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"
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
7.3/10
Director: Anthony Mann
Starring: James Stewart, June Allyson, Henry Morgan, Frances Langford, Louis Armstrong, Ge...
James Stewart and June Allyson star as the popular band leader and his wife in this Anthony Mann film bio loaded with swinging music and fine musician... Read more
Sunday in the Park with George (1986)
9.2/10
Director: James Lapine
Starring: Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Frank Kopyc, William Parry
Based on Seurat's painting "A Sunday Afternoon On The Island Of La Grande Jatte", which depicts people gathering on an island in the Seine. This music... Read more
The Greatest Showman (2017)
7.7/10
Director: Michael Gracey
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya
Inspired by the imagination of P. T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visio... Read more
Gigi (1958) / Gigi (1949) (1958)
Director: Vincente Minnelli, Jacqueline Audry
Starring: Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier, Daniele Delorme
Gigi 1958: Leslie Caron is the bewitching title character in this dazzling musical that won nine Oscars including Best Picture. Maurice Chevalier sing... Read more
The Rose (1979)
7/10
Director: Mark Rydell
Starring: Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest
Bette Midler makes her starring debut an event as she lights up the screen in a familiar tale of an entertainer on her way down from the heights of st... Read more
Swing Time (1936)
7.7/10
Director: George Stevens
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in a nostalgic film about the high life in Manhattan during the Twenties, when fortunes where made and lost in an eveni... Read more
Beyond the Sea (2004)
6.7/10
Director: Kevin Spacey
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, John Goodman, Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn, Greta Sc...
Kevin Spacey's unusual ode to crooner Bobby Darin is a stylised, though warts-and-all, portrayal of a man who simply wanted to be bigger than Sinatra.... Read more
The Band Wagon (1953)
7.6/10
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant
Delightful musical featuring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse in a story line that revolves around the difficulties of putting on a Broadway show. Astair... Read more
Sing Street (2016)
8/10
Director: John Carney
Starring: Maria Doyle Kennedy, Aidan Gillen, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Kelly Thornton
From director John Carney (ONCE, BEGIN AGAIN), SING STREET takes us back to 1980s Dublin seen through the eyes of a 14-year-old boy named Conor (Ferdi... Read more
Frozen (2013)
7.5/10
Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Starring: Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff
Fearless optimist Anna (voice of Kristen Bell) sets off on an epic journey - teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and his loy... Read more