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"
Moonlight Serenade (2009)
4.8/10
Director: Giancarlo Tallarico
Starring: Alec Newman, Amy Adams, Harriet Sansom Harris
Nate (Alec Newman) is a successful financial manager by day and a closet musician by night. One evening he hears a beautiful voice outside his apartme... Read more
Mother Mary (2026)
4/10
Director: David Lowery
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Hunter Schafer
Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary (Anne Hathaway) reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume des... Read more
Moulin Rouge (2001)
7.6/10
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh
A phantasmagorical display of sight and sound, 'Moulin Rouge' is a musical-romance set circa 1900 in and around the famous Paris nightclub. Ewan McGre... Read more
Moulin Rouge ( Blu-ray ) (2001)
7.6/10
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Jim Broadbent, John Leguizamo, Nicole Kidman, Richard Roxburgh
A phantasmagorical display of sight and sound, 'Moulin Rouge' is a musical-romance set circa 1900 in and around the famous Paris nightclub. Ewan McGre... Read more
Music and Lyrics (2007)
6.5/10
Director: Marc Lawrence
Starring: Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, Brad Garrett, Kristen Johnston, Scott Campbell, Hale...
Hugh Grant plays aging '80s boy band icon Alex Fletcher, desperate to re-invigorate his now non-existent career. When hot young thing Cora Corman (Ha... Read more
My Fair Lady (1964)
7.9/10
Director: George Cukor
Starring: Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Coope...
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical variation of Shaw's 'Pygmalion' is an intellectual comedy of manners from expert director George Cukor.... Read more
My Fair Lady ( Blu-ray ) (1964)
7.9/10
Director: George Cukor
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Isobel Elsom, Jeremy Brett, Mona Washbourne, Rex Harrison, Stanl...
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical variation of Shaw's 'Pygmalion' is an intellectual comedy of manners from expert director George Cukor.... Read more
My Sister Eileen (1955)
6.8/10
Director: Richard Quine
Starring: Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon, Betty Garrett, Bob Fosse
Aspiring writer Ruth Sherwood (Betty Garrett) moves to New York with her man-magnet sister, Eileen (Janet Leigh). Editor Bob Baker (Jack Lemmon) help... Read more
New York, New York (1977)
6.7/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro, Liza Minnelli, Lionel Stander
An extravagant and unusual musical drama set in the Big Band Era, starring Robert DeNiro as a jazz musician who falls for Liza Minnelli during a V-J d... Read more
Nine (2009)
5.8/10
Director: Rob Marshall
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Sophia...
Unable to come up with an idea for the epic movie he is scheduled to helm, a renowned Italian director (Daniel Day-Lewis) flees from the set in search... Read more