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 | The Wizard of Oz | 1939 | Victor Fleming | 5 |
| 2 | Singin' in the Rain | 1952 | Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly | 6 |
| 3 | Duck Soup | 1933 | Leo McCarey | 56 |
| 4 | The Sound of Music | 1965 | Robert Wise | 79 |
| 5 | West Side Story | 1961 | Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise | 88 |
| 6 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1937 | David Hand | 89 |
| 7 | Cabaret | 1972 | Bob Fosse | 144 |
| 8 | My Fair Lady | 1964 | George Cukor | 164 |
| 9 | Top Hat | 1935 | Mark Sandrich | 172 |
| 10 | Grease | 1978 | Randal Kleiser | 187 |
| 11 | Moulin Rouge! | 2001 | Baz Luhrmann | 219 |
| 12 | Meet Me in St. Louis | 1944 | Vincente Minnelli | 226 |
| 13 | An American in Paris | 1951 | Vincente Minnelli | 237 |
| 14 | Beauty and the Beast | 1991 | Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise | 246 |
| 15 | A Star Is Born | 1954 | George Cukor | 250 |
| 16 | Mary Poppins | 1964 | Robert Stevenson | 252 |
| 17 | A Night at the Opera | 1935 | Sam Wood | 253 |
| 18 | The Lion King | 1994 | Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff | 270 |
| 19 | The Blues Brothers | 1980 | John Landis | 293 |
| 20 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 1975 | Jim Sharman | 301 |
| 21 | The Blue Angel | 1930 | Josef von Sternberg | 321 |
| 22 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | 1942 | Michael Curtiz | 338 |
| 23 | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | 1971 | Mel Stuart | 348 |
| 24 | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | 1964 | Jacques Demy | 368 |
| 25 | The Band Wagon | 1953 | Vincente Minnelli | 381 |
| 26 | Swing Time | 1936 | George Stevens | 392 |
| 27 | 42nd Street | 1933 | Lloyd Bacon | 393 |
| 28 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | 1993 | Henry Selick | 419 |
| 29 | The Jungle Book | 1967 | Wolfgang Reitherman | 449 |
| 30 | South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut | 1999 | Trey Parker | 466 |
| 31 | Oliver! | 1968 | Carol Reed | 471 |
| 32 | On the Town | 1949 | Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly | 506 |
| 33 | The King and I | 1956 | Walter Lang | 519 |
| 34 | Gigi | 1958 | Vincente Minnelli | 532 |
| 35 | Pierrot le Fou | 1965 | Jean-Luc Godard | 551 |
| 36 | Dumbo | 1941 | Ben Sharpsteen | 565 |
| 37 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | 1954 | Stanley Donen | 580 |
| 38 | Love Me Tonight | 1932 | Rouben Mamoulian | 622 |
| 39 | Chicago | 2002 | Rob Marshall | 624 |
| 40 | Funny Girl | 1968 | William Wyler | 628 |
| 41 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | 1953 | Howard Hawks | 719 |
| 42 | Funny Face | 1957 | Stanley Donen | 723 |
| 43 | Aladdin | 1992 | Ron Clements and John Musker | 750 |
| 44 | The Music Man | 1962 | Morton DaCosta | 773 |
| 45 | Dancer in the Dark | 2000 | Lars von Trier | 780 |
| 46 | Oklahoma! | 1955 | Fred Zinnemann | 801 |
| 47 | Fiddler on the Roof | 1971 | Norman Jewison | 881 |
| 48 | The Court Jester | 1955 | Melvin Frank and Norman Panama | 895 |
| 49 | The Little Mermaid | 1989 | Ron Clements and John Musker | 928 |
| 50 | À Nous la Liberté | 1931 | René Clair | 937 |
| 51 | Cinderella | 1950 | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske | 941 |
| 52 | Guys and Dolls | 1955 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 1076 |
| 53 | Gold Diggers of 1933 | 1933 | Mervyn LeRoy | 1095 |
| 54 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | 1968 | Ken Hughes | 1112 |
| 55 | The Young Girls of Rochefort | 1967 | Jacques Demy | 1144 |
| 56 | Carousel | 1956 | Henry King | 1162 |
