Musical films - my favourites through history
The best musicals of all time according to my taste. These movies rely on fabulous music but they're good movies as well.
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- DirectorTom HooperStarsHugh JackmanRussell CroweAnne HathawayIn 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.10/10 - The most astonishing musical, and one of the best films I know. It has a huge and extraordinary story that thrills you all the time. This is the opposite to a simple movie and it becomes better if you also read Victor Hugo's novel.
Fantastic actors too! - DirectorRobert WiseStarsJulie AndrewsChristopher PlummerEleanor ParkerA young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.10/10 - Lovely, tear crying music in a beautiful landscape with lovely people. Could it be better?
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsAudrey HepburnRex HarrisonStanley HollowayIn 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.10/10 - My darling Audrey Hepburn and a story about improving language. Close to perfection!
- DirectorJerome RobbinsRobert WiseStarsNatalie WoodGeorge ChakirisRichard BeymerTwo youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.9/10 - A real piece of art! New York has never been greater.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsGerard ButlerEmmy RossumPatrick WilsonA young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House.9/10 - One of the movie world's handsomest love movies, but what a pity the phantom couldn't get his bride!
- DirectorHasse EkmanStarsPovel RamelMartin LjungGunwer BergkvistStaffan Stolle becomes the sole heir to a rich and noble family when he is just a little boy. Early on he is engaged to be married to a girl he finds he does not love. Instead he flees the country only to return under a false name, looking for true love.8/10 as a musical 10/10 as a movie. Fantastic Swedish movie with a lot of humor and great music. A film about times long lost...
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsTed NeeleyCarl AndersonYvonne EllimanFilm version of the musical stage play, presenting the last few weeks of Christ's life told in an anachronistic manner.8/10 - The music is superb and of course it comes from the best source of inspiration mankind has seen. A little hippie of course but well...
- DirectorDavid MalletStarsDonny OsmondMaria FriedmanRichard AttenboroughA humorously musical retelling of the Biblical story of Joseph.7/10 - Lovely music and playful acting.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsJulie AndrewsDick Van DykeDavid TomlinsonIn turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.7/10 - Perhaps a little childish, but very English and elegant, Julie Andrews is amazing of course!
- DirectorStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyDonald O'ConnorDebbie ReynoldsA silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.7/10 - I adore the first half of this film, but then it becomes a bit inferior unfortunately. Great actors!
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsWarner BaxterBebe DanielsGeorge BrentWhen the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.7/10 - Charming movie from the grand old days. I would like more from this era.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsVictor GarberLynne ThigpenKatie HanleyAn adaption of the musical, in a modern-day song-and-dance recreation of the Gospel of St. Matthew.6/10 - Nice music and scenes from an empty New York, and of course a good back ground but quite weird actually - don't know if I like it very much, but I have done the musical at stage two years ago so of course I like it.
- DirectorRandal KleiserStarsJohn TravoltaOlivia Newton-JohnStockard ChanningGood girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?6/10 - Quite charming music but it is overrated - a bit ugly in my opinion.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsIrene DunneAllan JonesCharles WinningerDespite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.5/10 - I like some of the songs and actors a lot, like Paul Robeson but the film is a bit boring.
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsTaye DiggsWilson Jermaine HerediaRosario DawsonIn New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.3/10 - Contains some nice songs and I have seen a good performance of this on stage but this movie, which I have seen twice, is quite terrible actually - don't force me to rewatch it!