Musicals
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1. 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: 19,383 | Gross: $13.00M
2. Lullaby of Broadway (1951)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A showgirl returns to her New York home to visit her alcoholic mother, where she catches the eye of a Broadway producer.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Doris Day, Gene Nelson, S.Z. Sakall, Billy De Wolfe
Votes: 1,253
3. The Unfinished Dance (1947)
Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A young dance student accidentally cripples a teacher she doesn't like.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Margaret O'Brien, Cyd Charisse, Karin Booth, Danny Thomas
Votes: 508
4. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Romance, War
During the German occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart
Votes: 43,078
5. La La Land (2016)
PG-13 | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.
Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons
Votes: 672,352 | Gross: $151.10M
6. Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A compulsive gambler dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife.
Directors: Vincente Minnelli, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Ethel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong
Votes: 3,414
7. An American in Paris (1951)
Passed | 114 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary
Votes: 36,908 | Gross: $4.50M
8. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Approved | 133 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Two couples and a troupe of actors have an encounter with some mischievous fairies in the forest.
Directors: William Dieterle, Max Reinhardt | Stars: James Cagney, Dick Powell, Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale
Votes: 3,891
9. 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: 2,431
10. Can Can Diaries (2015 TV Movie)
80 min | Documentary
A behind the scenes look into the avant-garde, burlesque and decadent world of the Moulin Rouge in Paris, the magical mixture of erotic dance and vaudeville acts that has entered its 125th year.
Director: Nina Rose
11. Follow the Fleet (1936)
Passed | 110 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A Navy sailor tries to rekindle a romance with the woman he loves while on liberty in San Francisco.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Nelson
Votes: 4,721
12. West Side Story (1961)
Approved | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Directors: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise | Stars: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn
Votes: 121,263 | Gross: $43.66M
13. My Gal Sal (1942)
Passed | 103 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
At the end of the 19th century, the young Indiana boy Paul Dresser left his hometown for a long adventure that would eventually place him at the pinnacle of American music as a songwriter.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Victor Mature, John Sutton, Carole Landis
Votes: 884
14. Carefree (1938)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A psychiatrist falls in love with the woman he's supposed to be nudging into marriage with someone else.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy, Luella Gear
Votes: 4,316
15. Broadway Serenade (1939)
Passed | 114 min | Drama
Mary Hale, a singer, and Jimmy Seymour, a pianist/composer, are a showbiz couple working in The Big Apple in small nightclubs hoping to hit it big. One night, Broadway producer Larry Bryant... See full summary »
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Lew Ayres, Ian Hunter, Frank Morgan
Votes: 287
16. Stage Door (1937)
Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick
Votes: 9,026
17. It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Passed | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Three soldiers meet ten years after their last meeting in New York, and find out that they have little in common now.
Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | Stars: Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Dolores Gray
Votes: 3,986
18. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
Approved | 121 min | Comedy, Musical
Armed with the titular manual, an ambitious window washer seeks to climb the corporate ladder.
Director: David Swift | Stars: Robert Morse, Michele Lee, Rudy Vallee, Anthony 'Scooter' Teague
Votes: 5,147 | Gross: $6.32M
19. Second Chorus (1940)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
When perennial college students Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are forced to make it on their own, the competitive pair get jobs with Artie Shaw's band and reunite with ex-manager Ellen Miller.
Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard, Artie Shaw, Charles Butterworth
Votes: 1,762
20. The Sky's the Limit (I) (1943)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Fred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron's personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days off.
