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The Best Musical Movies Rated G
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Vote up your favorite musical movies that are rated-G.
All of the best G-Rated musical movies are on this list ordered by popularity, so only the greatest musicals for kids are at the top. If there are any great family musical movies you think we missed, please feel free to add them yourself. Kids movies with lots of singing is a great way to describe most of the movies on this list, even that ones that are cartoon movies with songs.
The films on this list are the most famous musical movies for kids of all time, many of which are streaming on Netflix and Amazon Prime, so use it to find some family-friendly musicals that you haven't seen already if you're a fan of musicals and want to be able to watch them with your kids. Children's movies with music are also a great way to interest your kids in singing.
This list answers the questions, "What are the best musicals for kids?" and "What are the greatest family musical movies of all time?" and contains items like The Lion King and The Sound of Music.
Use this list if you're looking for some new musical movies that are rated G. Between musicals on Netflix, Hulu and other services, there are thousands of great musical movies that are family-friendly, so get out there and start watching. And if you love musicals, be sure to check out our list of comedy musicals.
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- 1Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker
- Released: 1965
- Directed by: Robert Wise
A tuneful, heartwarming story, it is based on the real life story of the Von Trapp Family singers, one of the world's best-known concert groups in the era immediately preceding World War II. Julie ...more - 2Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Glynis Johns
- Released: 1964
- Directed by: Robert Stevenson
When Jane (Karen Dotrice) and Michael (Matthew Garber), the children of the wealthy and uptight Banks family, are faced with the prospect of a new nanny, they are pleasantly surprised by the arrival ...more - 3Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones
- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
This Disney animated feature follows the adventures of the young lion Simba (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), the heir of his father, Mufasa (James Earl Jones). Simba's wicked uncle, Scar (Jeremy Irons), ...more - 4Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin
- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
When street rat Aladdin frees a genie from a lamp, he finds his wishes granted. However, he soon finds that the evil has other plans for the lamp -- and for Princess Jasmine. But can Aladdin save ...more - 5Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Christopher Daniel Barnes
- Released: 1989
- Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
In Disney's beguiling animated romp, rebellious 16-year-old mermaid Ariel (Jodi Benson) is fascinated with life on land. On one of her visits to the surface, which are forbidden by her controlling ...more - 6Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White
- Released: 1991
- Directed by: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
An arrogant young prince (Robby Benson) and his castle's servants fall under the spell of a wicked enchantress, who turns him into the hideous Beast until he learns to love and be loved in return. ...more - 7Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor
- Released: 1952
- Directed by: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
A spoof of the turmoil that afflicted the movie industry in the late 1920s when movies went from silent to sound. When two silent movie stars', Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont, latest movie is made into ...more - 8Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz
- Released: 1981
- Directed by: Jim Henson
In the second live-action Muppets film, intrepid journalists Kermit, Fozzie and Gonzo snag an assignment reporting on a British jewel heist. Arriving in England, the trio settles in at the raucous ...more - 9Ilene Woods, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton
- Released: 1950
- Directed by: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
With a wicked stepmother (Eleanor Audley) and two jealous stepsisters (Rhoda Williams, Lucille Bliss) who keep her enslaved and in rags, Cinderella (Ilene Woods) stands no chance of attending the ...more - 10Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima
- Released: 1967
- Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman
In this classic Walt Disney animation based on Rudyard Kipling's book, Mowgli, an abandoned child raised by wolves, has his peaceful existence threatened by the return of the man-eating tiger Shere ...more - 11Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries
- Released: 1968
- Directed by: Ken Hughes
While truant from school, young siblings Jeremy and Jemima meet the beautiful Truly Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes), who falls for their widowed father, Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke), and his ...more - 12Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey
- Released: 1971
- Directed by: Norman Jewison
A lavishly produced and critically acclaimed screen adaptation of the international stage sensation tells the life-affirming story of Tevye (Topol), a poor milkman whose love, pride and faith help ...more - 13Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum
- Released: 1971
- Directed by: Mel Stuart
The last of five coveted "golden tickets" falls into the hands of a sweet but very poor boy. He and his grandpa then get a tour of the strangest chocolate factory in the world. The owner leads five ...more - 14Cathianne Blore, Laura Carson, Dom DeLuise
- Released: 1986
- Directed by: Don Bluth
A young mouse named Fievel Mousekewitz (Phillip Glasser) and his family emigrate from Russia to the United States by boat after their home is destroyed by cats. During the trip, a fierce storm throws ...more - 15Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde, Henry Gibson
- Released: 1973
- Directed by: Iwao Takamoto
E.B. White's beloved children's tale is brought to life in this animated film, which finds the young farm pig Wilbur (Henry Gibson) attempting to avoid a dire fate. Of all the barnyard creatures, ...more - 16Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway
- Released: 1964
- Directed by: George Cukor
In this beloved musical, pompous phonetics professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) is so sure of his abilities that he takes it upon himself to transform a Cockney working-class girl into someone who ...more - 17Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley
- Released: 1959
- Directed by: Clyde Geronimi
Filled with jealousy, the evil witch Maleficent (Eleanor Audley) curses Princess Aurora (Mary Costa) to die on her 16th birthday. Thanks to Aurora's guardian fairies (Verna Felton, Barbara Jo Allen, ...more - 18Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno
- Released: 1956
- Directed by: Walter Lang
In this film adaptation of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens (Deborah Kerr) becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn ...more - 19Peggy Lee, Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts
- Released: 1955
- Directed by: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
This Disney animated classic follows a pampered cocker spaniel named Lady (Barbara Luddy) whose comfortable life slips away once her owners have a baby. When, after some tense circumstances, Lady ...more - 20Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton, Steve Martin
- Released: 1979
- Directed by: James Frawley
After Kermit the Frog decides to pursue a movie career, he starts his cross-country trip from Florida to California. Along the way, he meets and befriends Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Gonzo and rock ...more - 21Jim Cummings, Bud Luckey, Craig Ferguson
- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall
Three stories inspired by A.A. Milne add up to a very busy day for Winnie the Pooh (Jim Cummings) and friends. Upon learning that Eeyore (Bud Luckey) has lost his tail, the residents of the Hundred ...more - 22Tim Curry, Kevin Bishop, Billy Connolly
- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Brian Henson
Kermit, Long John Silver (Tim Curry) and Young Jim Hawkins (Kevin Bishop) set sail for riches using a dead pirate's treasure map. - 23Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne
- Released: 1937
- Directed by: David Hand
The Grimm fairy tale gets a Technicolor treatment in Disney's first animated feature. Jealous of Snow White's beauty, the wicked queen orders the murder of her innocent stepdaughter, but later ...more - 24Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett
- Released: 1962
- Directed by: Morton DaCosta
When Harold Hill, a traveling con man, arrives in River City, he convinces the locals to start a band by purchasing the uniforms and instruments from him. His intention is to flee as soon as he ...more - 25Miranda Richardson, Christiane Noll, Martin Vidnovic
- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Richard Rich
Anna, an English schoolteacher, travels to the kingdom of Siam to teach children and finds her challenge with a stubborn king. But even as a wondrous friendship grows between Anna and the arrogant ...more
