This list contains films that qualify in the "musical" genre rather than the "music" genre as defined by the Internet Movie Database.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Singin' in the Rain | 1952 | Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly | 5 |
| 2 | The Wizard of Oz | 1939 | Victor Fleming | 6 |
| 3 | Duck Soup | 1933 | Leo McCarey | 56 |
| 4 | The Sound of Music | 1965 | Robert Wise | 62 |
| 5 | West Side Story | 1961 | Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise | 84 |
| 6 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1937 | David Hand | 87 |
| 7 | Top Hat | 1935 | Mark Sandrich | 132 |
| 8 | Cabaret | 1972 | Bob Fosse | 148 |
| 9 | My Fair Lady | 1964 | George Cukor | 150 |
| 10 | An American in Paris | 1951 | Vincente Minnelli | 169 |
| 11 | Grease | 1978 | Randal Kleiser | 201 |
| 12 | Meet Me in St. Louis | 1944 | Vincente Minnelli | 204 |
| 13 | A Star Is Born | 1954 | George Cukor | 224 |
| 14 | A Night at the Opera | 1935 | Sam Wood | 232 |
| 15 | Moulin Rouge! | 2001 | Baz Luhrmann | 235 |
| 16 | The Blue Angel | 1930 | Josef von Sternberg | 244 |
| 17 | Pinocchio | 1940 | Hamilton Luske and Ben Sharpsteen | 245 |
| 18 | Beauty and the Beast | 1991 | Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise | 252 |
| 19 | The Lion King | 1994 | Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff | 259 |
| 20 | Mary Poppins | 1964 | Robert Stevenson | 263 |
| 21 | 42nd Street | 1933 | Lloyd Bacon | 290 |
| 22 | Swing Time | 1936 | George Stevens | 307 |
| 23 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 1975 | Jim Sharman | 333 |
| 24 | The Band Wagon | 1953 | Vincente Minnelli | 335 |
| 25 | The Blues Brothers | 1980 | John Landis | 345 |
| 26 | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | 1964 | Jacques Demy | 377 |
| 27 | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | 1971 | Mel Stuart | 415 |
| 28 | Gigi | 1958 | Vincente Minnelli | 426 |
| 29 | On the Town | 1949 | Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly | 471 |
| 30 | The King and I | 1956 | Walter Lang | 475 |
| 31 | Dumbo | 1941 | Ben Sharpsteen | 507 |
| 32 | Funny Girl | 1968 | William Wyler | 516 |
| 33 | The Jungle Book | 1967 | Wolfgang Reitherman | 545 |
| 34 | Love Me Tonight | 1932 | Rouben Mamoulian | 546 |
| 35 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | 1954 | Stanley Donen | 555 |
| 36 | Oliver! | 1968 | Carol Reed | 559 |
| 37 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | 1993 | Henry Selick | 567 |
| 38 | South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut | 1999 | Trey Parker | 617 |
| 39 | À Nous la Liberté | 1931 | René Clair | 634 |
| 40 | The Way We Were | 1973 | Sydney Pollack | 647 |
| 41 | Oklahoma! | 1955 | Fred Zinnemann | 651 |
| 42 | Chicago | 2002 | Rob Marshall | 680 |
| 43 | Funny Face | 1957 | Stanley Donen | 711 |
| 44 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | 1953 | Howard Hawks | 717 |
| 45 | Aladdin | 1992 | Ron Clements and John Musker | 724 |
| 46 | All That Jazz | 1979 | Bob Fosse | 732 |
| 47 | Fiddler on the Roof | 1971 | Norman Jewison | 783 |
| 48 | Lady and the Tramp | 1955 | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske | 803 |
| 49 | The Music Man | 1962 | Morton DaCosta | 825 |
| 50 | Gold Diggers of 1933 | 1933 | Mervyn LeRoy | 859 |
| 51 | The Little Mermaid | 1989 | Ron Clements and John Musker | 874 |
| 52 | Cinderella | 1950 | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske | 919 |
| 53 | The Court Jester | 1955 | Melvin Frank and Norman Panama | 959 |
| 54 | Guys and Dolls | 1955 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 971 |
| 55 | Le Million | 1931 | René Clair | 980 |
| 56 | Show Boat | 1936 | James Whale | 981 |
| 57 | Dancer in the Dark | 2000 | Lars von Trier | 1021 |
| 58 | Peter Pan | 1953 | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske | 1031 |
| 59 | Footlight Parade | 1933 | Lloyd Bacon | 1054 |
| 60 | Jailhouse Rock | 1957 | Richard Thorpe | 1065 |
| 61 | Carousel | 1956 | Henry King | 1075 |
| 62 | Carmen Jones | 1954 | Otto Preminger | 1085 |
| 63 | Victor/Victoria | 1982 | Blake Edwards | 1104 |
| 64 | South Pacific | 1958 | Joshua Logan | 1105 |
| 65 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | 2001 | John Cameron Mitchell | 1140 |
| 66 | Going My Way | 1944 | Leo McCarey | 1200 |
| 67 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | 1968 | Ken Hughes | 1262 |
