Critically acclaimed Musical movies

In the Heights(2021)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 89

A film version of the Broadway musical in which Usnavi, a sympathetic New York bodega owner, saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings about a better life.



West Side Story(2021)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 89

An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.



Vox Lux(2018)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 87

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





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.



The Ballad of Buster Scruggs(2018)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 83

An anthology film comprised of six stories, each dealing with a different aspect of life in the Old West.



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.



Beauty and the Beast(2017)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

An adaptation of the fairy tale about a monstrous-looking prince and a young woman who fall in love.



tick, tick...BOOM!(2021)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 79

On the cusp of his 30th birthday, a promising young theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.



Annette(2021)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 78

A stand-up comedian and his opera singer wife have a two-year-old daughter with a surprising gift.



Moulin Rouge!(2001)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

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



Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again(2018)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 76

Five years after the events of Mamma Mia! (2008), Sophie prepares for the grand reopening of the Hotel Bella Donna as she learns more about her mother's past.



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 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.



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.



Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary(2002)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A ballet rendition of Bram Stoker's "Dracula", stylized as an Expressionistic silent film.



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.



The Prom(2020)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom.



The Greatest Showman(2017)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 69

Celebrates the birth of show business, and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.



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.




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