Best movies that are oscar winners or nominees in music (scoring: adaptation and original song score) category

Cabaret(1972)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.



Fiddler on the Roof(1971)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 22

In prerevolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.



Bedknobs and Broomsticks(1971)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 21

An apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical conman search for the missing component to a magic spell useful to the defense of Britain.



Lady Sings the Blues(1972)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 13

The story of the troubled life and career of the legendary Jazz singer, Billie Holiday.



Man of La Mancha(1972)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 11

The funny story of mad but kind and chivalrous elderly nobleman Don Quixote who, aided by his squire Sancho Panza, fights windmills that are seen as dragons to save prostitute Dulcinea who is seen as a noblewoman.



The Boy Friend(1971)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 9

When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place, becoming a star and finding love in the process.