Genre: Musical

Find the best movies, series, and documentaries in the Musical genre. Discover the most popular titles among fans and critics.


Duck Soup

1933 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Leo McCarey

Cast The Marx Brothers · Groucho Marx · Harpo Marx · Chico Marx

Synopsis The small state of Freedonia is in a financial mess, borrowing a huge sum of cash from wealthy widow Mrs. Teasdale. She insists on replacing the current president with crazy Rufus T. Firefly and mayhem erupts. To make matters worse,...

8.1

39K votes

8.1

39K votes

Singin' in the Rain

1952 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Stanley Donen · Gene Kelly

Cast Gene Kelly · Donald O´Connor · Debbie Reynolds · Jean Hagen

Synopsis Silent screen stars Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont face a crisis when the advent of talkies threatens to end their careers, until Don comes up with idea of adding songs to their films. Unfortunately, Lina is completely unable to hold...

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8.1

47K votes

8.1

47K votes

Carnegie Hall

1947 · Movie · 144 min. · United States

Direction Edgar G. Ulmer

Cast Marsha Hunt · William Prince · Frank McHugh · Martha O'Driscoll

Synopsis A mother (Marsha Hunt) wants her son (William Prince) to grow up to be a pianist good enough to play at Carnegie Hall but, when grown, the son prefers to play with Vaughan Monroe's orchestra. But Mama's wishes prevail and...

8.0

34 votes

8.0

34 votes

7.9

3K votes

Hamilton

2020 · Movie · 160 min. · United States

Direction Thomas Kail

Cast Lin-Manuel Miranda · Daveed Diggs · Renee Goldsberry · Leslie Odom Jr.

Synopsis The real life of one of America's foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Filmed live on Broadway from the Richard Rodgers Theatre with the original Broadway cast.

7.9

2K votes

7.9

2K votes

The Lion King

1994 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Rob Minkoff · Roger Allers

Synopsis In the veldt kingdom of Pride Rock, the scheming Scar plans to become the lion king. He convinces young Simba, the heir to the throne, to wander off into the elephant graveyard. When Simba is threatened by a horde of...

7.9

159K votes

7.9

159K votes

Direction Tim Heidecker · Eric Wareheim · Jonathan Krisel

Cast Tim Heidecker · Eric Wareheim · Bob Odenkirk · John C. Reilly

Synopsis Two comedians, average nobodies, and celebrity guest stars perform bizarre low-budget comedy sketches.

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7.8

50 votes

7.8

50 votes

Cirque du Soleil: Alegria (TV)

2001 · Documentary · 93 min. · Canada

Direction Nick Morris

7.8

248 votes

7.8

248 votes

Joaquín Sabina y Viceversa - En directo

1986 · Movie · 60 min. · Spain

Cast Luis Eduardo Aute · Javier Krahe · Luis Mendo · Joaquín Sabina

Synopsis Concert by Joaquín Sabina with his band Vice versa recorded at the Salamanca Theater in Madrid, in 1986. It was attended by several guests: Luis Eduardo Aute, Javier Gurruchaga, Jaume Sisa (under the pseudonym of Ricardo Solfa), and Javier Krahe,...

7.8

22 votes

7.8

22 votes

American Utopia

2020 · Documentary · 105 min. · United States

Direction Spike Lee

Cast David Byrne

Synopsis Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman's brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name.

7.8

223 votes

7.8

223 votes

US Go Home (TV)

1994 · Movie · 60 min. · France

Direction Claire Denis

Cast Alice Houri · Jessica Tharaud · Grégoire Colin · Martine Gautier

Synopsis It is Denis' contribution to "Tous les garçons et les filles de leur age", a remarkable French television commission that invited nine different directors to reflect upon their adolescence and the music that was important to them. A quasi-autobiographical work...

7.8

340 votes

7.8

340 votes

The Wall

1982 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alan Parker

Cast Bob Geldof · Jenny Wright · Christine Hargreaves · James Laurenson

Synopsis Loosely based on the life story of Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd's original front man (who was kicked out of the band for his bizarre and disturbing behavior only to go insane shortly thereafter), PINK FLOYD: THE WALL stars Bob Geldof...

7.8

23K votes

7.8

23K votes

Cabaret

1972 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction Bob Fosse

Cast Liza Minnelli · Michael York · Helmut Griem · Joel Grey

Synopsis It is the city of Berlin in 1931, a time when political unrest racks the country, the economy has been destroyed, and millions of unemployed roam the streets. Enter into this chaos an American cabaret dancer, working at the downtown...

7.8

31K votes

7.8

31K votes

Cirque du Soleil: Kooza (TV)

2009 · Documentary · 115 min. · Canada

Direction Mario Janelle

7.8

39 votes

7.8

39 votes

Direction Jon Amiel

Cast Michael Gambon · Patrick Malahide · Janet Suzman · Joanne Whalley

Synopsis Detective novelist Philip Marlow suffers from the crippling disease of psoriatic arthropathy. Confined to a hospital bed, Marlow mentally rewrites his early Chandleresque thriller, "The Singing Detective," with himself in the title role, drifting into a surreal 1945 fantasy of...

7.7

152 votes

7.7

152 votes

Step Across the Border

1990 · Documentary · 90 min. · Germany

Direction Nicolas Humbert · Werner Penzel

Synopsis A ninety minute celluloid improvisation by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel.

7.7

123 votes

7.7

123 votes

NANA (TV Series)

2006 · Series · 30 min. · Japan

Direction Morio Asaka · Ryosuke Nakamura · Tomoki Hasegawa

Synopsis TV Series (2006-2007). 48 Episodes. On board the train to Tokyo to meet her boyfriend Shoji, Nana Komatsu ("Hachi") happened to sit beside Nana Osaki who was traveling to Tokyo to fulfill her dreams of becoming a musician. The vocalist...

7.7

2K votes

7.7

2K votes

The Nightmare Before Christmas

1993 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Henry Selick

Synopsis Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town, is bored with doing the same thing every year for Halloween. One day he stumbles into Christmas Town, and is so taken with the idea of Christmas that he tries to get...

7.7

102K votes

7.7

102K votes

The Band Wagon

1953 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Vincente Minnelli

Cast Fred Astaire · Cyd Charisse · Oscar Levant · Nanette Fabray

Synopsis Tony Hunter, a famous singer/dancer movie star, is feeling washed up and old hat (old top hat, tie and tails to be exact). The reporters are out for Ava Gardner, not him. But his old friends Lily and Les Martin...

7.7

3K votes

7.7

3K votes

Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway

2008 · Movie · 165 min. · United States

Direction Michael John Warren

Cast Will Chase · Shaun Earl · Eden Espinosa · Renee Goldsberry

Synopsis Set in New York City's gritty East Village, the revolutionary rock opera RENT tells the story of a group of bohemians struggling to live and pay their rent. "Measuring their lives in love," these starving artists strive for success and...

7.7

259 votes

7.7

259 votes