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1. Babes in Toyland (1961)
Approved | 106 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Mary Contrary is set to marry Tom Piper when he is kidnapped by Roderigo and Gonzorgo, two goons working for the evil Barnaby who wants to marry Mary for her inheritance.
Director: Jack Donohue | Stars: Ray Bolger, Tommy Sands, Annette Funicello, Ed Wynn
Votes: 4,812 | Gross: $10.22M
2. Naughty Marietta (1935)
Passed | 105 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.
Directors: Robert Z. Leonard, W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Elsa Lanchester
Votes: 1,536
3. The Student Prince (1954)
Approved | 107 min | Musical, Romance
A prince has a romance with a barmaid before he must give up personal happiness for duty.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, John Ericson, Louis Calhern
Votes: 991
4. The Doll (1919)
Not Rated | 66 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Forced into marriage by his uncle, a man decides to fool him by marrying a life-like mechanical doll instead.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Ossi Oswalda, Hermann Thimig, Victor Janson, Max Kronert
Votes: 2,359
5. The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, Charles Ruggles
Votes: 4,110
6. Sommer i Tyrol (1964)
99 min | Comedy, Musical
At a lakeview hotel in Tyrol, Austria, circa 1900, the headwaiter is in love with the hotel owner, but she's in love with a womanizing guest.
Director: Erik Balling | Stars: Dirch Passer, Susse Wold, Lone Hertz, Ove Sprogøe
Votes: 1,092
7. Rose Marie (1954)
G | 104 min | Musical, Romance, Western
Wilderness girl Rose Marie has adventures in life and love when Mountie Mike Malone takes her out of the wild.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, Fernando Lamas, Bert Lahr
Votes: 521
8. Sweethearts (1938)
Passed | 114 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood.
Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger
Votes: 704
9. The Merry Widow (1952)
Approved | 105 min | Musical, Mystery, Romance
Operating under royal orders, a count must woo a young and wealthy widow in order to save a kingdom from bankruptcy.
Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Lana Turner, Fernando Lamas, Una Merkel, Richard Haydn
Votes: 667
10. Sköna Helena (1951)
99 min | Adventure, Drama, Musical
Intrigues and entanglements before Prince Paris wins the heart of beautiful Helena. It all happens in the small kingdom of Arcadia at the time of the Trojan War. Swedish version of Jacques Offenbach's operetta of the classic Greek myth.
Director: Gustaf Edgren | Stars: Eva Dahlbeck, Max Hansen, Per Grundén, Åke Söderblom
Votes: 42
11. Blåjackor (1945)
123 min | Comedy, Romance
A musical comedy about Kalle Svensson, a sergeant in the navy, and his loved one Nanette Raquette who works as a gymnastics teacher.
Director: Rolf Husberg | Stars: Nils Poppe, Annalisa Ericson, Karl-Arne Holmsten, Cécile Ossbahr
Votes: 60
12. Miss Nitouche (1954)
90 min | Comedy
Denise discovered that Celestin leads a double life: he composes operetta night for his mistress, a young singer named Corinne.
Director: Yves Allégret | Stars: Fernandel, Pier Angeli, Jean Debucourt, Georges Chamarat
Votes: 156
13. En förtjusande fröken (1945)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Insurance salesman Paul is to be engaged with Louise, the daughter of his boss. Trying to sell insurance to a millionaire he meet the millionaire's daughter Annette whom he fall in love with after some complications and funny business.
Director: Börje Larsson | Stars: Max Hansen, Annalisa Ericson, Sture Lagerwall, Marianne Löfgren
Votes: 61
14. New Moon (1930)
Passed | 78 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
New Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the Princess Tanya and they have a ship board romance. Upon arriving at the port of Krasnov, Petroff ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Lawrence Tibbett, Grace Moore, Adolphe Menjou, Roland Young
Votes: 206
15. La corte de Faraón (1985)
98 min | Comedy, Musical
In the early Spanish Civil Post-war, in Madrid, during the most hard times of the Franco dictatorship, a group of second-rate players try to get out of their wretched lives taking advantage... See full summary »
Director: José Luis García Sánchez | Stars: Ana Belén, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Antonio Banderas, Josema Yuste
Votes: 448
16. La Rondine (2009)
150 min | Music, Romance
A thoroughly Italian work inspired by Viennese operetta, this rarely performed Puccini gem tells the story of love between a kept woman from high society and a naïve younger man of moderate... See full summary »
Stars: Angela Gheorghiu, Misha Didyk, Anna Christy, Gerard Powers
17. The Great Waltz (1955 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, Musical
Johann Strauss, Jr., a would-be composer of waltzes in mid-19th Century Vienna, attempts to thwart his father's efforts to prevent his success when the older man becomes jealous of his melodic skill.
