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 | 9 |
| 3 | The Lion King | 1994 | Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff | 92 |
| 4 | Beauty and the Beast | 1991 | Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise | 106 |
| 5 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1937 | David Hand | 115 |
| 6 | Duck Soup | 1933 | Leo McCarey | 129 |
| 7 | The Sound of Music | 1965 | Robert Wise | 135 |
| 8 | West Side Story | 1961 | Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise | 146 |
| 9 | Mary Poppins | 1964 | Robert Stevenson | 204 |
| 10 | Pinocchio | 1940 | Hamilton Luske and Ben Sharpsteen | 224 |
| 11 | Fantasia | 1940 | James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, and Ben Sharpsteen | 229 |
| 12 | The Nightmare before Christmas | 1993 | Henry Selick | 231 |
| 13 | Cabaret | 1972 | Bob Fosse | 257 |
| 14 | Meet Me in St. Louis | 1944 | Vincente Minnelli | 284 |
| 15 | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | 1964 | Jacques Demy | 292 |
| 16 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 1975 | Jim Sharman | 297 |
| 17 | A Hard Day's Night | 1964 | Richard Lester | 303 |
| 18 | My Fair Lady | 1964 | George Cukor | 348 |
| 19 | Moulin Rouge! | 2001 | Baz Luhrmann | 350 |
| 20 | The Blues Brothers | 1980 | John Landis | 351 |
| 21 | Grease | 1978 | Randal Kleiser | 355 |
| 22 | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | 1971 | Mel Stuart | 364 |
| 23 | Top Hat | 1935 | Mark Sandrich | 386 |
| 24 | An American in Paris | 1951 | Vincente Minnelli | 405 |
| 25 | Aladdin | 1992 | Ron Clements and John Musker | 427 |
| 26 | A Star Is Born | 1954 | George Cukor | 453 |
| 27 | Frozen | 2013 | Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee | 465 |
| 28 | Dumbo | 1941 | Ben Sharpsteen | 482 |
| 29 | La La Land | 2016 | Damien Chazelle | 484 |
| 30 | A Night at the Opera | 1935 | Sam Wood | 500 |
| 31 | The Little Mermaid | 1989 | Ron Clements and John Musker | 505 |
| 32 | The Band Wagon | 1953 | Vincente Minnelli | 542 |
| 33 | All That Jazz | 1979 | Bob Fosse | 558 |
| 34 | The Jungle Book | 1967 | Wolfgang Reitherman | 566 |
| 35 | South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut | 1999 | Trey Parker | 578 |
| 36 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | 2001 | John Cameron Mitchell | 605 |
| 37 | Labyrinth | 1986 | Jim Henson | 611 |
| 38 | Dancer in the Dark | 2000 | Lars von Trier | 632 |
| 39 | The Muppet Movie | 1979 | James Frawley | 633 |
| 40 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | 1953 | Howard Hawks | 673 |
| 41 | Moana | 2016 | Ron Clements and John Musker | 702 |
| 42 | 42nd Street | 1933 | Lloyd Bacon | 734 |
| 43 | Chicago | 2002 | Rob Marshall | 763 |
| 44 | Cinderella | 1950 | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske | 817 |
| 45 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | 1942 | Michael Curtiz | 820 |
| 46 | Lady and the Tramp | 1955 | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske | 836 |
| 47 | Sleeping Beauty | 1959 | Clyde Geronimi | 847 |
| 48 | Yellow Submarine | 1968 | George Dunning | 870 |
| 49 | Once | 2006 | John Carney | 886 |
| 50 | Funny Face | 1957 | Stanley Donen | 898 |
| 51 | Mulan | 1998 | Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook | 917 |
| 52 | Tangled | 2010 | Nathan Greno and Byron Howard | 952 |
