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Best Musical Movies of All Time, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
295 musical films are in our catalog; the 100 best are ranked below. Top of the list is Amadeus ('1984), at 8.4 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.7. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Michael, 7.4 on IMDb against 39 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amadeus '1984 | Drama / Musical | 8.4 | 90% | 87 | 8.0 | Miloš Forman |
| 2 | Whiplash '2014 | Drama / Musical / Thriller | 8.5 | 94% | 89 | 8.4 | Damien Chazelle |
| 3 | The Sound of Music '1965 | Drama / Musical / Romance | 8.1 | 83% | 63 | 7.7 | Robert Wise |
| 4 | Coco '2017 | Animation / Musical | 8.4 | 97% | 81 | 8.2 | Lee Unkrich |
| 5 | Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii '1972 | Musical / Documentary | 8.6 | 100% | 75 | 8.1 | Adrian Maben |
| 6 | Rabbit of Seville '1950 | Animation / Comedy / Musical | 8.3 | - | - | 7.6 | Chuck Jones |
| 7 | Soul '2020 | Animation / Drama / Musical / Fantasy | 8.0 | 95% | 83 | 8.1 | Pete Docter |
| 8 | What's Opera, Doc? '1957 | Animation / Comedy / Musical | 8.3 | - | - | 7.6 | Chuck Jones |
| 9 | The Blues Brothers '1980 | Musical / Comedy / Crime | 7.9 | 72% | 60 | 7.7 | John Landis |
| 10 | The Cat Concerto '1947 | Animation / Comedy / Musical | 8.2 | - | - | 7.6 | William Hanna |
| 11 | A Night at the Opera '1935 | Comedy / Musical | 7.8 | 97% | - | 7.4 | Sam Wood |
| 12 | Pink Floyd: The Wall '1982 | Musical / Drama | 8.0 | 73% | 47 | 8.0 | Alan Parker |
| 13 | One Froggy Evening '1955 | Animation / Comedy / Musical | 8.4 | - | - | 7.7 | Chuck Jones |
| 14 | Woodstock '1970 | Documentary / Musical | 8.1 | 100% | 95 | 7.6 | Michael Wadleigh |
| 15 | This Is Spinal Tap '1984 | Comedy / Musical | 7.9 | 98% | 92 | 7.4 | Rob Reiner |
| 16 | Cabaret '1972 | Musical / Romance / Drama | 7.8 | 92% | 80 | 7.4 | Bob Fosse |
| 17 | My Fair Lady '1964 | Comedy / Musical / Drama | 7.7 | 94% | 95 | 7.5 | George Cukor |
| 18 | Bohemian Rhapsody '2018 | Musical / Drama | 7.9 | 60% | 49 | 7.9 | Bryan Singer |
| 19 | Top Hat '1935 | Musical / Comedy / Romance | 7.7 | 100% | 93 | 7.2 | Mark Sandrich |
| 20 | CODA '2021 | Drama / Musical / Romance | 8.0 | 94% | 72 | 7.9 | Sian Heder |
| 21 | Koyaanisqatsi '1983 | Documentary / Musical | 8.2 | 91% | 72 | 7.9 | Godfrey Reggio |
| 22 | The Music Man '1962 | Comedy / Musical / Romance | 7.7 | 94% | 76 | 7.1 | Morton DaCosta |
| 23 | The Court Jester '1955 | Musical / Comedy | 7.8 | 97% | - | 7.3 | Norman Panama |
| 24 | Stop Making Sense '1984 | Documentary / Musical | 8.7 | 100% | 94 | 8.3 | Jonathan Demme |
| 25 | White Christmas '1954 | Comedy / Musical / Romance | 7.6 | 76% | 56 | 7.2 | Michael Curtiz |
| 26 | The Old Mill '1937 | Animation / Thriller / Musical / Horror | 7.7 | - | - | 7.3 | Wilfred Jackson |
| 27 | Almost Famous '2000 | Drama / Musical | 7.9 | 91% | 90 | 7.5 | Cameron Crowe |
| 28 | The Band Concert '1935 | Animation / Comedy / Musical | 7.8 | - | - | 7.2 | Wilfred Jackson |
| 29 | Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back '1967 | Documentary / Musical | 7.9 | 92% | 84 | 7.4 | D. A. Pennebaker |
| 30 | The Last Waltz '1978 | Documentary / Musical | 8.1 | 98% | 84 | 7.7 | Martin Scorsese |
| 31 | Yankee Doodle Dandy '1942 | Drama / Musical | 7.6 | 91% | 89 | 7.0 | Michael Curtiz |
