Best Musical movies of 1960s that are oscar winners or nominees

A Hard Day's Night(1964)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 48

A "typical" day in the life of The Beatles, including many of their famous songs.



West Side Story(1961)

Combined Rating:
55
Combined Critics Rating: 36

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.







Camelot(1967)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 47

The story of the marriage of England's King Arthur to Guinevere. The plot of illegitimate Mordred to gain the throne and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, threaten to topple Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knights.



Hello, Dolly!(1969)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Matchmaker Dolly Levi travels to Yonkers to find a partner for "half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder, convincing his niece, his niece's intended, and his two clerks to travel to New York City along the way.



Paint Your Wagon(1969)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 13

Two unlikely prospector partners share the same wife in a California gold rush mining town.



A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum(1966)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.



Let's Make Love(1960)

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Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 10

When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.



Thoroughly Modern Millie(1967)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 8

Millie comes to town in the roaring twenties to encounter flappers, sexuality and white slavers.



Finian's Rainbow(1968)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 11

An Irish immigrant and his daughter move into a town in the American South with a magical piece of gold that will change people's lives, including a struggling farmer and African American citizens threatened by a bigoted politician.



Bye Bye Birdie(1963)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.



Flower Drum Song(1961)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 11

A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers.



Bells Are Ringing(1960)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 8

Ella Peterson is a Brooklyn telephone answering service operator who tries to improve the lives of her clients by passing along bits of information she hears from other clients. She falls ...



The Unsinkable Molly Brown(1964)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 6

A poor, uneducated mountain girl leaves her cabin in search of respect, a wealthy husband, and a better life.



Robin and the 7 Hoods(1964)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In Chicago, during the Prohibition, two rival gangs compete for control of the city's rackets.



The Happiest Millionaire(1967)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 5

A happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of an unconventional millionaire, Biddle. His daughter, Cordelia Drexel Biddle, tires of the ...



Goodbye, Mr. Chips(1969)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A shy, withdrawn English schoolteacher falls for a flashy showgirl.



Darling Lili(1970)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 4

Set during WWI, this movie is a cute spin on the Mata Hari legend.



Come Blow Your Horn(1963)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 6

Leaving home, young Buddy Baker arrives unannounced at the luxurious Manhattan apartment of his older brother, Alan, a swinging girl chasing bachelor who prefers his carefree life to ...




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