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie, Robert Benchley, Robert Ryan
Votes: 1,221
21. You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Passed | 97 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
In Buenos Aires, a man who has decreed that his daughters must marry in order of age allows an American dancer to perform at his club under the condition that he play suitor to his second-oldest daughter.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Adolphe Menjou, Isobel Elsom
Votes: 4,090 | Gross: $0.67M
22. You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
In order to cover up his philandering ways, a married Broadway producer sets one of his dancers up on a date with a chorus girl for whom he had bought a gift, but the two dancers fall in love for real.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley, John Hubbard
Votes: 2,870
23. Isadora (1968)
M/PG | 131 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A biography of the 1920s dancer Isadora Duncan, who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitude and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, James Fox, Jason Robards, John Fraser
Votes: 2,618
24. Pal Joey (1957)
Approved | 111 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Joey Evans is a charming, handsome, funny, talented 1st class, A-Number 1 heel. When Joey meets the former chorus girl and now rich widow Vera Simpson, the pair of lecherous souls seem made for each other.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Barbara Nichols
Votes: 5,863
25. Chicago (2002)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
Two death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention.
Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Taye Diggs
Votes: 243,495 | Gross: $170.69M
26. Greenwich Village (1944)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, William Bendix, Vivian Blaine
Votes: 466
27. Oklahoma! (1999 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 180 min | Musical, Romance, Western
Cowboy Curly McClain tries to win the heart of a girl in a singing and dancing extravaganza.
Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Maureen Lipman, Hugh Jackman, Josefina Gabrielle, David Shelmerdine
Votes: 2,271
28. Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (2019)
PG-13 | 97 min | Documentary
The origin story behind one of Broadway's most beloved musicals, Fiddler on The Roof, and its creative roots in early 1960s New York, when "tradition" was on the wane as gender roles, sexuality, race relations and religion were evolving.
Director: Max Lewkowicz | Stars: Marc Aronson, Michael Bernardi, Jerry Bock, Danny Burstein
Votes: 463 | Gross: $0.34M
29. Damn Yankees (1958)
Approved | 111 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A frustrated fan of the hopeless Washington Senators makes a pact with the Devil to help the baseball team win the league pennant.
Directors: George Abbott, Stanley Donen | Stars: Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston, Russ Brown
Votes: 3,449
30.
Great Performances (1971– )
Episode:
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
(1998)
TV-G | 127 min | Music, Musical
A tribute to Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber for his 50th birthday. Features selections from his most popular plays, such as CATS, Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Sunset ... See full summary »
Director: David Mallet | Stars: Tina Arena, Michael Ball, Antonio Banderas, Boyzone
Votes: 481
31. The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)
Not Rated | 137 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in the Paris Opera House, terrorizes the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protégée whom he trains and loves.
Directors: Nick Morris, Laurence Connor | Stars: Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Hadley Fraser, Wendy Ferguson
Votes: 9,951
32. Getting to the Nutcracker (2014)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Family
Every Christmas season, The Nutcracker Ballet is performed in cities all over the world. What does it really take to produce this ballet each year? Our documentary film, Getting to The ... See full summary »
Director: Serene Meshel-Dillman
Votes: 78
33. Hamilton (2020)
PG-13 | 160 min | Biography, Drama, History
The real life of one of America's foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Captured live on Broadway from the Richard Rodgers Theater with the original Broadway cast.
Director: Thomas Kail | Stars: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Leslie Odom Jr., Renée Elise Goldsberry
Votes: 113,970
34. Leonard Soloway's Broadway (2019)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
Through verité documentary footage, humorous storytelling, interviews and archival film material, Leonard Soloway's Broadway captures a Broadway few ever see as told through the eyes of a ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Wolk | Stars: Campbell Scott, Elizabeth Ashley, Olympia Dukakis, Tovah Feldshuh
Votes: 50
35. 42nd Street: The Musical (2019)
Not Rated | 155 min | Musical
Peggy Sawyer, a talented young performer with stars in her eyes gets her big break on Broadway.
Directors: Mark Bramble, Ross MacGibbon | Stars: Bonnie Langford, Tom Lister, Clare Halse, Philip Bertioli
Votes: 523 | Gross: $0.19M
36. An American in Paris - The Musical (2018)
160 min | Musical
Jerry Mulligan is an American striving to make it as a painter in Paris. Following an encounter with a dancer named Lise, the streets of Paris become the backdrop to a sensuous romance of art, friendship and love in the aftermath of war.