| 32 | The Skeleton Dance '1929 | Animation / Musical / Comedy / Horror | 7.6 | - | - | 7.4 | Walt Disney |
| 33 | The Hollywood Bowl '1950 | Animation / Comedy / Musical | 7.9 | - | - | 7.2 | Joseph Barbera |
| 34 | It Happened on Fifth Avenue '1947 | Comedy / Romance / Musical | 7.6 | - | 66 | 7.1 | Roy Del Ruth |
| 35 | Awaara '1951 | Drama / Musical / Romance | 7.8 | - | - | 7.2 | Raj Kapoor |
| 36 | Gimme Shelter '1970 | Documentary / Musical | 7.8 | 93% | 85 | 7.4 | Albert Maysles |
| 37 | A Day at the Races '1937 | Comedy / Musical | 7.5 | 95% | - | 7.1 | Sam Wood |
| 38 | A Hard Day's Night '1964 | Comedy / Musical | 7.5 | 98% | 96 | 7.3 | Richard Lester |
| 39 | Nashville '1975 | Drama / Comedy / Musical | 7.6 | 89% | 96 | 7.3 | Robert Altman |
| 40 | The Music Room '1958 | Drama / Musical | 7.8 | 100% | - | 7.5 | Satyajit Ray |
| 41 | A Star Is Born '1954 | Drama / Musical / Romance | 7.5 | 98% | 89 | 7.1 | George Cukor |
| 42 | Sound of Metal '2020 | Drama / Musical | 7.7 | 97% | 82 | 7.7 | Darius Marder |
| 43 | Michael Jackson's Thriller '1983 | Horror / Musical / Thriller | 8.7 | - | - | 8.3 | John Landis |
| 44 | Three Little Pigs '1933 | Musical / Animation / Comedy | 7.5 | - | - | 6.9 | Burt Gillett |
| 45 | Hair '1979 | Musical / Drama / Comedy | 7.5 | 83% | 68 | 7.3 | Miloš Forman |
| 46 | Footlight Parade '1933 | Comedy / Musical | 7.5 | 100% | 80 | 6.8 | Lloyd Bacon |
| 47 | A Star Is Born '2018 | Musical / Drama / Romance | 7.6 | 90% | 88 | 7.5 | Bradley Cooper |
| 48 | Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day '1968 | Animation / Musical | 7.9 | - | - | 7.3 | Wolfgang Reitherman |
| 49 | The Muppet Christmas Carol '1992 | Musical / Comedy / Fantasy / Drama | 7.8 | 78% | 64 | 7.5 | Brian Henson |
| 50 | Animal Crackers '1930 | Comedy / Musical | 7.4 | 97% | 77 | 6.9 | Victor Heerman |
| 51 | Walk the Line '2005 | Drama / Musical / Romance | 7.8 | 83% | 72 | 7.5 | James Mangold |
| 52 | Yellow Submarine '1968 | Musical / Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 7.4 | 96% | 79 | 7.2 | George Dunning |
| 53 | Straight Outta Compton '2015 | Drama / Musical | 7.8 | 89% | 72 | 7.8 | F. Gary Gray |
| 54 | Monterey Pop '1968 | Musical / Documentary | 7.9 | 96% | 77 | 7.4 | D. A. Pennebaker |
| 55 | The Legend of 1900 '1998 | Drama / Musical | 8.0 | 58% | 58 | 8.2 | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 56 | Der Fuehrer's Face '1943 | Animation / Comedy / Musical | 7.5 | - | - | 7.0 | Jack Kinney |
| 57 | Easter Parade '1948 | Romance / Musical | 7.3 | 91% | - | 7.0 | Charles Walters |
| 58 | To Joy '1950 | Romance / Drama / Musical | 7.2 | - | - | 6.8 | Ingmar Bergman |
| 59 | Full Spead Ahead '1951 | Comedy / Musical | 8.0 | - | - | 8.4 | Ismael Rodríguez |
| 60 | Let It Be '1970 | Documentary / Musical | 7.6 | 81% | 69 | 7.7 | Michael Lindsay-Hogg |
| 61 | Billy Elliot '2000 | Drama / Comedy / Musical | 7.7 | 85% | 74 | 7.6 | Stephen Daldry |
| 62 | A Song of Lisbon '1933 | Musical / Comedy | 7.7 | - | - | 8.5 | José Cottinelli Telmo |
| 63 | Moulin Rouge! '2001 | Drama / Romance / Musical | 7.5 | 75% | 66 | 7.5 | Baz Luhrmann |
| 64 | I Love to Singa '1936 | Animation / Comedy / Musical | 7.6 | - | - | 6.8 | Tex Avery |
| 65 | Hellzapoppin' '1941 | Musical / Comedy / Romance | 7.4 | - | - | 7.2 | H. C. Potter |
| 66 | À Nous la Liberté '1931 | Comedy / Musical | 7.4 | 100% | - | 7.0 | René Clair |
