Best Musical movies that are award winners or nominees

Purple Rain(1984)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 54

A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.



Fame(1980)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 48

A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.



West Side Story(1961)

Combined Rating:
55
Combined Critics Rating: 36

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.



Les Misérables(2012)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 32

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.





Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory(1971)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 26

Charlie receives a golden ticket to a factory, his sweet tooth wants going into the lushing candy, it turns out there's an adventure in everything.





A Chorus Line(1985)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 44

Hopefuls try out before a demanding director for a part in a new musical.



The Producers(2005)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 26

After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.



Camelot(1967)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 47

The story of the marriage of England's King Arthur to Guinevere. The plot of illegitimate Mordred to gain the throne and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, threaten to topple Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knights.



Everyone Says I Love You(1996)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 23

A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a troubled marriage while her stepsister gets engaged.



Fiddler on the Roof(1971)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 22

In prerevolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.



Cyrano(2021)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 61

Too self-conscious to woo Roxanne himself, wordsmith Cyrano de Bergerac helps young Christian nab her heart through love letters.



New York, New York(1977)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 24

An egotistical saxophonist and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long, up-hill climb.



Victor Victoria(1982)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 20

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



Hello, Dolly!(1969)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Matchmaker Dolly Levi travels to Yonkers to find a partner for "half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder, convincing his niece, his niece's intended, and his two clerks to travel to New York City along the way.



Mary Poppins Returns(2018)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 48

Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives.



Paint Your Wagon(1969)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 13

Two unlikely prospector partners share the same wife in a California gold rush mining town.



Yentl(1983)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 12

A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.



A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum(1966)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.




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