Directors: Bill Hobin, Max Liebman | Stars: Keith Andes, Gordon Dilworth, Lee Goodman, Bert Lahr
Votes: 13
18. Blåjackor (1964)
108 min | Comedy
The Swedish cruiser Svea Lejon comes to the Mediterranean port of Montebello. The crew find that the girls are full of pleasure, especially the students at Monsieur Nitouche Ballet School.
Director: Arne Mattsson | Stars: Dirch Passer, Anita Lindblom, Åke Söderblom, Nils Hallberg
Votes: 84
19. Tappa inte sugen (1947)
94 min | Comedy
About the extra who wants to be a star, and the hero who vainly favors his costar.
Director: Lars-Eric Kjellgren | Stars: Nils Poppe, Annalisa Ericson, Gaby Stenberg, Ulla Sallert
Votes: 38
20. Lilla helgonet (1944)
104 min | Comedy, Music
Celestin is the singing teacher in a monastery and Denis is one of her students. They both dream about the life outside.
Director: Weyler Hildebrand | Stars: Marguerite Viby, Åke Söderblom, Thor Modéen, Naemi Briese
Votes: 69
21. Min syster och jag (1950)
106 min | Comedy
The rich, aristocratic Katarina Hassel decides to let an architect renovate her mansion. Katarina falls in love with the young architect, Gunnar Stenwall. Alas, he doesn't fall in love with... See full summary »
Director: Schamyl Bauman | Stars: Sickan Carlsson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Elof Ahrle, Nils Ericsson
Votes: 65
22. Fröken Vildkatt (1941)
106 min | Comedy, Musical
Thomas Palm has recently been promoted at his work at The Royal Canal Office. He celebrates with his friends on a night out and on the way home he saves a woman from drowning.
Director: Weyler Hildebrand | Stars: Marguerite Viby, Åke Söderblom, Stig Järrel, Tollie Zellman
Votes: 37
23. Graf Lyuksemburg (1975 TV Movie)
99 min | Musical
Director: Yuriy Bogatyrenko | Stars: Gerard Vasiliev, Tatyana Shmyga, Vladimir Shishkin, Emil Orlovetskiy
24. The Girl of the Neighbourhood (1954)
92 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In the shadow of Acropolis, an honest man dreams of marrying the charming daughter of a poor pedlar; however, a chance encounter with a professional philanderer will fill her heart with delusions of grandeur. Are they meant to be together?
Director: Maria Plyta | Stars: Smaroula Giouli, Orestis Makris, Giorgos Foundas, Dimitris Nikolaidis
Votes: 31
25. Airs de France (1955–1963)
Musical, Romance
Stars: Jacques Beauvais, Christian Asse, Henri Bedex, Robert Destain
26. Frk. Vildkat (1942)
98 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Peter "saves" showgirl Dolly from drowning one night in Copenhagen. She dries and warms herself in his apartment. Next morning, he's off to Aalborg by train with his fiancee. Dolly sneaks on the train.
Directors: Lau Lauritzen, Alice O'Fredericks | Stars: Marguerite Viby, Ebbe Rode, Gerda Neumann, Ib Schønberg
Votes: 68
27. The Godson (1952)
78 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Vivika Zaharouli, sick and tired of the goings-on of her womanizer husband, welcomes in Athens her godchild, who comes to live in their house. She doesn't know, however, that this is not her godchild but an impostor.
Director: Maria Plyta | Stars: Anthi Zaharatou, Mimis Fotopoulos, Alekos Alexandrakis, Lakis Skellas
Votes: 51
28. Kungen kommer (1936)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
Group of actors pretend to be the king and the royal suite.
Director: Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius | Stars: Gösta Ekman, Nils Wahlbom, Gull Natorp, Birgit Tengroth
Votes: 71
29. Apaches of Athens (1930)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Kostas saves two naive people from a brutal beating. A pretty seamstress, Titika, who happens to come by, attends to his minor wounds, and they fall in love.
Director: Dimitris Gaziadis | Stars: Petros Epitropakis, Mery Sagianou-Katseli, Stella Hristoforidou, Yannis Prineas
Votes: 96
30. Devushka i more (1981 TV Movie)
66 min | Drama, Music
Director: Alfred Shestopalov | Stars: Irina Lavrinova, Yury Malyarov, Ihor Volkov, Aleksei Tyutimov
31. Annoula's Dowry (1917)
63 min | Comedy, Romance
An indigent provincial girl comes to Athens to work as a maid in the mansion where her father also works. The latter wins the lottery, and, unexpectedly, their life changes for the better.
