Musicals
As soon as sound was introduced to the movies, the movie musical was born. The musical was one of the most popular movie entertainments from the 1930s through to the 50s, before falling out of favour at the end of the 60s for audiences now being weened on Vietnam, race riots, political assassinations, flower power and psychedelia. The musical still continued onwards, albeit in a different form, with various efforts such as "Cabaret", "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", "Grease", "Hair", "All That Jazz" and "The Blues Brothers" appearing over the next decade. More recently, "Moulin Rouge" and particularly "Chicago" hark back to the glory days of the musical.
Right: Liza Minnelli does "Cabaret"
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
8.1/10
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Starring: Warren William, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Guy Kibbee, Ginger Roge...
The show must go on in Busby Berekeley's classic, crazed Depression-era extravaganza about a trio of dancers and their struggle to pay the rent when t... Read more
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
7.5/10
Director: Busby Berkeley
Starring: Adolphe Menjou, Alice Bradley, Dick Powell, Gloria Stuart
It's the summer season at a swanky resort, and none of the employees have any qualms about fleecing the rich guests for all they're worth in this madc... Read more
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
6.8/10
Director: Herbert Ross
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave
A shy, withdrawn English schoolteacher falls for a flashy showgirl. Read more
Grace of My Heart (1996)
6.7/10
Director: Allison Anders
Starring: Illeana Douglas, Matt Dillon, Eric Stoltz, Bruce Davison, Patsy Kensit, John Tur...
Illeana Douglas gives a riveting performance as fictional singer/songwriter Denise Waverly, who struggles for over a decade to gain the recognition fo... Read more
Graffiti Bridge (1990)
4.3/10
Director: Prince
Starring: Prince, Morris Day, Jerome Benton, Jill Jones
Music is the power, Love is the message, Truth is the answer... that's the motto of Prince in this semi-sequel to "Purple Rain". Read more
Grease (1978)
7.2/10
Director: Randal Kleiser
Starring: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Jeff Conaway, Stockard Channing, Frankie Aval...
Get ready to rock 'n' roll with the hit screen rendition of the Broadway musical look at '50s teen life. Can greaser gang leader Danny Zuko (John Trav... Read more
Grease ( Blu-ray ) (1978)
7.2/10
Director: Randal Kleiser
Starring: Frankie Avalon, Jeff Conaway, John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channi...
The movie version of a play that got it's start in a bus barn in Chicago stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as California high schoolers addic... Read more
Grease 2 (1982)
4.2/10
Director: Patricia Birch
Starring: Maxwell Caulfield, Michelle Pfeiffer, Adrian Zmed, Lorna Luft
Rydell High is up in the air over a new Australian student. Is he the new mysterious motorcycle master who's charming the Pink Ladies?. Read more
Great Balls Of Fire (1989)
6.2/10
Director: Jim McBride
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin
Dennis Quaid plays Jerry Lee Lewis in this biopic that traces 'the killer's' rise to rock and roll stardom in the '50s and the marriage to his teenage... Read more
Guys and Dolls (1955)
7.2/10
Director: Joseph L Mankiewicz
Starring: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra
Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra and Jean Simmons star in Joseph Mankiewicz's quality adaptation of the Broadway hit about the gamblers, missionaries and... Read more