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New York, New York
Year: 1977
Synopsis: An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.
Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Year: 2008
Synopsis: Following a bad breakup, a young man meets someone at a club and the two of them have a music-filled night together.
Notorious
Year: 2009
Synopsis: A biopic about one of the finest rappers of all time, Notorious B.I.G.
Oklahoma!
Year: 1999
Synopsis: Rodger and Hammerstein’s romantic musical about frontier life in the 1900s.
Oliver!
Year: 1968
Synopsis: A musical adaptation of Oliver Twist, the story of a poor boy who becomes a pickpocket and the seedy London underworld he finds himself in.
On The Town
Year: 1949
Synopsis: Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Phantom of the Paradise
Year: 1974
Synopsis: A talented musician is used by a devilish record producer and disfigured in a printing press. He haunts the producer’s nightclub, waiting to enact revenge.
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Year: 1982
Synopsis: A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone. A film based on the album of the same name.
Pitch Perfect
Year: 2012
Synopsis: An acapella girl group looks to make it to nationals.
Popeye
Year: 1980
Synopsis: Disney’s musical adaptation of the story of a spinach-scarfing sailor man who gets stronger when he needs to protect his girlfriend, Olive Oyl, from the dastardly Bluto. Starring Robin Williams and featuring absolutely gorgeous set design.
Purple Rain
Year: 1984
Synopsis: A Prince vehicle that sees The Kid, a member of a band called The Revolution, navigating the heights of fame, his romance with a singer named Appolonia, and run-ins with a vengeful rival musician.
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
Year: 2005
Synopsis: Based on the infamous PSA “Tell Your Children”, this satirical musical take on scare-em-straight tactics details the tragic tale of two lovers who smoked too much weed and killed a pedestrian.
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Year: 2008
Synopsis: In a world where body parts are loaned out by the corporation GeneCo, one man has the dirty job of repossessing the organs of those who don’t pay up, which he does while trying to hide his double life from his daughter.
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Year: 1993
Synopsis: In this Mel Brooks spoof of the classic legend, Robin returns to his home to learn that the corrupt King John rules England. He must gather his band of merry men and embark on an adventure involving singing, chastity belts, archery, and elaborate choreography.
Rock of Ages
Year: 2012
Synopsis: A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams..
Rocketman
Year: 2019
Synopsis: A musical biopic about Elton John featuring grand musical sequences, detailing his meteoric rise and culminating in his checking into rehab.
Romance and Cigarettes
Year: 2005
Synopsis: An ironworker has a torrid affair with a younger woman in this noir-inspired musical.
Saturday Night Fever
Year: 1977
Synopsis: A paint-store clerk finds life and love on the disco dance floor as he breaks out of his humdrum existence.
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
Year: 2011
Synopsis: Mystery Inc. goes to VampirePalooza and gets roped into a world of singing, acting, and creatures of the night.
Shock Treatment
Year: 1981
Synopsis: The controversial sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show where, after appearing on a game show and separating, Brad becomes a star and Janet goes to a mental hospital. Things only get stranger from there.
Singin’ In The Rain
Year: 1952
Synopsis: In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Some Like It Hot
Year: 1959
Synopsis: Two jazz men on the run after witnessing a mob hit disguise themselves as women in order to join a traveling band.
Spice World
Year: 1997
Synopsis: A filmmaker named Piers wants to shoot a documentary on the “real” Spice Girls, but it turns out that the Spice Girls have a much wilder life than any of their entourage could have expected.
Straight Outta Compton
Year: 2015
Synopsis: A biopic about the rise and fallout of hip hop group N.W.A.
Streets of Fire
Year: 1984
Synopsis: When a gang leader kidnaps Tom Cody’s pop star girlfriend Ellen Aim, Cody hits the streets to get together a crew to find her and get her back. This movie has one of my favorite posters ever.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Year: 2007
Synopsis: A wrongfully-convicted barber comes back to London with a plot to kill the judge that murdered his wife, and he’s going to do it while giving the pie shop owner downstairs all the human meat she could ask for.
Tangled
Year: 2010
Synopsis: Disney’s animated story of Rapunzel, a princess with long flowing hair who is locked in a tower and longs to be free.
Tarzan
Year: 1999
Synopsis: A young baby is raised by apes in the jungle and becomes their protector, a mighty warrior who will stop at nothing to prevent the evil Clayton from hunting down his animal tribe.
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Year: 2006
Synopsis: Two rock lovers form a band, and to become the greatest band in the world they decide to steal a mystical guitar pick housed in a museum.
The Book of Life
Year: 2014
Synopsis: The legend of Manolo, a mariachi who travels to the Land of the Dead and undergoes many trials in order to decide whether to follow his head or his heart.
