Musicals
As soon as sound was introduced to the movies, the movie musical was born. The musical was one of the most popular movie entertainments from the 1930s through to the 50s, before falling out of favour at the end of the 60s for audiences now being weened on Vietnam, race riots, political assassinations, flower power and psychedelia. The musical still continued onwards, albeit in a different form, with various efforts such as "Cabaret", "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", "Grease", "Hair", "All That Jazz" and "The Blues Brothers" appearing over the next decade. More recently, "Moulin Rouge" and particularly "Chicago" hark back to the glory days of the musical.
Right: Liza Minnelli does "Cabaret"
Paris Blues (1961)
6.7/10
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Joanne Woodward, Louis Armstrong, Paul Newman, Serge Reggiani, Sidney Poitier, D...
From the smoky cellar bistros of Paris' Left Bank comes this tender, bittersweet tale of two American expatriate jazz musicians (Paul Newman, Sidney P... Read more
Pitch Perfect (2012)
7.2/10
Director: Jason Moore
Starring: Brittany Snow, Skylar Astin, Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Alexis Knapp, Ben Plat...
Arriving at her new college, Beca (Anna Kendrick) finds herself not right for any clique but somehow is muscled into one that she never would have pic... Read more
Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)
5.8/10
Starring: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Hailee Steinfeld, Elizabe...
After the highs of winning the world championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart and discovering there aren't job prospects for making music... Read more
Pitch Perfect 3 (Blu-Ray) (2017)
5.9/10
Starring: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Hailee Steinfeld, Elizabe...
After the highs of winning the world championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart and discovering there aren't job prospects for making music... Read more
Popeye (1980)
5.2/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston
The legendary anvil-armed sailor of the seven seas comes magically to life, in this delightful musical version directed by Robert Altman and starring... Read more
Pot O' Gold (1941)
6/10
Director: George Marshall
Starring: James Stewart, Paulette Goddard, Horace Heidt
James Stewart and Paulette Goddard star in this screwball comedy/musical about a down-and-out music lover who takes a job with a health food company o... Read more
Princess Raccoon (2005)
6.8/10
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Starring: Zhang Ziyi, Jo Odagiri, Hiroko Yakushimaru
To lovers of romance, there is nothing unusual in the story of how Amechiyo, an exiled prince, meets the exotic and mysterious girl, Tanuki-hime, in t... Read more
Princess Tam Tam (1935)
Director: Edmond T Greville
Starring: Josephine Baker
A young Bedouin girl, Alwina (Josephine Baker), becomes the object of desire and inspiration for an idealistic French writer, Max (Albert Prejean). Ma... Read more
Private Elvis (1993)
Starring: Elvis Presley
Private Elvis definitive documents Elvis Presley's years as a private in the American Army, and features rare footage and archive photographs of the s... Read more
Pufnstuf - The Movie (1970)
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Starring: Billie Hayes, Jack Wild, "Mama" Cass Elliot, Martha Raye
Sid and Marty Krofft's 1960s TV favourite gets the big screen treatment, as young Jimmy (Jack Wild), his pal Pufnstuf, and the creatures of Living Isl... Read more