Best Musical movies of 1980s

Little Shop of Horrors(1986)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.



Purple Rain(1984)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 54

A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.



Fame(1980)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 48

A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.



Xanadu(1980)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 41

The story of a girl who makes dreams come true.



A Chorus Line(1985)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 44

Hopefuls try out before a demanding director for a part in a new musical.



Cry-Baby(1990)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 27

In 1950s Baltimore, a bad boy with a heart of gold wins the love of a good girl, whose boyfriend sets out for revenge.



One from the Heart(1981)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 49

Hank and Frannie don't seem to be able to live together anymore. After a five-year relationship, lustful and dreamy Fanny leaves down-to-earth Hank on the anniversary of their relationship....



Grease 2(1982)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 23

An English student at a 1960s American high school has to prove himself to the leader of a girls' gang whose members can only date greasers.



School Daze(1988)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 42

A not so popular young man wants to pledge to a popular fraternity at his historically black college.



Earth Girls Are Easy(1988)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 21

A Southern California girl befriends three furry aliens after their spaceship lands in her swimming pool.



Victor Victoria(1982)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.



Meet the Feebles(1989)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 16

Multiple animals and insects experience the sleazier side of show business while working on a variety show.



The Meaning of Life(1983)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The comedy team takes a look at life in all its stages in their own uniquely silly way.



Yentl(1983)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 12

A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.



The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas(1982)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 9

A town's sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a TV reporter targets it as the Devil's playhouse.



Can't Stop the Music(1980)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 13

This is a pseudo autobiography of disco's The Village People.



Graffiti Bridge(1990)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Ingrid Chavez, Jerome Benton, Morris Day, Prince,
Prince,

The unofficial sequel to 'Purple Rain' (1984). The Kid is now club owner and rival to Morris (Morris Day) who get into a fight for the Glam Slam Nightclub.



Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak(1988)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A young man and young woman fall in love against their feuding fathers' wishes in this version of 'Romeo and Juliet' set in contemporary India.



Forbidden Zone(1980)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 9

The bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family's basement.



Maine Pyar Kiya(1989)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Karan (Alok Nath) lives in a small house with his only daughter, Suman (Bhagyashree). He decides to travel overseas in Dubai, in the Persian Gulf, so that he can accumulate enough wealth to...




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