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"
Gypsy (1962)
7.2/10
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Starring: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden
Smash musical about the life of Gypsy Rose Lee. Natalie Wood plays the vaudeville singer-turned-burlesque star, with Rosalind Russell as her abrasive... Read more
Gypsy (1993)
7.3/10
Director: Emile Ardolino
Starring: Cynthia Gibb, Bette Midler, Peter Riegert, Edward Asner
The classic Stephen Sondheim-Jule Styne musical based on the early life of burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee is given a vibrant treatment, fueled by a bra... Read more
Hair (1979)
7.6/10
Director: Milos Forman
Starring: John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo
Exceptional adaptation of the musical stars Treat Williams as a hippie who meets John Savage, a youth from Oklahoma bound for Vietnam. Forman moves th... Read more
Hairspray (2007)
6.7/10
Director: Adam Shankman
Starring: Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Byne...
An adaptation of the stage musical which was itself an adaptation of the 1988 John Waters film. Overweight high school student Tracy Turnblad dreams... Read more
Hairspray ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
6.7/10
Director: Adam Shankman
Starring: Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Byne...
An adaptation of the stage musical which was itself an adaptation of the 1988 John Waters film. Overweight high school student Tracy Turnblad dreams o... Read more
Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)
4.3/10
Director: Peter Chelsom
Starring: Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment, Jason Earles, Mitchel Musso, Moises...
Teen superstar Miley Cyrus plays teen superstar Hannah Montana, the singing sensation; and also the brunette behind the blonde, Miley Stewart, an ever... Read more
Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
6.9/10
Director: Charles Vidor
Starring: Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Jeanmarie
Danny Kaye stars as the Danish cobbler-turned-storyteller extraordinaire in a fanciful family favorite, loosely based on Andersen's life. Lavish sets... Read more
Happy Feet Two (2011)
5.9/10
Director: George Miller
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Brad Pitt, Elijah Wood, Hank Azaria, Hugo Weaving, Magda Szuba...
Toe-tapping follow-up to the animated hit returns to the Antarctic, where penguin protagonist Mumble (voiced by Elijah Wood) has grown up to be a dad.... Read more
Happy Go Lovely (1951)
6.5/10
Director: H Bruce Humberstone
Starring: David Niven, Vera-Ellen, Cesar Romero
A brisk and breezy musical comedy about an American theatre producer in Edinburgh who hires a young chorus girl in hopes that her millionaire boyfrien... Read more
Harum Scarum (1965)
4.7/10
Director: Gene Nelson
Starring: Elvis Presley, Mary Ann Mobley, Fran Jeffries
Elvis plays a motion picture recording star kidnapped on a tour of the Middle East. He must escape, stop a royal assassination, romance a princess and... Read more