Best Musical movies

Little Shop of Horrors(1986)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.



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.



Les parapluies de Cherbourg(1964)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 72

A young woman separated from her lover by war faces a life-altering decision.



Cabaret(1972)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 64

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



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.



Hair(1979)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Claude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside.



The Rocky Horror Picture Show(1975)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter.



Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey(2020)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 66

An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.



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.



Robin Hood: Men in Tights(1993)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 46

A spoof of Robin Hood in general and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) in particular.



Dear Evan Hansen(2021)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 65

Film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical about Evan Hansen, a high school senior with Social Anxiety disorder and his journey of self-discovery and acceptance following the suicide of a fellow classmate.



The Last Five Years(2014)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A struggling actress and her novelist lover each illustrate the struggle and deconstruction of their love affair.



Vox Lux(2018)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 87

An unusual set of circumstances brings unexpected success to a pop star.



A Hard Day's Night(1964)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 48

A "typical" day in the life of The Beatles, including many of their famous songs.



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.



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 ...



Gully Boy(2019)

Combined Rating:
58
Combined Critics Rating: 47

A coming-of-age story based on the lives of street rappers in Mumbai.



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.




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