The Great Muppet Caper
Year: 1981
Synopsis: Kermit and Fozzie travel to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen.
The Greatest Showman
Year: 2017
Synopsis: In order to get ahead in the world, a wily gentleman invents a traveling circus, a show for the strange and unusual to perform spectacularly in front of an adoring audience. Very, very, very, very loosely based on the life of PT Barnum.
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Year: 2001
Synopsis: A family who runs an out-of-the-way inn keeps accidentally killing their guests.
The Lion King
Year: 1994
Synopsis: After the death of his father, a young lion prince is excommunicated from his kingdom and must learn from the ground up what it truly means to be king.
The Little Mermaid
Year: 1989
Synopsis: A young mermaid who wants to walk and be with humans makes a deal with a sea witch for legs in exchange for her voice.
The Man Who Fell To Earth
Year: 1976
Synopsis: David Bowie stars as an alien who is sent to Earth and falls in love with a human woman.
The Muppets
Year: 2011
Synopsis: The original Muppet Theater is slated for destruction, and a Muppet superfan who has recently learned he too is a Muppet, Walter, partners with Kermit to get the band back together and run a telethon to save the venue.
The Muppets Movie
Year: 1979
Synopsis: Kermit the Frog dreams of Hollywood, and a chance encounter in his swamp leads him on a city-hopping journey as he puts together the original cast of what would one day be called The Muppet Show.
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Year: 1984
Synopsis: Kermit and Miss Piggy look to take their musical variety show to the grandest stage – Broadway.
The Music Man
Year: 1962
Synopsis: A con man comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy’s marching band program, but things don’t go according to plan. There’s gonna be trouble!
The Pirates of Penzance
Year: 1983
Synopsis: A sheltered pirate apprentice arrives in Cornwall looking for adventure and finding much more than he bargained for.
The Prince of Egypt
Year: 1998
Synopsis: The Biblical epic telling the story of Moses, a young Hebrew boy raised by Egyptians who was commanded by God to free the slaves and lead them from captivity.
The Princess and the Frog
Year: 2009
Synopsis: Tiana, a Louisiana-born waitress, dreams of opening her own restaurant, but a voodoo curse involving a foreign prince has left her as a frog.
The Producers
Year: 2005
Synopsis: A crooked Broadway producer and a wimpy accountant hatch a scheme to create the worst play ever written and rake in the millions.
The Road to El Dorado
Year: 2000
Synopsis: Two gambling conmen on the run from the people they swindled stumble into the mythical city of gold, where they are worshipped as gods.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Year: 1975
Synopsis: In this midnight cult classic, two lovers stumble into a castle one stormy night, a castle run by Dr. Frank N. Furter, the transsexual transvestite.
The School of Rock
Year: 2003
Synopsis: A fired rocker stumbles into a substitute teaching job at a school for the upper crust and starts to teach them the finer points of rock and roll.
The Sound of Music
Year: 1965
Synopsis: A tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey becomes a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home, all while the threat of Nazi occupation looms.
This Is Spinal Tap
Year: 1984
Synopsis: The “rockumentary” that defined the “mockumentary”, the completely-true story of the British hair metal band that defined the 70s and 80s.
Tommy
Year: 1975
Synopsis: Based on The Who’s concept album of the same name, a young boy goes blind, deaf, and mute after childhood trauma but finds salvation in the game of pinball until he is worshipped as a god.
Topsy-Turvy
Year: 1999
Synopsis: Renowned playwrights and opera musicians Gilbert & Sullivan’s relationship is strained after their previous production is panned, but when their friends get them to work together again they create their greatest success – “The Mikado”.
Victor/Victoria
Year: 1982
Synopsis: A struggling female soprano finds work playing a drag queen, but it complicates her personal life.
Viva Las Vegas
Year: 1964
Synopsis: Lucky Jackson, a young bachelor played by Elvis Presley, hits Las Vegas looking for lights, luck, and love.
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Year: 2007
Synopsis: The true-to-life biopic of prolific country crooner Dewey Cox, an inspiration who taught us all to walk, and to walk hard.
Walk the Line
Year: 2005
Synopsis: A musical biopic of Johnny Cash. This is the movie the previous one was spoofing.
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
Year: 1971
Synopsis: A loose adaptation of Roald Dahl’s book in which a reclusive chocolatier runs a worldwide sweepstakes to grant five lucky children entry into his chocolate factory. One of the lucky golden ticket winners is poor Charlie Bucket.
Yellow Submarine
Year: 1968
Synopsis: The Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, leaving The Lord Admiral to recruit the Beatles and defeat the anti-music menace in this surreal animated film.
Yesterday
Year: 2019
Synopsis: After a traffic accident, a struggling young musician wakes up in a world where the Beatles never became famous and their music never charted, leaving him to take their compositions for himself.