical Movie

Hustle & Flow (2005) R

With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.

Director:

Craig Brewer

Writers:

Craig Brewer

Stars:

Terrence Howard, Ludacris, Anthony Anderson

#30 Musical Movie

Les Misérables (2012) PG-13

In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.

Director:

Tom Hooper

Writers:

William Nicholson, Alain Boublil

Stars:

Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway

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#29 Musical Movie

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) R

The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, AKA Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

Director:

Tim Burton

Writers:

John Logan, Hugh Wheeler

Stars:

Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman

#28 Musical Movie

Across the Universe (2007) PG-13

The music of the Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.

Director:

Julie Taymor

Writers:

Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

Stars:

Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson

#27 Musical Movie

Dirty Dancing (1987) PG-13

Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.

Director:

Emile Ardolino

Writers:

Eleanor Bergstein

Stars:

Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach

#26 Musical Movie

The King and I (1956)

A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.

Director:

Walter Lang

Writers:

Ernest Lehman (screenplay), Oscar Hammerstein II

Stars:

Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno

#25 Musical Movie

Straight Outta Compton (2015) R

The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.

Director:

F. Gary Gray

Writers:

Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff

Stars:

O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell

#24 Musical Movie

Rock Star (2001) R

Lead singer of a tribute band becomes lead singer of the real band he idolizes.

Director:

Stephen Herek

Writers:

John Stockwell

Stars:

Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Dominic West

#23 Musical Movie

The Doors (1991) R

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971.

Director:

Oliver Stone

Writers:

Randall Jahnson, Oliver Stone

Stars:

Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan

#22 Musical Movie

8 Mile (2002) R

A young rapper, struggling with every aspect of his life, wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem.

Director:

Curtis Hanson

Writers:

Scott Silver

Stars:

Eminem, Brittany Murphy, Kim Basinger

#21 Musical Movie

Yellow Submarine (1968) G

The Beatles agree to accompany Captain Fred in his Yellow Submarine and go to Pepperland to free it from the music hating Blue Meanies.

Director:

George Dunning

Writers:

Lee Minoff, Lee Minoff

Stars:

Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr

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