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1. Cats (2019)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba
Votes: 56,061
2. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
G | 181 min | Drama, Family, Musical
In pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon
Votes: 48,012 | Gross: $80.50M
3. South Pacific (1958)
Approved | 157 min | Musical, Romance, War
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.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr, Ray Walston
Votes: 9,865
4. Gypsy (1962)
Approved | 143 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace
Votes: 7,038 | Gross: $13.01M
5. Gypsy (1993 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 153 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Based on the autobiography of Gypsy Rose Lee, this made-for-TV movie-previously a Broadway smash and a 1962 film-depicts the life and times of a stripper and her domineering mother.
Director: Emile Ardolino | Stars: Bette Midler, Peter Riegert, Cynthia Gibb, Edward Asner
Votes: 2,169
6. Wonderful Town (1958 TV Movie)
120 min | Musical
Ruth Sherwood and her sister, Eileen arrive in New York from Ohio in the 1930s and find frustration, career hopes and romance in the city of their dreams.
Directors: Mel Ferber, Herbert Ross | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Sydney Chaplin, Jacquelyn McKeever, Joseph Buloff
Votes: 69
7. Damn Yankees! (1967 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Musical, Sport
Wishing for his favorite losing baseball team, the Washington Senators, to win the pennant, middle-aged Joe Boyd literally makes a deal with the Devil (in the form of one Mr. Applegate) and... See full summary »
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: Phil Silvers, Lee Remick, Jerry Lanning, Jim Backus
Votes: 58
8. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Comedy, Musical | Announced
An adaptation of William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin's musical about a middle school spelling bee.
Star: Dan Hunjas
9. Big River
Musical | Announced
Huck and Jim race down the mighty Mississippi to secure Jim's freedom.
10.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
Working
(1982)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A musical adaptation of Studs Terkel's book celebrating the lives of everyday working-class people.
Directors: Kirk Browning, Stephen Schwartz | Stars: Studs Terkel, Barry Bostwick, Scatman Crothers, Barbara Browning
Votes: 77