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1. Reckless (1935)

Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Wealthy Bob Harrison buys all the seats in the theatre to watch Mona Leslie's musical by himself. He loves her, her agent Ned Riley loves her. Conflict ensues.

Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Franchot Tone, May Robson

Votes: 1,515

2. The Jazz Singer (1927)

Passed | 88 min | Drama, Music, Musical

The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.

Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer

Votes: 11,109 | Gross: $7.63M

3. Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)

Passed | 132 min | Biography, Musical

Songwriter and Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern is unable to find immediate success in the U.S. He sought recognition abroad. He journeyed to England where his dreams of success became real and where he met his future wife Eva Leale.

Directors: Richard Whorf, Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney | Stars: Robert Walker, Van Heflin, Lucille Bremer, June Allyson

Votes: 2,716 | Gross: $6.72M

4. The Lion King (1997)

TV-G | Musical

Disney's #1 hit musical, based on the 1994 Walt Disney Animation Studios' animated feature film of the same name.

Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Tsidii Leloka, John Vickery, Geoff Hoyle, Samuel E. Wright

Votes: 103

5. Glorifying the American Girl (1929)

Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

The rise of a showgirl, Gloria Hughes, culminating in a Ziegfeld extravaganza "Glorifying the American Girl".

Director: Millard Webb | Stars: Mary Eaton, Eddie Cantor, Helen Morgan, Rudy Vallee

Votes: 800

6. Wicked (2003)

Drama, Fantasy, Musical

A young woman, born with emerald-green skin and a bubbly blonde woman turned their initial rivalry into the unlikeliest of friendships when the world decides to call one "good," and the other one "wicked."

Director: Joe Mantello | Star: Joel Grey

Votes: 13

7. Exterminator 2 (1984)

R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York City of a drug lord and his gang.

Director: Mark Buntzman | Stars: Robert Ginty, Mario Van Peebles, Deborah Geffner, Frankie Faison

Votes: 2,799 | Gross: $3.74M

8. Rhapsody in Blue (1945)

Passed | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Musical

George Gershwin is a driven composer whose need to succeed destroys his relationship with singer Julie Adams and socialite Christine Gilbert.

Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith, Charles Coburn

Votes: 1,799

9. Born to Dance (1936)

Passed | 106 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

On leave, a sailor falls in love with a young lady aspiring to become a Broadway dancer, but their relationship is jeopardized by an established Broadway star, who is also enamored by him.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce, Una Merkel

Votes: 1,940

10. Down to Earth (1947)

Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

Upset about a new Broadway musical's mockery of Greek mythology, the goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth and lands a part in the show. She works her charms on the show's producer and he... See full summary »

Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks, Marc Platt, Roland Culver

Votes: 1,608 | Gross: $5.45M

11. Ten Times Better (2024)

30 min | Short

George Lee is an 88-year-old Chinese-American blackjack dealer in Las Vegas with an unheralded place in ballet and Broadway history as an AAPI dancer.

Director: Jennifer R. Lin | Star: George Lee

12. Spring Awakening: Those You've Known (2022)

TV-MA | 83 min | Documentary, Musical

Fifteen years after the Tony-winning Broadway run of Spring Awakening, the original cast and creative team reunite for a spectacular, one night only concert.

Director: Michael John Warren | Stars: Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele, John Gallagher Jr., Lauren Pritchard

Votes: 732

13. Babs (2017 TV Movie)

90 min | Biography, Drama

A drama about the life and career of actress Barbara Windsor.

Director: Dominic Leclerc | Stars: Samantha Spiro, Charlie Archer, Nick Moran, Honor Kneafsey

Votes: 665

14. Dames (1934)

Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Music, Musical

A multimillionaire decides to boycott "filthy" forms of entertainment such as Broadway shows.

Directors: Ray Enright, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Zasu Pitts

Votes: 2,436

15. As Long As I'm Famous (2022)

104 min | Biography, Drama, History

Inspired by true events, pays homage to the Golden Age, 1948. "What happened in Hollywood, stayed on Broadway". The private lives of legends from Monty Clift to Richard Rodgers, told through the eyes of 24 year old Sid Lumet.

