musical
by shermankeres | created - 18 Sep 2013 | updated - 27 Oct 2013 | Public- Instant Watch Options
- Genres
- Movies or TV
- IMDb Rating
- In Theaters
- Release Year
- Keywords
1. Whoopee! (1930)
Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks... See full summary »
Director: Thornton Freeland | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta, Paul Gregory, Eleanor Hunt
Votes: 1,185
2. Kiki (1931)
87 min | Musical
Kiki, a French chorus girl is desperate to get into and be someone in show business, come what may.
Director: Sam Taylor | Stars: Mary Pickford, Reginald Denny, Joseph Cawthorn, Margaret Livingston
Votes: 350 | Gross: $0.43M
3. Moon Over Miami (1941)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Sisters Kay and Barbara arrive in Miami from Texas looking for rich husbands.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Robert Cummings, Carole Landis
Votes: 1,391
4. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Passed | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play, but insists on remaining anonymous.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, Ruby Keeler
Votes: 9,139 | Gross: $4.80M
5. Footlight Parade (1933)
Passed | 104 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell
Votes: 6,087 | Gross: $3.49M
6. Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Musical
Two salesmen try to market a flavored lipstick.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Ruth Etting, Thelma Todd
Votes: 543
7. Dames (1934)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
A multimillionaire decides to boycott "filthy" forms of entertainment such as Broadway shows.
Directors: Ray Enright, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Zasu Pitts
Votes: 2,429
8. Cover Girl (1944)
Passed | 107 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
Rusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny.
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman, Phil Silvers
Votes: 5,941
9. Take It Big (1944)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A rancher puts on a show to raise money so he can save his dude ranch from bankruptcy.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Jack Haley, Harriet Nelson, Mary Beth Hughes, Richard Lane
Votes: 34
10. Three of a Kind (1944)
Approved | 60 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Two vaudeville acrobats adopt the son of an actor friend.
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Billy Gilbert, Shemp Howard, Maxie Rosenbloom, Helen Gilbert
Votes: 59
11. Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Approved | 110 min | Comedy, Musical
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. looks down from Heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
Directors: Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis, Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney, Merrill Pye, Charles Walters | Stars: William Powell, Judy Garland, Lucille Ball, Fred Astaire
Votes: 3,630 | Gross: $7.93M
12. George White's Scandals (1945)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Music
This Broadway revue is about two love affairs. The romance between the comedienne Joan Mason and Jack Evans of Boston is easily disturbed by Jack's cynical sister Clarabelle Evans, who is ... See full summary »
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Joan Davis, Jack Haley, Phillip Terry, Martha Holliday
Votes: 243
13. Calendar Girl (1947)
Approved | 88 min | Musical, Romance
A songwriter finds out that his beautiful girlfriend is going to be an artist's model.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Jane Frazee, William Marshall, Gail Patrick, Kenny Baker
Votes: 278
14. On an Island with You (1948)
Passed | 107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
While shooting on location in the South Pacific, a movie star is pursued by a handsome Naval officer who is convinced she is the girl for him.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalban, Jimmy Durante
Votes: 1,044
15. Ladies of the Chorus (1948)
Approved | 61 min | Musical, Romance
A chorus girl falls in love with a wealthy young man, but their relationship is jeopardized by her mother's fears about the reaction of his family.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Adele Jergens, Marilyn Monroe, Rand Brooks, Nana Bryant
Votes: 1,580
16. Manhattan Angel (1948)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Gloria Cole and Eddie Swenson are working to keep an old firehouse, now being used as a youth center, from being razed to make room for a new skyscraper in Manhattan. Gloria enters a friend... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Dreifuss | Stars: Gloria Jean, Ross Ford, Patricia Barry, Thurston Hall
Votes: 18
17. Neptune's Daughter (1949)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A swimsuit fashion designer is determined to protect her scatterbrained sister from a South American heartbreaker, but a case of mistaken identity complicates matters.
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalban, Betty Garrett
Votes: 1,746
18. Dangerous When Wet (1953)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
With her promoter-trainer and family in tow, Katie Higgins swims her way from the Arkansas Ozarks to foggy London and the English Channel. - SimonJack
Directors: Charles Walters, Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Esther Williams, Fernando Lamas, Jack Carson, Charlotte Greenwood
Votes: 1,142
19. The Band Wagon (1953)
Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A pretentiously artistic director is hired for a new Broadway musical and changes it beyond recognition.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray
Votes: 12,567
20. Top Banana (1954)
Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A filmed version of Phil Silvers' hit Broadway show about a television comic who tried to regain his ratings on TV.
Directors: Alfred E. Green, Albert Zugsmith | Stars: Phil Silvers, Rose Marie, Danny Scholl, Judy Lynn
Votes: 300
21. Guys and Dolls (1955)
Not Rated | 150 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine
Votes: 19,347 | Gross: $13.00M
22. Silk Stockings (1957)
Approved | 117 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A Russian government official is sent to Paris to bring back her comrades; she soon gets a taste of Paris life and falls in love with an American movie producer.
Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige, Peter Lorre
Votes: 4,321
23. Les Girls (1957)
Approved | 114 min | Comedy, Musical
The former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall, Taina Elg
Votes: 3,058
24. Li'l Abner (1959)
Approved | 114 min | Comedy, Musical, Family
As Sadie Hawkins Day approaches, Daisy Mae hopes to win the hand of Li'l Abner by catching him in the traditional race.
Director: Melvin Frank | Stars: Leslie Parrish, Stubby Kaye, Peter Palmer, Howard St. John
Votes: 1,494
25. The Benny Hill Show (1969–1989)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
A skit based show with Benny Hill, often containing smutty humour.
