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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"

Calamity Jane (1953)

7.3/10
Director: David Butler
Starring: Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn McLerie, Philip Carey

A sunny musical comedy with Doris Day as the rough-and-tumble frontiers woman who makes up in big-heartedness what she lacks in refinement. Contains t... Read more

Shall We Dance / Follow the Fleet (1937)

Director: Mark Sandrich
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers

A Fred Astaire double feature of 'Shall We Dance' (1937) and 'Follow the Fleet' (1936), both with Astaire's long-time co-star Ginger Rogers. 'Shall We... Read more

The Producers (2005)

6.4/10
Director: Susan Stroman
Starring: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Eileen Essell, David...

Nathan Lane hams it up as Max Bialystock, a down-on-his-luck Broadway producer whose accountant Leo Bloom (Matthew Broderick who, with Lane, starred i... Read more

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

7.4/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohe...

Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller stars Johnny Depp in the title role as a man unjustly sent to prison. The previously mild-mannered b... Read more

The Phantom of the Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber's (2004)

Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver

Musical Drama based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's celebrated musical phenomenon, which was adapted from the novel by Gaston Leroux. "The Phantom of the Ope... Read more

Anything Goes (1955)

6.2/10
Director: Robert Lewis
Starring: Bing Crosby, Donald O'Connor, Jeanmarie, Mitzi Gaynor, Phil Harris

An effervescent musical comedy, based on the play by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse, with Bing Crosby and Donald O'Connor as Broadway stars on the look... Read more

South Pacific (1958)

6.9/10
Director: Joshua Logan
Starring: Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr, Ray Walston, Juanita Hall, France Nuyen

An enchanting adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, based on James Michener's 'Tales of the South Pacific'. With Mitzi Gaynor and Rossano... Read more

Rent (2005)

7/10
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson, Jesse L Martin, Wilson Jermaine Hered...

This film adaptation of the Pulitzer and Tony Award winning Broadway musical stars many of the original stage cast, and follows the lives of seven fri... Read more

Music and Lyrics (2007)

6.5/10
Director: Marc Lawrence
Starring: Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, Brad Garrett, Kristen Johnston, Scott Campbell, Hale...

Hugh Grant plays aging '80s boy band icon Alex Fletcher, desperate to re-invigorate his now non-existent career. When hot young thing Cora Corman (Ha... Read more

Funny Girl / Funny Lady (1968)

Director: William Wyler
Starring: Kay Medford, Omar Sharif, Barbra Streisand, Anne Francis, James Caan, Roddy McDo...

'Funny GIrl' - Ziegfeld Follies' star Fanny Brice was the inspiration for this superb stage musical. Barbara Streisand recreated her Broadway triumph... Read more