| 68 | Beaches | 1988 | Garry Marshall | 1266 |
| 69 | Evita | 1996 | Alan Parker | 1290 |
| 70 | High Society | 1956 | Charles Walters | 1296 |
| 71 | San Francisco | 1936 | W.S. Van Dyke | 1310 |
| 72 | The Ruling Class | 1972 | Peter Medak | 1325 |
| 73 | Easter Parade | 1948 | Charles Walters | 1327 |
| 74 | The Young Girls of Rochefort | 1967 | Jacques Demy | 1331 |
| 75 | Pennies from Heaven | 1981 | Herbert Ross | 1355 |
| 76 | Holiday Inn | 1942 | Mark Sandrich | 1384 |
| 77 | Labyrinth | 1986 | Jim Henson | 1386 |
| 78 | Cabin in the Sky | 1943 | Vincente Minnelli | 1404 |
| 79 | Alice in Wonderland | 1951 | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske | 1433 |
| 80 | The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T | 1953 | Roy Rowland | 1441 |
| 81 | Everyone Says I Love You | 1996 | Woody Allen | 1452 |
| 82 | The Gay Divorcee | 1934 | Mark Sandrich | 1462 |
| 83 | Hair | 1979 | Milos Forman | 1479 |
| 84 | Shall We Dance | 1937 | Mark Sandrich | 1520 |
| 85 | Bye Bye Birdie | 1963 | George Sidney | 1521 |
| 86 | Little Shop of Horrors | 1986 | Frank Oz | 1524 |
| 87 | Kiss Me Kate | 1953 | George Sidney | 1526 |
| 88 | Sleeping Beauty | 1959 | Clyde Geronimi | 1545 |
| 89 | White Christmas | 1954 | Michael Curtiz | 1638 |
| 90 | Tommy | 1975 | Ken Russell | 1721 |
| 91 | Animal Crackers | 1930 | Victor Heerman | 1739 |
| 92 | The Pajama Game | 1957 | George Abbott and Stanley Donen | 1764 |
| 93 | The Merry Widow | 1934 | Ernst Lubitsch | 1771 |
| 94 | The Muppet Movie | 1979 | James Frawley | 1787 |
| 95 | The Pirate | 1948 | Vincente Minnelli | 1825 |
| 96 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 1996 | Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise | 1827 |
| 97 | The Broadway Melody | 1929 | Harry Beaumont | 1877 |
| 98 | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | 1983 | Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones | 1887 |
| 99 | Porgy and Bess | 1959 | Otto Preminger | 1891 |
| 100 | The Love Parade | 1929 | Ernst Lubitsch | 1938 |
| 101 | Brigadoon | 1954 | Vincente Minnelli | 1950 |
| 102 | The Gang's All Here | 1943 | Busby Berkeley | 1959 |
| 103 | French Cancan | 1954 | Jean Renoir | 1979 |
| 104 | Bugsy Malone | 1976 | Alan Parker | 1990 |
| 105 | Follow the Fleet | 1936 | Mark Sandrich | 1991 |
| 106 | Mulan | 1998 | Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook | 2000 |
| 107 | Calamity Jane | 1953 | David Butler | 2030 |
| 108 | Annie | 1982 | John Huston | 2032 |
| 109 | Applause | 1929 | Rouben Mamoulian | 2058 |
| 110 | Hallelujah, I'm a Bum | 1933 | Lewis Milestone | 2078 |
| 111 | Damn Yankees! | 1958 | George Abbott and Stanley Donen | 2079 |
| 112 | The Prince of Egypt | 1998 | Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells | 2105 |
| 113 | Song of the South | 1946 | Harve Foster and Wilfred Jackson | 2108 |
| 114 | How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying | 1967 | David Swift | 2145 |
| 115 | Jesus Christ Superstar | 1973 | Norman Jewison | 2146 |
| 116 | Sweet Charity | 1969 | Bob Fosse | 2147 |
| 117 | Mother India | 1957 | Mehboob Khan | 2213 |
| 118 | Show Boat | 1951 | George Sidney | 2226 |
| 119 | James and the Giant Peach | 1996 | Henry Selick | 2236 |
| 120 | What's Opera, Doc? | 1957 | Chuck Jones | 2241 |
| 121 | The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle | 1980 | Julien Temple | 2274 |
| 122 | Robin Hood | 1973 | Wolfgang Reitherman | 2279 |
| 123 | Sholay | 1975 | Ramesh Sippy | 2319 |
| 124 | Babes in Toyland | 1934 | Gus Meins and Charley Rogers | 2320 |
| 125 | Alexander's Ragtime Band | 1938 | Henry King | 2332 |
| 126 | Naughty Marietta | 1935 | Robert Z. Leonard and W.S. Van Dyke | 2362 |
| 127 | Pyaasa | 1957 | Guru Dutt | 2365 |
| 128 | Charlotte's Web | 1973 | Charles A. Nichols and Iwao Takamoto | 2368 |
| 129 | Royal Wedding | 1951 | Stanley Donen | 2372 |
| 130 | Lagaan: Once upon a Time in India | 2001 | Ashutosh Gowariker | 2374 |
| 131 | Lili | 1953 | Charles Walters | 2394 |
| 132 | Annie Get Your Gun | 1950 | George Sidney | 2400 |
| 133 | Babes in Arms | 1939 | Busby Berkeley | 2404 |
| 134 | Head | 1968 | Bob Rafelson | 2408 |
| 135 | Yentl | 1983 | Barbra Streisand | 2412 |
| 136 | Silk Stockings | 1957 | Rouben Mamoulian | 2413 |
| 137 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | 1971 | Robert Stevenson | 2503 |