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Top Musical Films

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 7
2 The Wizard of Oz 1939 Victor Fleming 15
3 Duck Soup 1933 Leo McCarey 85
4 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 David Hand 104
5 West Side Story 1961 Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise 118
6 The Lion King 1994 Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff 138
7 The Sound of Music 1965 Robert Wise 144
8 Beauty and the Beast 1991 Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 154
9 Cabaret 1972 Bob Fosse 224
10 Pinocchio 1940 Hamilton Luske and Ben Sharpsteen 233
11 Mary Poppins 1964 Robert Stevenson 267
12 A Hard Day's Night 1964 Richard Lester 270
13 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 Vincente Minnelli 283
14 The Nightmare before Christmas 1993 Henry Selick 297
15 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964 Jacques Demy 298
16 My Fair Lady 1964 George Cukor 322
17 Top Hat 1935 Mark Sandrich 330
18 A Night at the Opera 1935 Sam Wood 340
19 The Blues Brothers 1980 John Landis 343
20 Moulin Rouge! 2001 Baz Luhrmann 357
21 Grease 1978 Randal Kleiser 365
22 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 Jim Sharman 386
23 An American in Paris 1951 Vincente Minnelli 391
24 A Star Is Born 1954 George Cukor 396
25 South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut 1999 Trey Parker 407
26 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971 Mel Stuart 416
27 The Jungle Book 1967 Wolfgang Reitherman 474
28 All That Jazz 1979 Bob Fosse 486
29 Dancer in the Dark 2000 Lars von Trier 532
30 Aladdin 1992 Ron Clements and John Musker 535
31 The Band Wagon 1953 Vincente Minnelli 585
32 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Howard Hawks 595
33 Dumbo 1941 Ben Sharpsteen 616
34 Chicago 2002 Rob Marshall 617
35 The Little Mermaid 1989 Ron Clements and John Musker 653
36 42nd Street 1933 Lloyd Bacon 664
37 The Jazz Singer 1927 Alan Crosland 679
38 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 Michael Curtiz 687
39 On the Town 1949 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 706
40 The Muppet Movie 1979 James Frawley 723
41 Yellow Submarine 1968 George Dunning 731
42 Oliver! 1968 Carol Reed 757
43 Swing Time 1936 George Stevens 772
44 Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001 John Cameron Mitchell 779
45 An Affair to Remember 1957 Leo McCarey 794
46 Love Me Tonight 1932 Rouben Mamoulian 845
47 Cinderella 1950 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 847
48 Labyrinth 1986 Jim Henson 876
49 Funny Face 1957 Stanley Donen 899
50 Oklahoma! 1955 Fred Zinnemann 933
51 Frozen 2013 Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee 940
52 Sleeping Beauty 1959 Clyde Geronimi 974
53 Gold Diggers of 1933 1933 Mervyn LeRoy 981
54 The King and I 1956 Walter Lang 997
55 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007 Tim Burton 1006
56 La La Land 2016 Damien Chazelle 1016
57 Gigi 1958 Vincente Minnelli 1031
58 Topsy-Turvy 1999 Mike Leigh 1048
59 The Music Man 1962 Morton DaCosta 1114
60 The Court Jester 1955 Melvin Frank and Norman Panama 1115
61 Tangled 2010 Nathan Greno and Byron Howard 1129
62 Funny Girl 1968 William Wyler 1137
63 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 Stanley Donen 1169
64 Mulan 1998 Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook 1190
65 The Young Girls of Rochefort 1967 Jacques Demy 1193
66 Hairspray 1988 John Waters 1210
67 Fiddler on the Roof 1971 Norman Jewison 1277
68 Enchanted 2007 Kevin Lima 1296
69 Alice in Wonderland 1951 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 1310
70 Victor/Victoria 1982 Blake Edwards 1354
71 Peter Pan 1953 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 1396
72 Little Shop of Horrors 1986 Frank Oz 1410