| 67 | The Glenn Miller Story '1954 | Drama / Musical / Romance | 7.3 | 89% | - | 7.0 | Anthony Mann |
| 68 | The Courtyard of the Ballads '1942 | Musical / Comedy | 7.8 | - | - | 8.7 | Francisco Ribeiro |
| 69 | Ray '2004 | Drama / Musical | 7.7 | 80% | 73 | 7.5 | Taylor Hackford |
| 70 | Show Boat '1936 | Musical / Romance / Drama | 7.4 | 100% | 88 | 6.7 | James Whale |
| 71 | Victor/Victoria '1982 | Musical / Comedy / Romance | 7.6 | 85% | 84 | 7.3 | Blake Edwards |
| 72 | Le Million '1931 | Comedy / Musical | 7.4 | 100% | - | 6.8 | René Clair |
| 73 | Begone Dull Care '1949 | Animation / Musical | 7.3 | - | - | 7.0 | Norman McLaren |
| 74 | Phantom of the Paradise '1974 | Drama / Horror / Musical | 7.3 | 83% | 67 | 7.5 | Brian De Palma |
| 75 | Dos tipos de cuidado '1953 | Comedy / Musical / Romance | 8.0 | - | - | 8.4 | Ismael Rodríguez |
| 76 | High Fidelity '2000 | Drama / Comedy / Romance / Musical | 7.4 | 91% | 79 | 7.1 | Stephen Frears |
| 77 | Snow-White '1933 | Animation / Fantasy / Comedy / Musical | 7.4 | - | - | 6.8 | Dave Fleischer |
| 78 | School for Tramps '1955 | Comedy / Musical / Romance | 8.1 | - | - | 8.0 | Rogelio A. González |
| 79 | Book Revue '1946 | Animation / Comedy / Musical | 7.1 | - | - | 6.6 | Robert Clampett |
| 80 | Michael '2026 | Musical / Drama | 7.4 | 38% | 39 | 8.6 | Antoine Fuqua |
| 81 | Carnival Night '1956 | Musical / Comedy / Romance | 7.4 | - | - | 7.0 | Eldar Ryazanov |
| 82 | French Cancan '1955 | Comedy / Drama / Romance / Musical | 7.3 | 100% | - | 7.2 | Jean Renoir |
| 83 | Road to Utopia '1946 | Comedy / Musical | 7.1 | 100% | 72 | 6.8 | Hal Walker |
| 84 | The Tales of Hoffmann '1951 | Musical / Fantasy / Drama | 7.1 | 85% | - | 7.1 | Michael Powell |
| 85 | Johann Mouse '1953 | Animation / Comedy / Musical | 7.4 | - | - | 6.9 | Joseph Barbera |
| 86 | Broadway Melody of 1940 '1940 | Musical / Romance / Drama | 7.3 | 80% | - | 6.9 | Norman Taurog |
| 87 | An American in Paris '1951 | Musical / Romance / Comedy | 7.1 | 95% | 83 | 7.0 | Vincente Minnelli |
| 88 | The Chorus '2004 | Drama / Comedy / Musical | 7.9 | 68% | 56 | 7.7 | Christophe Barratier |
| 89 | A Corny Concerto '1943 | Animation / Comedy / Musical | 7.3 | - | - | 6.9 | Robert Clampett |
| 90 | Flowers and Trees '1932 | Animation / Musical / Romance / Comedy / Thriller | 7.2 | - | - | 6.9 | Burt Gillett |
| 91 | 8 Mile '2002 | Drama / Musical | 7.2 | 76% | 77 | 7.1 | Curtis Hanson |
| 92 | tick, tick... BOOM! '2021 | Drama / Musical | 7.5 | 87% | 74 | 7.6 | Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| 93 | Elvis '2022 | Musical / Drama | 7.3 | 77% | 64 | 7.4 | Baz Luhrmann |
| 94 | Help! '1965 | Comedy / Musical | 7.1 | 86% | 58 | 6.9 | Richard Lester |
| 95 | Begin Again '2014 | Comedy / Musical / Romance / Drama | 7.4 | 83% | 62 | 7.2 | John Carney |
| 96 | Music Land '1935 | Animation / Musical / Romance | 7.4 | - | - | 6.9 | Wilfred Jackson |
| 97 | Quadrophenia '1979 | Drama / Musical | 7.2 | 100% | 79 | 7.0 | Franc Roddam |
| 98 | The Harvey Girls '1946 | Musical / Western / Romance / Comedy | 7.0 | 100% | 65 | 6.6 | George Sidney |
| 99 | Minnie the Moocher '1932 | Musical / Animation / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror | 7.3 | - | - | 6.6 | Dave Fleischer |
| 100 | A Song Is Born '1948 | Comedy / Musical | 6.9 | 50% | - | 6.4 | Howard Hawks |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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