501 Must-See Movies: Musical

When the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.

A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play, but insists on remaining anonymous.

A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.

An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.

Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.

This send-up of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco when society boy Roger Grant decides to pursue popular rather than serious music.

Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.

The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.

A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.

Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.

A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.

Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.

Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.

A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.

An aging movie star uncertain of his future teams up with a top ballerina to headline a new Broadway musical, but the pretentiously artistic goals of its director threaten to change it beyond recognition.

Showgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers.

When a backwoodsman in 1850s Oregon brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.

A fading matinee idol helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.

In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.

With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.

A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.

An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.

Joey Evans is a charming, handsome, funny, talented 1st class, A-Number 1 heel. When Joey meets the former chorus girl and now rich widow Vera Simpson, the pair of lecherous souls seem made for each other.

On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission.

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.