This is a list of my 100 favorite musical films of all time. This is an ever changing list, but this is the list as of January 2026.
The oldest film on this list is Applause (15). The newest film on this list is KPop Demon Hunters (87).
Every decade starting from the 1920's is represented on this list:
1920's: 1
1930's: 7
1940's: 11
1950's: 10
1960's: 8
1970's: 14
1980's: 9
1990's: 10
2000's: 9
2010's: 8
2020's: 13
Along with this, 2021 is the most represented year with 5 films.
19 countries are represented on this list:
United States: 84
United Kingdom: 16
Germany: 5
France: 5
Australia: 4
Italy: 3
Japan: 3
India: 3
Denmark: 2…
This is a list of my 100 favorite musical films of all time. This is an ever changing list, but this is the list as of January 2026.
The oldest film on this list is Applause (15). The newest film on this list is KPop Demon Hunters (87).
Every decade starting from the 1920's is represented on this list:
1920's: 1
1930's: 7
1940's: 11
1950's: 10
1960's: 8
1970's: 14
1980's: 9
1990's: 10
2000's: 9
2010's: 8
2020's: 13
Along with this, 2021 is the most represented year with 5 films.
19 countries are represented on this list:
United States: 84
United Kingdom: 16
Germany: 5
France: 5
Australia: 4
Italy: 3
Japan: 3
India: 3
Denmark: 2
Ireland: 2
Sweden: 2
Mexico: 2
Canada: 2
Belgium: 1
Switzerland: 1
Poland: 1
West Germany: 1
Czechoslovakia: 1
China: 1
99 directors are represented on this list. The following are directors with multiple films on the list:
Stanley Donen: 4 (Sining' in the Rain,. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, On the Town, The Little Prince)
Vincente Minnelli: 4 (The Band Wagon, Meet Me In St. Louis, Cabin in the Sky, An American in Paris)
Bob Fosse: 3 (Cabaret, All That Jazz, Sweet Charity)
Baz Luhrmann: 3 (Elvis, Strictly Ballroom, Moulin Rouge!)
George Sidney: 3 (Pepe, Kiss Me Kate, Anchors Aweigh)
Don Bluth: 3 (Anastasia, All Dogs Go to Heaven, An American Tail)
Gene Kelly: 2 (Singin' in the Rain, On the Town)
Rouben Mamoulian: 2 (Applause, Love Me Tonight)
Gary Trousdale: 2 (The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Beauty and the Beast)
Kirk Wise: 2 (The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Beauty and the Beast)
Robert Wise: 2 (West Side Story, The Sound of Music)
Alan Parker: 2 (Bugsy Malone, Pink Floyd: The Wall)
Ben Sharpsteen: 2 (Pinocchio, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
Wilfred Jackson: 2 (Pinocchio, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
Charles Walters: 2 (Easter Parade, The Barkeleys of Broadway)
These films earned a total of 230 Oscar nominations and won 76 of them. These nominations include 18 for Best Picture, 5 of which won: West Side Story (22), Oliver! (52), Chicago (60), The Sound of Music (72), and An American in Paris (82). This also includes 29 nominations for Best Song, 10 of which won, and 37 nominations for Best Score, 15 of which won.
The average length of the list is 116.79 minutes with the longest film being RRR (71) at 185 minutes and the shortest being Corpse Bride (33) at 77 minutes.
The average letterbox score of the list is 3.67 with the highest rated film being Singin' in the Rain (7) with a 4.3 and the lowest rated film being Joker: Folie à Deux (65) with a 2.4. I personally gave the top 6 of these films 5 stars and the rest 4.5.