This list contains films that qualify in the "music" genre rather than the "musical" genre as defined by the Internet Movie Database.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Some Like It Hot | 1959 | Billy Wilder | 12 |
| 2 | Nashville | 1975 | Robert Altman | 70 |
| 3 | This Is Spinal Tap | 1984 | Rob Reiner | 127 |
| 4 | Amadeus | 1984 | Milos Forman | 141 |
| 5 | Fantasia | 1940 | James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe, Norman Ferguson, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, and Paul Satterfield | 158 |
| 6 | A Hard Day's Night | 1964 | Richard Lester | 164 |
| 7 | The Red Shoes | 1948 | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | 212 |
| 8 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | 1942 | Michael Curtiz | 257 |
| 9 | Three Colors: Blue | 1993 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 277 |
| 10 | Five Easy Pieces | 1970 | Bob Rafelson | 320 |
| 11 | The Blues Brothers | 1980 | John Landis | 345 |
| 12 | Saturday Night Fever | 1977 | John Badham | 346 |
| 13 | Dirty Dancing | 1987 | Emile Ardolino | 395 |
| 14 | Performance | 1970 | Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg | 414 |
| 15 | The Jazz Singer | 1927 | Alan Crosland | 528 |
| 16 | The Pianist | 2002 | Roman Polanski | 586 |
| 17 | Dont Look Back | 1967 | D.A. Pennebaker | 630 |
| 18 | Gimme Shelter | 1970 | Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin | 726 |
| 19 | High Fidelity | 2000 | Stephen Frears | 730 |
| 20 | Almost Famous | 2000 | Cameron Crowe | 738 |
| 21 | Topsy-Turvy | 1999 | Mike Leigh | 785 |
| 22 | Diva | 1981 | Jean-Jacques Beineix | 788 |
| 23 | The Last Waltz | 1978 | Martin Scorsese | 797 |
| 24 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | 2000 | Joel Coen | 867 |
| 25 | Coal Miner's Daughter | 1980 | Michael Apted | 870 |
| 26 | The Big Chill | 1983 | Lawrence Kasdan | 886 |
| 27 | Yellow Submarine | 1968 | George Dunning | 924 |
| 28 | Shine | 1996 | Scott Hicks | 1018 |
| 29 | Beyond the Valley of the Dolls | 1970 | Russ Meyer | 1029 |
| 30 | Woodstock | 1970 | Michael Wadleigh | 1049 |
| 31 | The Commitments | 1991 | Alan Parker | 1058 |
| 32 | The Harder They Come | 1972 | Perry Henzell | 1061 |
| 33 | Stop Making Sense | 1984 | Jonathan Demme | 1130 |
| 34 | The Triplets of Belleville | 2003 | Sylvain Chomet | 1138 |
| 35 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | 2001 | John Cameron Mitchell | 1140 |
| 36 | Hairspray | 1988 | John Waters | 1196 |
| 37 | Flashdance | 1983 | Adrian Lyne | 1202 |
| 38 | Ray | 2004 | Taylor Hackford | 1230 |
| 39 | Wayne's World | 1992 | Penelope Spheeris | 1280 |
| 40 | The School of Rock | 2003 | Richard Linklater | 1339 |
| 41 | Pink Floyd the Wall | 1982 | Alan Parker | 1366 |
| 42 | What's Love Got to Do with It | 1993 | Brian Gibson | 1402 |
| 43 | Sid and Nancy | 1986 | Alex Cox | 1414 |
| 44 | Quadrophenia | 1979 | Franc Roddam | 1436 |
| 45 | 8 Mile | 2002 | Curtis Hanson | 1440 |
| 46 | The Wedding Singer | 1998 | Frank Coraci | 1470 |
| 47 | Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould | 1993 | François Girard | 1488 |
| 48 | Fame | 1980 | Alan Parker | 1572 |
| 49 | Un coeur en hiver | 1992 | Claude Sautet | 1577 |
| 50 | The Fabulous Baker Boys | 1989 | Steven Kloves | 1594 |
| 51 | Mr. Holland's Opus | 1995 | Stephen Herek | 1636 |
| 52 | Brassed Off | 1996 | Mark Herman | 1666 |
| 53 | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | 1994 | Stephan Elliott | 1668 |
| 54 | 24 Hour Party People | 2002 | Michael Winterbottom | 1742 |
| 55 | Buena Vista Social Club | 1999 | Wim Wenders | 1784 |
| 56 | Shall We Dance? | 1996 | Masayuki Suo | 1797 |
| 57 | The Girl Can't Help It | 1956 | Frank Tashlin | 1821 |
| 58 | The Piano Teacher | 2001 | Michael Haneke | 1892 |
| 59 | Rock 'n' Roll High School | 1979 | Allan Arkush | 1917 |
| 60 | Selena | 1997 | Gregory Nava | 1951 |
| 61 | That's Entertainment! | 1974 | Jack Haley Jr. | 2060 |
| 62 | Laurel Canyon | 2002 | Lisa Cholodenko | 2099 |
| 63 | Bird | 1988 | Clint Eastwood | 2100 |
| 64 | Velvet Goldmine | 1998 | Todd Haynes | 2103 |
| 65 | Bound for Glory | 1976 | Hal Ashby | 2165 |
| 66 | The Buddy Holly Story | 1978 | Steve Rash | 2240 |
| 67 | Fantasia/2000 | 1999 | James Algar, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Hendel Butoy, Francis Glebas, Eric Goldberg, Don Hahn, and Pixote Hunt | 2253 |
| 68 | The Doors | 1991 | Oliver Stone | 2263 |
| 69 | Grace of My Heart | 1996 | Allison Anders | 2271 |
| 70 | The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle | 1980 | Julien Temple | 2274 |
| 71 | Sister Act | 1992 | Emile Ardolino | 2307 |
| 72 | 'Round Midnight | 1986 | Bertrand Tavernier | 2331 |
| 73 | The Birdcage | 1996 | Mike Nichols | 2373 |
| 74 | Footloose | 1984 | Herbert Ross | 2399 |
| 75 | Walk the Line | 2005 | James Mangold | 2466 |
| 76 | Love Me or Leave Me | 1955 | Charles Vidor | 2476 |
| 77 | Save the Last Dance | 2001 | Thomas Carter | 2509 |