Director: Dimos Vratsanos | Stars: Koula Zervou, Dimitris Rontiris, Xaveria Kanellopoulou, Elias Destounis
32. Tolko ty (1972)
84 min | Comedy, Music
Director: Evgeniy Sherstobitov | Stars: Irina Borisova, Nikolay Solovyov, Galina Stetsenko, Spartak Mishulin
Votes: 11
33. Korolevskaya lozha (1969 TV Movie)
55 min | Comedy, Music
Director: Yuriy Bogatyrenko | Stars: Vyacheslav Timoshin, Lyudmila Fedotova, Alfred Shargorodskiy, Artashes Araratyan
34. Land of Smiles (1962 TV Movie)
105 min | Musical
A Sydney-produced production of Franz Lehar's operetta.
Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Valda Bagnall, Alistair Duncan, John Faasen, Joan Shute
35. Belaya akatsiya (1957 TV Movie)
86 min | Comedy, Music
A romantic story about the Black Sea sailors and their girlfriends.
Director: Georgi Natanson | Stars: Idaliya Ivanova, Aleksandr Starodub, Yevgeniya Dembskaya, Mikhail Vodyanoy
Votes: 13
36. Pod kupolom tsirka (1989 TV Movie)
132 min | Drama, Musical
Director: Vladimir Semakov | Stars: Mikhail Pugovkin, Irina Feofanova, Aleksandr Kulyamin, Sofya Gorshkova
37. Potseluy Chanity (1974)
78 min | Comedy, Music
The story is about a cheerful company of friends who must outwit the villain Cesare, who by blackmail and deception wants to marry the beautiful Chanita.
Director: Evgeniy Sherstobitov | Stars: Larisa Eryomina, Aleftina Evdokimova, Natalya Drozhzhina, Boris Dyachenko
Votes: 8
38. Apaches of Athens (1950)
81 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Costas is known as the "Prince". Now that he has learned of the arrival of the Greek-American Paralis and his daughter Vera, for whom Paralis is looking for an aristocratic groom, he decides to appear before him as a real prince.
Director: Ilias Paraskevas | Stars: Anna Kalouta, Labros Konstadaras, Fragiskos Manellis, Mimis Fotopoulos
Votes: 77
39. Beauty Cult (1930)
Comedy, Musical, Romance
Director: Léonce Perret | Stars: Louis-Jacques Boucot, Lily Zévaco, Robert Darthez, Edith Méra
40. Coups de roulis (1932)
115 min | Comedy
Director: Jean de La Cour | Stars: Max Dearly, Edith Manet, Pierre Magnier, Lucienne Herval
41. Zvanyy vecher s italyantsami (1970 TV Movie)
65 min | Music
Director: Roman Sergeyev | Stars: Anatoli Marenich, Natalya Gayda, Semyon Dukhovnyy, Boris Borovsky
42. Les vingt-huit jours de Clairette (1933)
98 min | Comedy, Musical
Director: André Hugon | Stars: Armand Bernard, Antonin Berval, Mireille, Janine Guise
Votes: 14
43. Netopýr (1961 TV Movie)
126 min | Comedy, Musical
Directors: Karel Konstantin, Jirí Nesvadba | Stars: Svatopluk Benes, Jirina Bohdalová, Miroslav Homola, Nina Jiránková
44. Mademuazel Nitush (1974 TV Movie)
81 min | Comedy
Director: Nikolay Khrobko | Stars: Tatyana Shumova, Aleksey Sheynin, Vladimir Vasilyev, Natalya Malyavina
45. Ririka (1951)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
An actress named Ririka charms a maharajah who is visiting Greece. She uses her charm to persuade the maharajah to help all her relatives, colleagues and friends, who urgently need a boost in their career.
Director: Frixos Iliadis | Stars: Ketty Diridaoua, Anna Kyriakou, Yannis Prineas, Alkis Papas
46. Le manège des amoureux (1965 TV Movie)
Musical, Romance
Director: Georges Folgoas | Stars: Suzy Delair, Olivier Despax, Catherine Elia, Jean-Pierre Rambal
47. Gasparone (1975 TV Movie)
74 min | Music, Romance
Director: Nikolay Khrobko | Stars: Timofey Spivak, Nonna Terentyeva, Vsevolod Yakut, Vladimir Mikhaylovskiy
48. Un soir de réveillon (1933)
85 min | Musical, Romance
An innocent girl is mistaken for one of the loose women at a Christmas Eve party and is pursued by a young man who doesn't know where she lives.
Director: Karl Anton | Stars: Meg Lemonnier, Henri Garat, Arletty, René Donnio
Votes: 36
49. Ogonki (1968 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Music
Director: Nikolay Khrobko | Stars: Yelena Odintsova, Aleksandr Kalyagin, Zoya Aliyeva, Gennadi Nekrasov
50. Ostrov Tulipatan (1960 TV Movie)
65 min | Comedy
Director: Jirí Nesvadba | Stars: Nina Bártu, Stanislav Fiser, Hana Houbová, Milos Kopecký