Best Musical movies of 2000s



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

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 86

The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a. 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.



Dreamgirls(2006)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 81

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.



Moulin Rouge!(2001)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

A poet falls for a beautiful courtesan whom a jealous duke covets.



Across the Universe(2007)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 70

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.



Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India(2001)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 70

The people of a small village in Victorian India stake their future on a game of cricket against their ruthless British rulers.



Mamma Mia!(2008)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 68

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



Dancer in the Dark(2000)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 68

An east European girl goes to America with her young son, expecting it to be like a Hollywood film.



Nine(2009)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Famous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.



Burlesque(2010)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 65

A small-town girl ventures to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer.



The Phantom of the Opera(2004)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House. He kidnaps the soprano and forces the owners of the play to keep her as the lead role of the play.



Bride & Prejudice(2004)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A modern adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel, Pride and Prejudice, that features the lives of four unmarried daughters in an Indian family.



The Saddest Music in the World(2003)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A musical of sorts set in Winnipeg during the Great Depression, where a beer baroness organizes a contest to find the saddest music in the world. Musicians from around the world descend on the city to try and win the $25,000 prize.



Les chansons d'amour(2007)

Combined Rating:
59
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A musical interpretation of three lovers living in Paris.



Idlewild(2006)

Combined Rating:
58
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A musical set in the Prohibition-era American South, where a speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend with gangsters who have their eyes on the club while his piano player ...



Camp(2003)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 63

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.



The Singing Detective(2003)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 59

From his hospital bed, a writer suffering from a skin disease hallucinates musical numbers and paranoid plots.



Veer-Zaara(2004)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 42

Veer-Zaara is a saga of love, separation, courage and sacrifice. A love story that is an inspiration and will remain a legend forever.



Romance & Cigarettes(2005)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 56

A down-and-dirty musical set in the world of working-class New York, tells a story of a husband's journey into infidelity and redemption when he must choose between his seductive mistress and his beleaguered wife.



Repo! The Genetic Opera(2008)

Combined Rating:
55
Combined Critics Rating: 44

A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however.




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