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"
Once (2007)
7.9/10
Director: John Carney
Starring: Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, Hugh Walsh
This stunning musical chronicles the relationship that develops between a struggling Dublin street busker/vacuum cleaner repairman and a poor Czech im... Read more
Once ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.9/10
Director: John Carney
Starring: Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, Hugh Walsh
This stunning musical chronicles the relationship that develops between a struggling Dublin street busker/vacuum cleaner repairman and a poor Czech im... Read more
Opening Night (2016)
6.2/10
Starring: Anne Heche, Rob Riggle, Topher Grace, Taye Diggs, Paul Scheer
A failed Broadway singer who now works as a production manager must save opening night on his new production by wrangling his eccentric cast and crew. Read more
Paint Your Wagon (1969)
6.7/10
Director: Joshua Logan
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg, Lee Marvin
Musical set during the gold rush days in California features Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood as prospectors who share a wife (Jean Seberg) whom they pur... Read more
Pal Joey / They Came to Cordura (1957)
Director: George Sidney, Robert Rossen
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, Kim Novak, Gary Cooper, Van Heflin, Tab Hunter
A Rita Hayworth double feature. "Pal Joey" (1957) - Frank Sinatra is the womanising nightclub singer caught between his attraction to chorus girl Kim... Read more
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1965)
5.6/10
Director: Michael Moore
Starring: Elvis Presley, Suzanna Leigh, James Shigeta
This time Elvis is an ex-airline pilot who starts a charter helicopter sightseeing service and finds himself coping with pretty tourists. Suzanna Leig... Read more
Paris 36 (2008)
6.6/10
Director: Christophe Barratier
Starring: Gerard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad, Pierre Richard, Nora Arnezeder
A working-class district in the Paris of 1936 is in upheaval following the closing of the local music hall. Ex-stage hand Pigoil fears he will lose cu... Read more
Paris Blues (1961)
6.7/10
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Joanne Woodward, Louis Armstrong, Paul Newman, Serge Reggiani, Sidney Poitier, D...
From the smoky cellar bistros of Paris' Left Bank comes this tender, bittersweet tale of two American expatriate jazz musicians (Paul Newman, Sidney P... Read more
Pitch Perfect (2012)
7.2/10
Director: Jason Moore
Starring: Brittany Snow, Skylar Astin, Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Alexis Knapp, Ben Plat...
Arriving at her new college, Beca (Anna Kendrick) finds herself not right for any clique but somehow is muscled into one that she never would have pic... Read more
Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)
5.8/10
Starring: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Hailee Steinfeld, Elizabe...
After the highs of winning the world championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart and discovering there aren't job prospects for making music... Read more