Genre: Musical

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


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

Moulin Rouge

2001 · Movie · 125 min. · Australia

Direction Baz Luhrmann

Cast Nicole Kidman · Ewan McGregor · John Leguizamo · David Wenham

Synopsis Christian, a young Bohemian poet living in 1899 Paris, defies his father by joining the colorfully diverse clique inhabiting the dark, fantastical underworld of Paris' now legendary Moulin Rouge. In this seedy but glamorous haven of sex, drugs and newly-discovered...

6.8

127K votes

6.8

127K votes

Beauty and the Beast

1991 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Gary Trousdale · Kirk Wise

Synopsis Belle is a bright and beautiful young woman who's taken prisoner by a hideous beast in his castle. Despite her precarious situation, Belle befriends the castle's enchanted staff—a teapot, a candelabra and a mantel clock, among others—and ultimately learns to...

7.3

114K votes

7.3

114K votes

Aladdin

1992 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction John Musker · Ron Clements

Synopsis After a sultan (Douglas Seale) gives his daughter, Jasmine (Linda Larkin), three days to find a husband, she escapes the palace and encounters the street-savvy urchin Aladdin (Scott Weinger), who charms his way into her heart. When the sultan's Vizier,...

7.4

103K votes

7.4

103K 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

Grease

1978 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Randal Kleiser

Cast John Travolta · Olivia Newton-John · Stockard Channing · Jeff Conaway

Synopsis 'Grease', the movie version of the popular musical, is an idyllic portrayal of high school infatuation and 50's cool. Danny (John Travolta) and Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) share a summer romance, thinking it will end with the beginning of school. But...

7.1

99K votes

7.1

99K votes

Corpse Bride

2005 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Tim Burton · Mike Johnson

Synopsis Victor (voice of Johnny Depp) is travelling home with his friend to get married to his fiancee Victoria (Emily Watson). The two stop to rest in the woods, and as a joke, Victor puts his wedding ring on a finger-shaped...

7.2

98K votes

7.2

98K votes

The Little Mermaid

1989 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction John Musker · Ron Clements

Synopsis The mermaid Ariel, daughter of King Triton, is fascinated with humans. She falls in love with the human prince Eric after she rescues him from a shipwreck. Condemned by her father for engaging in illicit contact with the surface world,...

6.7

95K votes

6.7

95K votes

Mary Poppins

1964 · Movie · 140 min. · United States

Direction Robert Stevenson

Cast Julie Andrews · Dick Van Dyke · David Tomlinson · Glynis Johns

Synopsis A magical nanny takes the two young children of a wealthy London banker on a journey into playful worlds and eccentric characters, eventually showing them and their cold-hearted father the power of love over money.

7.1

90K votes

7.1

90K votes

Pocahontas

1995 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Mike Gabriel · Eric Goldberg

Synopsis Pocahontas is the daughter of Algonquin chief Powhatan, who promises her in marriage to Kocoum, a brave whom she doesn't love. Pocahontas would rather be paddling in her canoe or wandering in the forest, communing with nature and her animal...

6.0

85K votes

6.0

85K votes

Mulan

1998 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Barry Cook · Tony Bancroft

Synopsis To save her father from death in the army, a Chinese maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroes in the process.

6.7

85K votes

6.7

85K votes

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

1937 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction David Hand

Synopsis The classic tale, based on the original written in 1812 by the Brothers Grimm, tells the story of a young princess, Snow White. After the death of her mother, her father remarries an evil woman and unfortunately, her wicked stepmother...

6.8

83K votes

6.8

83K votes

Dumbo

1941 · Movie · 64 min. · United States

Direction Ben Sharpsteen

Synopsis Dumbo is a baby elephant with exceptionally large ears, that is seperated from his mother after she tries to protect him from a group of children teasing and poking at him during a circus opening. She is locked away from...

6.8

81K votes

6.8

81K votes

The Prince of Egypt

1998 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Simon Wells · Steve Hickner · Brenda Chapman

Synopsis An animated version of the life of Moses as described in the Old Testament's Book of Exodus. The story centers upon the the destiny of two brothers--one born a prince, the other born a slave. Only one will emerge as...

6.4

69K votes

6.4

69K votes

Direction Tim Burton

Cast Johnny Depp · Helena Bonham Carter · Alan Rickman · Sacha Baron Cohen

Synopsis Based on the hit Broadway musical which tells the infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.

6.8

67K votes

6.8

67K votes

Chicago

2002 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Rob Marshall

Cast Renée Zellweger · Catherine Zeta-Jones · Richard Gere · Queen Latifah

Synopsis Everyone loves a legend, but in Chicago, there's only room for one. Velma Kelley (Zeta-Jones) burns in the spotlight as a nightclub sensation. When she shoots her philandering husband, she lands on Chicago's famed murderess row, retains Chicago's slickest lawyer,...

6.6

58K votes

6.6

58K votes

The Sound of Music

1965 · Movie · 172 min. · United States

Direction Robert Wise

Cast Julie Andrews · Christopher Plummer · Richard Haydn · Eleanor Parker

Synopsis 'The Sound of Music' is based on the true story of the Trapp Family Singers. Maria (Julie Andrews) is a young nun in an Austrian convent who regularly misses her morning prayers because she enjoys going to the hills to...

6.9

57K votes

6.9

57K votes

La La Land

2016 · Movie · 127 min. · United States

Direction Damien Chazelle

Cast Emma Stone · Ryan Gosling · John Legend · Rosemarie Dewitt

Synopsis Mia, a young aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray...

7.5

55K votes

7.5

55K votes

The Wizard of Oz

1939 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Victor Fleming

Cast Judy Garland · Frank Morgan · Ray Bolger · Bert Lahr

Synopsis Dorothy lives on a farm in Kansas until a cyclone arrives, and picks her, her house, and her dog up and deposits them in the land of Oz. Things in Oz are strange and beautiful, but Dorothy just wants to...

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7.4

54K votes

7.4

54K votes

The Aristocats

1970 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Wolfgang Reitherman

Synopsis Set in 1910 in Paris. After high-society cat Duchess and her three kittens inherit a fortune from their mistress, a greedy butler plots to get rid of them -- and collect the cash himself. The villainous servant kidnaps the entire...

6.5

52K votes

6.5

52K votes