The best musical movies of all time, ranked by fans and critics. This list includes both the best original musical films and those adapted from stage musicals and other materials. Good musical movies have a long tradition in cinema, dating back to the 1930s, when most musical soundtracks were played alongside otherwise silent pictures. Could a classic musical movie be the top film musical? Since the 1950s and 60s, popular movie musicals such as Singin' in the Rain, Mary Poppins, and The Sound of Music have been favorites of children and adults alike. But which one of these great musicals deserves to be crowned the greatest musical movies of all time? You get to help decide with your votes.
And if you love hilarious famous musicals, be sure to check out our list of funny musicals.
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2,5671,096Actors: Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly, Rita Moreno, Cyd Charisse, Donald O'Connor
Directed by: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
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2,038864The Lion King
1994Actors: Whoopi Goldberg, Jeremy Irons, Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Rowan Atkinson
Directed by: Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers
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1,760659Actors: Jodi Benson, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Pat Carroll, Samuel E. Wright, Jason Marin
Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
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979417Cinderella
1950Actors: June Foray, Mike Douglas, Verna Felton, Jimmy MacDonald, Lucille Bliss
Directed by: Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi
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1,158531White Christmas
1954Actors: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Mary Wickes, Dean Jagger
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
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1,390641Aladdin
1992Actors: Robin Williams, Gilbert Gottfried, Frank Welker, Jonathan Freeman, Jim Cummings
Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
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33494Porgy and Bess
1959Actors: Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dorothy Dandridge, Diahann Carroll
Directed by: Otto Preminger
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50820142nd Street
1933Actors: Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Toby Wing, Bebe Daniels
Directed by: Lloyd Bacon
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349102Rocketman
2019Actors: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard
Directed by: Dexter Fletcher
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401136Mary Poppins Returns
2018Actors: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw
Directed by: Rob Marshall
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1,237574Actors: Paul Reubens, Catherine O'Hara, Danny Elfman, Greg Proops, Glenn Shadix
Directed by: Henry Selick
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380136The Harvey Girls
1946Actors: Judy Garland, Angela Lansbury, Cyd Charisse, Ray Bolger, Marjorie Main
Directed by: George Sidney, Robert Alton
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Actors: Boris Karloff, June Foray, Hal Smith, Dallas McKennon, Thurl Ravenscroft
Directed by: Chuck Jones, Ben Washam
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1,446704Actors: Paul Michael Glaser, Chaim Topol, Molly Picon, Ray Lovelock, Leonard Frey
Directed by: Norman Jewison
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1,039486Actors: Billy Gilbert, Pinto Colvig, Jimmy MacDonald, Adriana Caselotti, Moroni Olsen
Directed by: Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen, William Cottrell
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379127Cinderella
1957Actors: Julie Andrews, Edie Adams, Alice Ghostley, Kaye Ballard, Ilka Chase
Directed by: Ralph Nelson
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358122Into the Woods
1990Actors: Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Tom Aldredge, Ben Wright, Chip Zien
Directed by: James Lapine
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471172Holiday Inn
1942Actors: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Irving Berlin, James Bell, Mildred Harris
Directed by: Mark Sandrich
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335113On Moonlight Bay
1951Actors: Doris Day, Mary Wickes, Ellen Corby, Leon Ames, Rosemary DeCamp
Directed by: Roy Del Ruth
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522187Actors: Angela Lansbury, Roddy McDowall, Bruce Forsyth, Lennie Weinrib, Reginald Owen
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
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474191Actors: Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Harry Carey, Jr., Charles Coburn
Directed by: Howard Hawks
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488180Actors: Bill Melendez, Peter Robbins, Geoffrey Ornstein, Sally Dryer, Karen Mendelson
Directed by: Bill Melendez
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42997Actors: Keenan Wynn, Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, J. Carrol Naish, Edward Arnold
Directed by: George Sidney, Busby Berkeley, Charles Walters
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320111Actors: Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland, Buster Keaton, Van Johnson, Spring Byington
Directed by: Robert Z. Leonard, Buster Keaton
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1,213597The King and I
1956Actors: Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno, Alan Mowbray, Martin Benson
Directed by: Walter Lang
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