73 Lagaan: Once upon a Time in India 2001 Ashutosh Gowariker 1436
74 Guys and Dolls 1955 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1470
75 Easter Parade 1948 Charles Walters 1472
76 Horse Feathers 1932 Norman Z. McLeod 1533
77 Damn Yankees! 1958 George Abbott and Stanley Donen 1539
78 Phantom of the Paradise 1974 Brian De Palma 1565
79 Footlight Parade 1933 Lloyd Bacon 1584
80 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968 Ken Hughes 1622
81 Hairspray 2007 Adam Shankman 1637
82 Bugsy Malone 1976 Alan Parker 1649
83 Pink Floyd the Wall 1982 Alan Parker 1663
84 Carmen Jones 1954 Otto Preminger 1698
85 Hair 1979 Milos Forman 1746
86 High Society 1956 Charles Walters 1795
87 Moana 2016 Ron Clements and John Musker 1804
88 Purple Rain 1984 Albert Magnoli 1834
89 James and the Giant Peach 1996 Henry Selick 1867
90 White Christmas 1954 Michael Curtiz 1873
91 Hallelujah! 1929 King Vidor 1930
92 Calamity Jane 1953 David Butler 1947
93 Corpse Bride 2005 Tim Burton and Mike Johnson 1989
94 Cabin in the Sky 1943 Vincente Minnelli 2013
95 Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 1983 Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones 2019
96 The Merry Widow 1934 Ernst Lubitsch 2030
97 Kiss Me Kate 1953 George Sidney 2047
98 Evita 1996 Alan Parker 2058
99 Les Misérables 2012 Tom Hooper 2067
100 She Done Him Wrong 1933 Lowell Sherman 2069
101 Show Boat 1936 James Whale 2083
102 Annie 1982 John Huston 2097
103 Tommy 1975 Ken Russell 2098
104 Le Million 1931 René Clair 2102
105 Animal Crackers 1930 Victor Heerman 2104
106 À Nous la Liberté 1931 René Clair 2136
107 South Pacific 1958 Joshua Logan 2143
108 Fame 1980 Alan Parker 2174
109 The Princess and the Frog 2009 Ron Clements and John Musker 2175
110 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005 Tim Burton 2179
111 Happy Feet 2006 George Miller 2192
112 Stormy Weather 1943 Andrew L. Stone 2204
113 Monkey Business 1931 Norman Z. McLeod 2234
114 Sholay 1975 Ramesh Sippy 2266
115 Head 1968 Bob Rafelson 2317
116 The Gay Divorcee 1934 Mark Sandrich 2348
117 One Hour with You 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 2399
118 Holiday Inn 1942 Mark Sandrich 2401
119 An American Tail 1986 Don Bluth 2406
120 Yentl 1983 Barbra Streisand 2433
121 The Cloud-Capped Star 1960 Ritwik Ghatak 2481
122 Jailhouse Rock 1957 Richard Thorpe 2516
123 The Pajama Game 1957 George Abbott and Stanley Donen 2520
124 The Muppet Christmas Carol 1992 Brian Henson 2527
125 Anastasia 1997 Don Bluth and Gary Goldman 2530
126 Dance, Girl, Dance 1940 Dorothy Arzner 2547
127 Hercules 1997 Ron Clements and John Musker 2549
128 It's Always Fair Weather 1955 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 2579
129 The Broadway Melody 1929 Harry Beaumont 2590
130 Pyaasa 1957 Guru Dutt 2603
131 Across the Universe 2007 Julie Taymor 2604
132 Rent 2005 Chris Columbus 2608
133 Dreamgirls 2006 Bill Condon 2609
134 French Cancan 1955 Jean Renoir 2612
135 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996 Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 2613
136 Jesus Christ Superstar 1973 Norman Jewison 2622
137 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 1977 John Lounsbery and Wolfgang Reitherman 2625
138 The Love Parade 1929 Ernst Lubitsch 2637
139 Mamma Mia! 2008 Phyllida Lloyd 2639
140 Carousel 1956 Henry King 2651
141 Mother India 1957 Mehboob Khan 2662
142 Anchors Aweigh 1945 George Sidney 2670
143 Sita Sings the Blues 2008 Nina Paley 2676
144 A Day at the Races 1937 Sam Wood 2681
145 The Brave Little Toaster 1987 Jerry Rees 2685
146 The Harvey Girls 1946 George Sidney 2691
147 8 Women 2002 François Ozon 2732
148 What's Opera, Doc? 1957 Chuck Jones 2744
149 Pocahontas 1995 Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg 2758
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