| 53 | Funny Girl | 1968 | William Wyler | 955 |
| 54 | Swing Time | 1936 | George Stevens | 966 |
| 55 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | 2007 | Tim Burton | 998 |
| 56 | On the Town | 1949 | Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly | 1023 |
| 57 | Oliver! | 1968 | Carol Reed | 1029 |
| 58 | Enchanted | 2007 | Kevin Lima | 1049 |
| 59 | Fiddler on the Roof | 1971 | Norman Jewison | 1067 |
| 60 | Little Shop of Horrors | 1986 | Frank Oz | 1076 |
| 61 | The Young Girls of Rochefort | 1967 | Jacques Demy | 1111 |
| 62 | Alice in Wonderland | 1951 | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske | 1127 |
| 63 | The Jazz Singer | 1927 | Alan Crosland | 1132 |
| 64 | Oklahoma! | 1955 | Fred Zinnemann | 1191 |
| 65 | Gigi | 1958 | Vincente Minnelli | 1218 |
| 66 | Lagaan: Once upon a Time in India | 2001 | Ashutosh Gowariker | 1228 |
| 67 | Mamma Mia! | 2008 | Phyllida Lloyd | 1229 |
| 68 | Peter Pan | 1953 | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske | 1290 |
| 69 | The King and I | 1956 | Walter Lang | 1315 |
| 70 | The Court Jester | 1955 | Melvin Frank and Norman Panama | 1333 |
| 71 | Hairspray | 1988 | John Waters | 1341 |
| 72 | Love Me Tonight | 1932 | Rouben Mamoulian | 1349 |
| 73 | Gold Diggers of 1933 | 1933 | Mervyn LeRoy | 1351 |
| 74 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | 1954 | Stanley Donen | 1392 |
| 75 | Hairspray | 2007 | Adam Shankman | 1429 |
| 76 | Carmen Jones | 1954 | Otto Preminger | 1438 |
| 77 | The Music Man | 1962 | Morton DaCosta | 1440 |
| 78 | The Princess and the Frog | 2009 | Ron Clements and John Musker | 1520 |
| 79 | Hercules | 1997 | Ron Clements and John Musker | 1524 |
| 80 | Guys and Dolls | 1955 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 1560 |
| 81 | Topsy-Turvy | 1999 | Mike Leigh | 1573 |
| 82 | Black Orpheus | 1959 | Marcel Camus | 1591 |
| 83 | White Christmas | 1954 | Michael Curtiz | 1610 |
| 84 | Fame | 1980 | Alan Parker | 1641 |
| 85 | Corpse Bride | 2005 | Tim Burton and Mike Johnson | 1665 |
| 86 | Les Misérables | 2012 | Tom Hooper | 1695 |
| 87 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | 1968 | Ken Hughes | 1853 |
| 88 | Dreamgirls | 2006 | Bill Condon | 1908 |
| 89 | The Muppet Christmas Carol | 1992 | Brian Henson | 1933 |
| 90 | Annie | 1982 | John Huston | 1935 |
| 91 | Hair | 1979 | Milos Forman | 1937 |
| 92 | West Side Story | 2021 | Steven Spielberg | 1951 |
| 93 | James and the Giant Peach | 1996 | Henry Selick | 1955 |
| 94 | Hallelujah! | 1929 | King Vidor | 1969 |
| 95 | Cabin in the Sky | 1943 | Vincente Minnelli | 1970 |
| 96 | The Muppets | 2011 | James Bobin | 1991 |
| 97 | Footlight Parade | 1933 | Lloyd Bacon | 2002 |
| 98 | Sholay | 1975 | Ramesh Sippy | 2007 |
| 99 | Easter Parade | 1948 | Charles Walters | 2026 |
| 100 | The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | 1977 | John Lounsbery and Wolfgang Reitherman | 2027 |
| 101 | Damn Yankees! | 1958 | George Abbott and Stanley Donen | 2033 |
| 102 | Encanto | 2021 | Jared Bush and Byron Howard | 2102 |
| 103 | The Merry Widow | 1934 | Ernst Lubitsch | 2114 |
| 104 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 1996 | Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise | 2153 |
| 105 | Yentl | 1983 | Barbra Streisand | 2168 |
| 106 | Horse Feathers | 1932 | Norman Z. McLeod | 2184 |
| 107 | Calamity Jane | 1953 | David Butler | 2197 |
