Best Musical movies that are award winners or nominees

Jesus Christ Superstar(1973)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Film version of the musical stage play, presenting the last few weeks of Christ's life, told in an anachronistic manner.



Tommy(1975)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and, subsequently, the object of a religious cult.



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.



Let's Make Love(1960)

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Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 11

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:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 9

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



The Ruling Class(1972)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 9

A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. The other, somewhat more respectable, members of their family plot to steal the estate from him. Murder and mayhem ensue.



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.



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.



Oh! What a Lovely War(1969)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 10

The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.



Bells Are Ringing(1960)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 9

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: 7

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



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.



Pennies from Heaven(1981)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 0

During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent school teacher.



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.



What's the Matter with Helen?(1971)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 8

Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.



The Little Prince(1974)

Combined Rating:
10
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A pilot, stranded in the desert, meets a little boy who is a prince on a planet.



The Pirates of Penzance(1983)

Combined Rating:
10
Combined Critics Rating: 0

This movie is an adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta of the same name, with parts of other of their operettas stirred in. Frederic has fallen in love with sweet innocent ...



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 ...




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