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Musical Movies Audiences Rated Higher Than Critics
25 musical films in our catalog have at least 10,000 IMDb votes and a score that is higher with audiences than with critics by 15 points or more. The widest gap: August Rush (2007), 7.4 on IMDb against 38 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | August Rush '2007 | Drama / Musical | 7.4 | 36% | 38 | 7.4 | Kirsten Sheridan | +36 |
| 2 | Michael '2026 | Musical / Drama | 7.4 | 38% | 39 | 8.6 | Antoine Fuqua | +35 |
| 3 | Pink Floyd: The Wall '1982 | Musical / Drama | 8.0 | 73% | 47 | 8.0 | Alan Parker | +33 |
| 4 | Coyote Ugly '2000 | Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance | 5.8 | 23% | 27 | 6.3 | David McNally | +31 |
| 5 | Bohemian Rhapsody '2018 | Musical / Drama | 7.9 | 60% | 49 | 7.9 | Bryan Singer | +30 |
| 6 | Sing 2 '2021 | Animation / Comedy / Musical | 7.3 | 72% | 49 | 7.8 | Garth Jennings | +24 |
| 7 | I Still Believe '2020 | Musical / Drama / Romance | 6.5 | 50% | 41 | 7.6 | Andrew Erwin | +24 |
| 8 | Staying Alive '1983 | Drama / Musical / Romance | 4.8 | 3% | 24 | 5.8 | Sylvester Stallone | +24 |
| 9 | The Chorus '2004 | Drama / Comedy / Musical | 7.9 | 68% | 56 | 7.7 | Christophe Barratier | +23 |
| 10 | The Legend of 1900 '1998 | Drama / Musical | 8.0 | 58% | 58 | 8.2 | Giuseppe Tornatore | +22 |
| 11 | Clouds '2020 | Musical / Drama | 7.5 | 83% | 55 | 8.2 | Justin Baldoni | +20 |
| 12 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit '1993 | Musical / Comedy | 5.8 | 19% | 38 | 6.4 | Bill Duke | +20 |
| 13 | White Christmas '1954 | Comedy / Musical / Romance | 7.6 | 76% | 56 | 7.2 | Michael Curtiz | +20 |
| 14 | Bob Marley: One Love '2024 | Musical / Drama | 6.2 | 43% | 43 | 6.6 | Reinaldo Marcus Green | +19 |
| 15 | The Blues Brothers '1980 | Musical / Comedy / Action | 7.9 | 72% | 60 | 7.7 | John Landis | +19 |
| 16 | Brigadoon '1954 | Musical / Fantasy / Romance | 6.8 | 75% | 49 | 6.6 | Vincente Minnelli | +19 |
| 17 | Pitch Perfect 3 '2017 | Musical / Comedy | 5.8 | 29% | 40 | 6.5 | Trish Sie | +18 |
| 18 | The Sound of Music '1965 | Drama / Musical / Romance | 8.1 | 83% | 63 | 7.7 | Robert Wise | +18 |
| 19 | Step Up '2006 | Musical / Drama / Romance / Crime | 6.5 | 21% | 48 | 6.9 | Anne Fletcher | +17 |
| 20 | Airheads '1994 | Comedy / Crime / Musical | 6.2 | 32% | 46 | 6.2 | Michael Lehmann | +16 |
| 21 | Crossroads '1986 | Drama / Musical | 7.1 | 74% | 55 | 7.4 | Walter Hill | +16 |
| 22 | Paint Your Wagon '1969 | Comedy / Western / Musical | 6.6 | 45% | 50 | 6.3 | Joshua Logan | +16 |
| 23 | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga '2020 | Musical / Comedy | 6.5 | 63% | 50 | 6.4 | David Dobkin | +15 |
| 24 | Sister Act '1992 | Musical / Comedy | 6.6 | 73% | 51 | 6.8 | Emile Ardolino | +15 |
| 25 | Heavy Metal '1981 | Animation / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Musical | 6.6 | 66% | 51 | 6.5 | Gerald Potterton | +15 |
Gap is IMDb score times 10 minus Metacritic score, in points. Only films with at least 10,000 IMDb votes and both scores are included, and only gaps of 15 points or more. This list is ordered by the size of the gap, not by quality. Scores shown are the raw ones.
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