1. Porgy and Bess
Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.
It has an average vote of 6.205 on TMDB.
2. Alex and the Wonderful Doo-Wah Lamp
Alex is annoyed when he loses out on being picked as class president. When visiting a local antique shop he finds a magic lamp, with three singing Genies, who grant him three magical wishes.
3. Clear the stage for Marika (Bühne frei für Marika)
A dance and music film tailored completely for Marika Rokk: After her divorce, the wife of a composer uses her wit and charm to engage Marika as a singer and dancer on the stage. This manages to give life once again to the extinguished love between her and her former husband.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
4. In Caliente
At a Mexican resort, a fast-talking magazine editor woos the dancer he's trashed in print.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
5. Übermut im Salzkammergut (Übermut im Salzkammergut)
Birgit is a model from the city and sweetheart of the farmer's son Rolf. Incognito she takes a job as a maid on their farm.
It has an average vote of 4.7 on TMDB.
6. Love, Dance, and 1000 Songs (Liebe, Tanz und 1000 Schlager)
(Liebe, Tanz und 1000 Schlager)
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
7. Hilfe, ich liebe Zwillinge! (Hilfe, ich liebe Zwillinge!)
(Hilfe, ich liebe Zwillinge!)
It has an average vote of 3 on TMDB.
8. Beyond the Sea
Based on the life and career of legendary entertainer, Bobby Darin, the biopic moves back and forth between his childhood and adulthood, to tell the tale of his life.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
9. Gruß und Kuss vom Tegernsee (Gruß und Kuss vom Tegernsee)
A 1957 German musical comedy heimatfilm.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
10. Top Hat
Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
11. Yankee Doodle Dandy
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
It has an average vote of 7.02 on TMDB.
12. A Star Is Born
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
13. Las aventuras de Enrique y Ana (Las aventuras de Enrique y Ana)
Enrique is a gym teacher who along with his sister want to start a musical career with the support of their grandfather, a great scientist who wants to stop an evil despot from getting an artifact that would endanger the entire world.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
14. Show Boat
Hammerstein and Kern’s Show Boat is a true classic of American musical theater - a tale of life on the Mississippi from the 1880s to the 1920s is both a poignant love story and a powerful reminder of the bitter legacy of racism. The exuberant production from the San Francisco Opera features songbook classics such as “Ol’ Man River” and “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man”.
15. A Chorus Line
A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach. After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie, who once had a tempestuous romantic relationship with Zach. She is desperate enough for work to humble herself and audition for him; whether he's willing to let professionalism overcome his personal feelings about their past remains to be seen.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
16. Onde Estás, Felicidade? (Onde Estás, Felicidade?)
(Onde Estás, Felicidade?)
17. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
An all-female rock group finds fame, love, and drama when they move to LA in order to claim the lead singer’s inheritance.
It has an average vote of 6.229 on TMDB.
18. Space Dogs: The Musical
Space Dogs is an epic new musical that tells the mind-blowing true story of Laika and the Chief Designer - a stray dog and the top-secret Russian scientist who sent her to space during the Cold War. Written and performed by actor-musicians Van Hughes and Nick Blaemire, it is a sweeping, kaleidoscopic tale of invention, betrayal, international political intrigue, and the immortal friendship that exists between man and dog, as they journey together to the stars.
19. You, the Living (Du levande)
In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman remembers a fantasy honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man awakes from a dream about bomber planes. A businessman boasts about success while being robbed by a pickpocket and so on. The absurdist collection is accompanied by Dixieland jazz and similar music.
It has an average vote of 7.074 on TMDB.
20. Homesick for St. Paul (Heimweh nach St. Pauli)
A pop singer who has been successful on Broadway, is homesick and returns.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.