Stars: Benny Hill, Henry McGee, Jackie Wright, Bob Todd
Votes: 5,510
26. The Best of Benny Hill (1974)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy
A collection of sketches and musical numbers from his long running comedy/variety series, culled from shows produced and originally aired between 1969 and 1972; this film's production is ... See full summary »
Director: John Robins | Stars: Benny Hill, Patricia Hayes, Eira Heath, Henry McGee
Votes: 1,004
27. Benny Hill Down Under (1977 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy
A one-off special starring Benny Hill, filmed entirely in Australia. Among the highlights: "Hold Back the Wind," yet another of his Tennessee Williams parodies; "Archie's Angels," a takeoff... See full summary »
Directors: Rod Kinnear, Richard McCarthy | Stars: Benny Hill, Alton Harvey, Marilyn Natty, Amber Rodgers
Votes: 83
28. Benny Hill's Video Revue (1981 Video)
90 min | Comedy
Another collection of sketches and dance routines from Benny Hill's long-running comedy-variety series. Among the highlights: "Murder on the Oregon Express," in which he impersonates ... See full summary »
Directors: Dennis Kirkland, Keith Beckett | Stars: Benny Hill, Henry McGee, Bob Todd, Jackie Wright
Votes: 166
29. Benny Hill's V!deo S!deshow (1982 Video)
Comedy
Directors: Ronald Fouracre, Rod Kinnear, Dennis Kirkland, Richard McCarthy | Stars: Benny Hill, Alison Bell, Eddie Buchanan, Felicity Buirski
Votes: 27
30. Benny Hill's Crazy World (1988 Video)
Comedy
A collection of sketches from Benny Hill's 1986 series of specials.
Director: Dennis Kirkland | Stars: Benny Hill, Henry McGee, Bob Todd, Anna Dawson
Votes: 74
31.
Omnibus (1967–2003)
Episode:
Benny Hill: Clown Imperial
(1991)
Not Rated | 59 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Documentary about Benny Hill's career.
Director: David Spenser | Stars: Benny Hill, Mickey Rooney, Burt Reynolds, Michael Caine
Votes: 61
32. Benny Hill: The Hill's Angels Years (2006 Video)
Comedy
Armed with his naughty, nubile Hill's Angels and the adorable The Hill's Little Angels, Benny sails into new stratospheres of hilarity.
Director: Dennis Kirkland | Stars: Camilla Blair, Anne Easton, Bella Emberg, Louise English
Votes: 161
33. The Pleasure Seekers (1964)
Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Three American lovelies rooming together in Madrid all manage to get themselves into seemingly-unhappy relationships with fellows.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Ann-Margret, Anthony Franciosa, Carol Lynley, Gardner McKay
Votes: 774
34. Pagan Love Song (1950)
Approved | 76 min | Musical, Romance
A man from Ohio inherits a coconut plantation and falls in love with a half-American, half-Tahitian beauty. Song-and-swim musical ensues in the tropical paradise.
Director: Robert Alton | Stars: Esther Williams, Howard Keel, Minna Gombell, Charles Mauu
Votes: 586
35. Dancing Lady (1933)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An attractive dancer is rescued from jail by a rich man who helps her to have her first big opportunity at a musical play on Broadway.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, May Robson
Votes: 2,664
36. Roman Scandals (1933)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, Edward Arnold
Votes: 804 | Gross: $5.33M
37. Everybody's Girl (1950)
83 min | Comedy, Musical
A typical burlesque offering, complete with harem dances, bumps & grinds, nudist jokes, and skits and sketches. Lots of musical comedy with cartwheels and handstands galore.
Director: Lillian Hunt | Stars: Gay Dawn, Mary Andes, Sylvia 'Sugar' Kane, Levalon
Votes: 30
38. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
R | 114 min | Comedy, Musical
A town's Sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a television reporter targets it as the Devil's playhouse.
Director: Colin Higgins | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning
Votes: 13,385 | Gross: $69.70M
39. Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)
X | 107 min | Comedy, Musical
Heironymus Merkin (Anthony Newley) screens an autobiographical movie of his life, growth, and moral decay.
Directors: Anthony Newley, Richard Williams | Stars: Anthony Newley, Joan Collins, Alexander Newley, Tara Newley Arkle
Votes: 413
40. Three Seats for the 26th (1988)
106 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
A pseudo-documentary on the life of Yves Montand, who plays himself, in this tribute to his long career. During a musical tour, Montand returns to Marseille and revisits the many highlights... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Yves Montand, Mathilda May, Patrick Fierry, Françoise Fabian
Votes: 455
41. Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)
X | 107 min | Comedy, Musical
Heironymus Merkin (Anthony Newley) screens an autobiographical movie of his life, growth, and moral decay.
Directors: Anthony Newley, Richard Williams | Stars: Anthony Newley, Joan Collins, Alexander Newley, Tara Newley Arkle
Votes: 413
42. Three Seats for the 26th (1988)
106 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
A pseudo-documentary on the life of Yves Montand, who plays himself, in this tribute to his long career. During a musical tour, Montand returns to Marseille and revisits the many highlights... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Yves Montand, Mathilda May, Patrick Fierry, Françoise Fabian
Votes: 455
43. Ah! The Beautiful Priestesses of Bacchus (1954)
95 min | Comedy, Musical
A small-town policeman is informed that "naked women" are dancing in a revue at a local variety theater. Being the guardian of public morals that he is, he decides to stroll on down there and check it out for himself.
Director: Jean Loubignac | Stars: Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset, Raymond Bussières, Roger Caccia
Votes: 535
Tell Your Friends