| 57 | Show Boat | 1936 | James Whale | 1205 |
| 58 | Road to Morocco | 1942 | David Butler | 1212 |
| 59 | The Muppet Movie | 1979 | James Frawley | 1243 |
| 60 | High Society | 1956 | Charles Walters | 1263 |
| 61 | Jailhouse Rock | 1957 | Richard Thorpe | 1272 |
| 62 | Carmen Jones | 1954 | Otto Preminger | 1305 |
| 63 | Going My Way | 1944 | Leo McCarey | 1314 |
| 64 | Tommy | 1975 | Ken Russell | 1359 |
| 65 | South Pacific | 1958 | Joshua Logan | 1391 |
| 66 | Evita | 1996 | Alan Parker | 1428 |
| 67 | Easter Parade | 1948 | Charles Walters | 1437 |
| 68 | Footlight Parade | 1933 | Lloyd Bacon | 1447 |
| 69 | Cat Ballou | 1965 | Elliot Silverstein | 1510 |
| 70 | Le Million | 1931 | René Clair | 1514 |
| 71 | Everyone Says I Love You | 1996 | Woody Allen | 1518 |
| 72 | Sleeping Beauty | 1959 | Clyde Geronimi | 1530 |
| 73 | Damn Yankees! | 1958 | George Abbott and Stanley Donen | 1544 |
| 74 | Labyrinth | 1986 | Jim Henson | 1545 |
| 75 | The Great Ziegfeld | 1936 | Robert Z. Leonard | 1562 |
| 76 | White Christmas | 1954 | Michael Curtiz | 1580 |
| 77 | Bugsy Malone | 1976 | Alan Parker | 1582 |
| 78 | The Pajama Game | 1957 | George Abbott and Stanley Donen | 1606 |
| 79 | Kiss Me Kate | 1953 | George Sidney | 1620 |
| 80 | Alice in Wonderland | 1951 | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske | 1643 |
| 81 | The Cloud-Capped Star | 1960 | Ritwik Ghatak | 1664 |
| 82 | Little Shop of Horrors | 1986 | Frank Oz | 1668 |
| 83 | Hair | 1979 | Milos Forman | 1682 |
| 84 | Calamity Jane | 1953 | David Butler | 1686 |
| 85 | The Broadway Melody | 1929 | Harry Beaumont | 1728 |
| 86 | The Merry Widow | 1934 | Ernst Lubitsch | 1734 |
| 87 | The Gay Divorcee | 1934 | Mark Sandrich | 1756 |
| 88 | Holiday Inn | 1942 | Mark Sandrich | 1781 |
| 89 | Purple Rain | 1984 | Albert Magnoli | 1804 |
| 90 | San Francisco | 1936 | W.S. Van Dyke | 1854 |
| 91 | Pennies from Heaven | 1981 | Herbert Ross | 1875 |
| 92 | Lagaan: Once upon a Time in India | 2001 | Ashutosh Gowariker | 1884 |
| 93 | Bye Bye Birdie | 1963 | George Sidney | 1917 |
| 94 | Shall We Dance | 1937 | Mark Sandrich | 1918 |
| 95 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | 2007 | Tim Burton | 1975 |
| 96 | Head | 1968 | Bob Rafelson | 1976 |
| 97 | Sholay | 1975 | Ramesh Sippy | 1987 |
| 98 | Annie Get Your Gun | 1950 | George Sidney | 1993 |
| 99 | The Pirate | 1948 | Vincente Minnelli | 2027 |
| 100 | Phantom of the Paradise | 1974 | Brian De Palma | 2045 |
| 101 | Porgy and Bess | 1959 | Otto Preminger | 2060 |
| 102 | Animal Crackers | 1930 | Victor Heerman | 2061 |
| 103 | James and the Giant Peach | 1996 | Henry Selick | 2075 |
| 104 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 1996 | Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise | 2103 |
| 105 | Annie | 1982 | John Huston | 2110 |
| 106 | Hallelujah! | 1929 | King Vidor | 2116 |
| 107 | The Prince of Egypt | 1998 | Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells | 2185 |
| 108 | New York, New York | 1977 | Martin Scorsese | 2204 |
| 109 | Mother India | 1957 | Mehboob Khan | 2238 |
| 110 | The Love Parade | 1929 | Ernst Lubitsch | 2285 |
| 111 | Naughty Marietta | 1935 | Robert Z. Leonard and W.S. Van Dyke | 2311 |
| 112 | The Gang's All Here | 1943 | Busby Berkeley | 2314 |
| 113 | Cabin in the Sky | 1943 | Vincente Minnelli | 2344 |
| 114 | Applause | 1929 | Rouben Mamoulian | 2350 |
| 115 | Jesus Christ Superstar | 1973 | Norman Jewison | 2353 |
| 116 | Follow the Fleet | 1936 | Mark Sandrich | 2354 |
| 117 | Pyaasa | 1957 | Guru Dutt | 2361 |
| 118 | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | 1983 | Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones | 2369 |