Directors: Christopher Wheeldon, Ross MacGibbon | Stars: Robbie Fairchild, Leanne Cope, Haydn Oakley, Zoë Rainey
Votes: 500
37. Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Passed | 109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of 'The Taming of the Shrew'; off-stage, the production is troublesome with ex-lovers' quarrels and two gangsters looking for some money owed to them.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 6,818 | Gross: $4.38M
38. Flamenco Flamenco (2010)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, Music
A look at the history and traditions of flamenco music and dance through the live performance of a wide variety of pieces.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Sara Baras, José Miguel Carmona, Montse Cortés, Paco de Lucía
Votes: 488 | Gross: $0.06M
39. Sweet Charity (1969)
G | 149 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith despite endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.
Director: Bob Fosse | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Ricardo Montalban, Sammy Davis Jr.
Votes: 6,755 | Gross: $3.43M
40.
Great Performances: Dance in America (1976– )
Episode:
From Broadway: Fosse
(2001)
127 min | Music
A filmed Broadway production of a 1999 tribute that strings together acclaimed choreographer Bob Fosse's "greatest hits."
Director: Matthew Diamond | Stars: Ann Reinking, Ben Vereen, Eugene Fleming, Edwaard Liang
Votes: 176
41. Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Two turn-of-the-century baseball players, who work in vaudeville during the off-season, run into trouble with their team's new female owner and a gambler who doesn't want them to win the pennant.
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, Betty Garrett
Votes: 4,077
42. The Gay Parisian (1941)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Musical, Romance
In a Paris nightclub setting, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performs to the music of Jacques Offenbach.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Léonide Massine, Milada Mladova, Frederic Franklin
Votes: 407
43. Original Cast Album: Company (1970)
53 min | Documentary
Stephen Sondheim's musical "Company" opened on Broadway in the Spring of 1970, and tradition dictates that the cast recording is done on the first Sunday after opening night. D.A. ... See full summary »
Director: D.A. Pennebaker | Stars: Barbara Barrie, Charles Braswell, Susan Browning, George Coe
Votes: 1,025
44. Puffs: Filmed Live Off Broadway (2018)
118 min | Adventure, Comedy
For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is not his story. This is the story of the Puffs. . . who just happened to be there ... See full summary »
Director: Kristin McCarthy Parker | Stars: Langston Belton, Madeleine Bundy, Jessie Cannizzaro, Nick Carrillo
Votes: 133
45. Gypsy (1962)
Approved | 143 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace
Votes: 7,010 | Gross: $13.01M
46. The Pajama Game (1957)
Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay raise.
Directors: George Abbott, Stanley Donen | Stars: Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney, Eddie Foy Jr.
Votes: 4,111
47. On Broadway (2019)
82 min | Documentary, History
An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the brink thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inclusion and a sometimes uneasy balance ... See full summary »
Director: Oren Jacoby | Stars: Emanuel Azenberg, Alec Baldwin, Christine Baranski, Sidney Baumgarten
Votes: 138
48. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023)
PG-13 | 169 min | Documentary, Music
Experience the Eras Tour concert, performed by the one and only Taylor Swift.
Director: Sam Wrench | Stars: Taylor Swift, Mike Meadows, Max Bernstein, Paul Sidoti
Votes: 20,930
49. Dance Craze (1981)
50 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary on Britain's 2 Tone Ska Era from the late seventies to the early eighties.
Director: Joe Massot | Stars: The Beat, The Bodysnatchers, The Selecter, The Specials
Votes: 282
50. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Horror, Musical
Barber Sweeney Todd returns to London to uncover the past, along the way meeting pie shop owner Mrs. Nellie Lovett, and begins to start his life of crime.
Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Cris Groenendaal, Sara Woods
Votes: 3,887
51. Spirited Away: Live on Stage (2022)
Not Rated | 170 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A young girl arriving in a new neighborhood, enters the world of spirits, and when her parents are turned into pigs she must go on a quest to rescue them.
Director: John Caird | Stars: Kotaro Daigo, Kanna Hashimoto, Satoshi Hashimoto, Fu Hinami
Votes: 512
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