| 108 | Hamilton | 2020 | Thomas Kail | 2199 |
| 109 | Animal Crackers | 1930 | Victor Heerman | 2224 |
| 110 | Monkey Business | 1931 | Norman Z. McLeod | 2231 |
| 111 | Pyaasa | 1957 | Guru Dutt | 2267 |
| 112 | Sita Sings the Blues | 2008 | Nina Paley | 2289 |
| 113 | Bugsy Malone | 1976 | Alan Parker | 2344 |
| 114 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 2005 | Tim Burton | 2354 |
| 115 | Across the Universe | 2007 | Julie Taymor | 2358 |
| 116 | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | 1983 | Terry Jones | 2375 |
| 117 | The Jungle Book | 2016 | Jon Favreau | 2379 |
| 118 | The Wiz | 1978 | Sidney Lumet | 2423 |
| 119 | Le Million | 1931 | René Clair | 2424 |
| 120 | High Society | 1956 | Charles Walters | 2439 |
| 121 | The Prince of Egypt | 1998 | Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells | 2446 |
| 122 | Show Boat | 1936 | James Whale | 2453 |
| 123 | An American Tail | 1986 | Don Bluth | 2478 |
| 124 | High School Musical | 2006 | Kenny Ortega | 2511 |
| 125 | À Nous la Liberté | 1931 | René Clair | 2526 |
| 126 | The Greatest Showman | 2017 | Michael Gracey | 2540 |
| 127 | Pocahontas | 1995 | Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg | 2545 |
| 128 | 8 Women | 2002 | François Ozon | 2586 |
| 129 | Kiss Me Kate | 1953 | George Sidney | 2605 |
| 130 | The Great Mouse Detective | 1986 | Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, David Michener, and John Musker | 2626 |
| 131 | The Sword in the Stone | 1963 | Wolfgang Reitherman | 2634 |
| 132 | Jailhouse Rock | 1957 | Richard Thorpe | 2637 |
| 133 | It's Always Fair Weather | 1955 | Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly | 2645 |
| 134 | Anchors Aweigh | 1945 | George Sidney | 2651 |
| 135 | Robin Hood | 1973 | Wolfgang Reitherman | 2672 |
| 136 | The Broadway Melody | 1929 | Harry Beaumont | 2682 |
| 137 | Tommy | 1975 | Ken Russell | 2693 |
| 138 | New York, New York | 1977 | Martin Scorsese | 2696 |
| 139 | Mother India | 1957 | Mehboob Khan | 2700 |
| 140 | Cry-Baby | 1990 | John Waters | 2720 |
| 141 | Happy Feet | 2006 | George Miller | 2747 |
| 142 | Evita | 1996 | Alan Parker | 2763 |
| 143 | She Done Him Wrong | 1933 | Lowell Sherman | 2766 |
| 144 | Holiday Inn | 1942 | Mark Sandrich | 2777 |
| 145 | The Aristocats | 1970 | Wolfgang Reitherman | 2791 |
| 146 | In the Heights | 2021 | Jon M. Chu | 2801 |
| 147 | Winnie the Pooh | 2011 | Stephen J. Anderson and Don Hall | 2804 |
| 148 | Anastasia | 1997 | Don Bluth and Gary Goldman | 2814 |
| 149 | What's Opera, Doc? | 1957 | Chuck Jones | 2825 |
| 150 | The Tales of Hoffmann | 1951 | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | 2830 |
| 151 | Rocketman | 2019 | Dexter Fletcher | 2842 |
| 152 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | 1966 | Chuck Jones | 2870 |
| 153 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | 2018 | Ol Parker | 2903 |
| 154 | Jesus Christ Superstar | 1973 | Norman Jewison | 2907 |
| 155 | The Gay Divorcee | 1934 | Mark Sandrich | 2916 |
| 156 | French Cancan | 1955 | Jean Renoir | 2930 |
| 157 | Viva Las Vegas | 1964 | George Sidney | 2935 |
| 158 | Rent | 2005 | Chris Columbus | 2973 |
| 159 | The Brave Little Toaster | 1987 | Jerry Rees | 2978 |
| 160 | The Phantom of the Opera | 2004 | Joel Schumacher | 3023 |
| 161 | One Hour with You | 1932 | Ernst Lubitsch | 3046 |