Musical Films

Music helped push the story's plot when silent film  first began, so it only makes sense that musical films  would begin once synchronized dialogue was introduced into the film industry. Musical sequences  in film date back to the 1920s, and eventually choreographed dancing was also introduced which is usually the style of musical most often used today.

Classic Musicals

1930s ,1940s , and 1950s  Favorite Musicals:

• The Wizard of Oz  (1939), Swing Time (1936), Love Me Tonight (1932), Meet Me in St. Louis  (1944), On the Town (1949), 7 Brides, 7 Brothers (1952), A Star is Born (1954), An American Girl in Paris (1951), Gigi (1958), Guys and Dolls (1955), Singing' in the Rain (1952), The Band Wagon (1953)

Post-Classic Musicals

1960s ,1970s ,1980s  Favorite Musicals:

• West Side Story (1961), Mary Poppins  (1964), A Hard Day's Night (1964), The Music Man (1962), The Sound of Music  (1965), Funny Girl (1968) Grease  (1978), Cabaret (1972), Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), Footloose (1984)

Bollywood

Bollywood  (Bombay +Hollywood) films  refers to Hindu-language, south-asian cinema , more specifically films which are based in India.  Favorite Musicals:

• Baghban (2003), Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Fanaa (2006), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Lagaan  (2001), Maine Pyar Kiya (1989), Sholay (1975), The Great Gambler (1979)

Modern

1990s Musicals:

• Aladdin  (1992), Beauty & the Beast (1991), The Lion King  (1994), The Nightmare Before Christmas  (1993), South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut  (1999)

2000s Musicals:

• Chicago  (2002), Hairspray  (2007), Moulin Rouge  (2001), Nine  (2009), Rent  (2005), The Phantom of the Opera  (2004),  The Producers  (2005)

Top Sellers

A Hard Day's Night	Singin' in the Rain	West Side Story	The Wizard of Oz

Related Guides

• Classic Movie Musicals
• Classic Films
• Comedy Films
• Drama Films
• Film Noir
• Foreign Films
• Independent Films