Director: Bruce Reisman | Stars: Tracy Nelson, Michael Paré, David Chokachi, Eric Lutes

Votes: 78

16. The Captains (2011)

Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, Biography, Sci-Fi

The Captains is a feature length documentary film written and directed by William Shatner. The film follows Shatner as he interviews the other actors who have portrayed Starship captains within the illustrious science-fiction franchise.

Director: William Shatner | Stars: William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew

Votes: 3,077

17. NYC Dreams (2022)

105 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A talented but struggling dancer in New York City uses his daydreams to escape and find love.

Directors: J. Arcane, Paul Erskine | Stars: Yves Mathieu East, William Chris Sumpter, Feathers Wise, Nixon Frederick

Votes: 33

18. Broadway Bound (1992 TV Movie)

89 min | Comedy, Drama

Eugene and Stanley Jerome try to break into show biz as comedy writers while their parents' marriage ends. When the boys' material is broadcast on radio, the family hears their private life played for laughs.

Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Anne Bancroft, Hume Cronyn, Corey Parker, Jonathan Silverman

Votes: 155

19. Lady Be Good (1941)

Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Music, Musical

A composer and his songwriter wife clash as they succeed in working together, writing hit Broadway shows, but fail in their marriage to the point of getting divorced twice.

Directors: Norman Z. McLeod, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore

Votes: 1,181

20. Swing High, Swing Low (1937)

Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A hair-dresser stranded in Panama moves in with an ex-soldier and his hypochondriac roommate; she and the former fall in love, but their romance is threatened by success and the arrival of his old flame.

Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Charles Butterworth, Jean Dixon

Votes: 906

21. The Murder Pact (2015)

TV-14 | 85 min | Mystery, Thriller

Revolves around four friends at a prestigious university whose promising futures are jeopardized when they become connected to the accidental death of a classmate. When another student says... See full summary »

Director: Colin Theys | Stars: Alexa PenaVega, John Heard, Ethan Phillips, Beau Mirchoff

Votes: 661

22. Pretty Ladies (1925)

74 min | Comedy, Drama

Comedienne Maggie falls for musician Al Cassidy. They get married, Al becomes a songwriter and Maggie a housewife. Al is hired to write a number for one of the Follies' most beautiful stars and falls for her. Complications ensue.

Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Tom Moore, Ann Pennington, Lilyan Tashman

Votes: 269

23. The Stooge (1951)

Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Egotistical vaudevillian Bill Miller basks in the limelight with his successful musical-comedy act, but his success is due to his unheralded second banana.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen, Marion Marshall

Votes: 1,659

24. Two Sisters from Boston (1946)

Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A high society Boston girl goes from the Bowery to the opera with the help of her sister.

Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, June Allyson, Lauritz Melchior, Jimmy Durante

Votes: 697

25. A Chorus Line

Drama, Musical | Pre-production

Centered on seventeen Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line, set on the bare stage of a Broadway theatre during an audition for a musical. Based on the Broadway musical.

26. Sally, Irene and Mary (1925)

75 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Three women performing in a Broadway show face temptation, love, money, betrayal and tragedy as the cost of fame.

Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Constance Bennett, Joan Crawford, Sally O'Neil, William Haines

Votes: 291

27. A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012)

R | 85 min | Animation, Comedy

An animated, factually incorrect biography of Graham Arthur Chapman, one of the founding members of the comedy group Monty Python.

Directors: Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson, Ben Timlett | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Michael Palin

Votes: 1,836 | Gross: $0.01M

28. Step Lively (1944)

Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Gordon Miller is rehearsing a musical comedy in the penthouse suite of Gribble's hotel...on credit. The mounting bill is driving Gribble frantic. Chaos increases when playwright Glen ... See full summary »

Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, George Murphy, Frank Sinatra, Gloria DeHaven

Votes: 636

29. The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert (2020 Video)

Family, Musical

A concert presentation of the Tim Burton/Danny Elfman classic animated film, as interpreted by some of Broadway's ghoulishly talented artists. The proceeds collected will benefit The Actors Fund and Lymphoma Research Foundation.

Director: James Monroe Iglehart | Stars: Rafael Casal, Adrienne Warren, James Monroe Iglehart, Danny Burstein

Votes: 99

30. Sex (1920)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama

A broadway actress uses her sex appeal to ruin a marriage only to dump her lover for a richer prospect.

Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Louise Glaum, Irving Cummings, Peggy Pearce, Myrtle Stedman

Votes: 347

31. George White's Scandals (1934)

Passed | 1 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Opening with a credit line that reads "Entire production conceived, created and directed by George White," a film evolves where the only plot line is a thin backstage romance between Jimmy ... See full summary »

Directors: Thornton Freeland, Harry Lachman, George White | Stars: Rudy Vallee, Jimmy Durante, Alice Faye, Adrienne Ames

Votes: 109

32. Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933)

90 min | Drama, Musical

Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it ... See full summary »

Director: Lowell Sherman | Stars: Constance Cummings, Russ Columbo, Paul Kelly, Blossom Seeley

Votes: 241

33. Chip Off the Old Block (1944)

Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

The son of a strict Navy officer falls for the daughter of a musical-comedy star.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, Ann Blyth, Helen Vinson

Votes: 76

34. Waiting in the Wings: The Musical (2014)

Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Music, Musical

A mix-up occurs between a theatre geek and a hot stripper. Hilarity ensues when they realize to "make it," they're going to have to learn some new tricks.

Director: Jenn Page | Stars: Jeffrey A. Johns, Adam Huss, Rena Strober, Lee Meriwether

Votes: 215

35. The Matinee Idol (1928)

Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Romance

A Broadway matinee idol famous for his black-face portrayals anonymously joins an amateur acting troupe and falls in love with the leading lady.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Bessie Love, Johnnie Walker, Ernest Hilliard, Lionel Belmore

Votes: 627

36. The Great Victor Herbert (1939)

Approved | 91 min | Biography, Music, Musical

A fictionalized version of famous opera composer Victor Herbert where he witnesses the romance, stardom, parenthood, and troubled experiences of his star singers.

Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Allan Jones, Mary Martin, Walter Connolly, Lee Bowman

Votes: 134 | Gross: $0.30M

37. Meet Me After the Show (1951)

Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Music, Musical

Delilah Lee is the star of husband Jeff Ames' Broadway show when she starts to suspect he has been exchanging more than contracts with the show's vampish backer. Alimony and amnesia become the order of the day.

Director: Richard Sale | Stars: Betty Grable, Macdonald Carey, Rory Calhoun, Eddie Albert

Votes: 216 | Gross: $2.61M

38. Love Is a Racket (1932)

Unrated | 71 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue beholden to a penthouse gangster.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Ann Dvorak, Frances Dee, Lee Tracy

Votes: 567

39. Murder in Times Square (1943)

Passed | 65 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

Actor-playwright Cory Williams (Edmund Lowe) is sitting in a nightclub when Longacre Lil (Esther Dale), a Broadway vagrant, comes in and asks him for some money. He not only refuses her but... See full summary »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Marguerite Chapman, John Litel, William Wright

Votes: 77

40. Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway (2017)

TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary

The remarkable story of how a group of inspired mavericks made an unlikely marriage of hip-hop and history the biggest musical show in America...and are getting ready to conquer the world.

Director: Elio Espana | Stars: Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jesse Green, Chris Jackson

Votes: 312

41. Headin' for Broadway (1980)

PG | 89 min | Drama, Musical

Four young hopefuls from different parts of the country head to broadway for a shot at stardom

Director: Joseph Brooks | Stars: Rex Smith, Terri Treas, Vivian Reed, Paul Carafotes

Votes: 113

42. Broadway Nights (1927)

72 min | Drama, Romance

Fannie, a performer in a music hall act, teams up with Johnny, an MC and a gambler, and becomes a success. They marry, and a few years later they have a child. One night while they are ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Boyle | Stars: Louis John Bartels, Lois Wilson, Sam Hardy, Philip Strange

Votes: 55

43. Make a Wish (1937)

Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

While at summer camp in the Maine woods, little Bobby Breen befriends composer Basil Rathbone, who left the city to try and break his creative block, and is soon playing matchmaker for his widowed singer mother and Rathbone.

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Bobby Breen, Basil Rathbone, Marion Claire, Henry Armetta

Votes: 210

44. Two Blondes and a Redhead (1947)

Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Music

Socialite Cathy Abbott (Jean Porter) is working in the chorus of a Broadway show instead of being enrolled at an exclusive girls' school as her parents think. When the show closes, she ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Dreifuss | Stars: Jean Porter, Jimmy Lloyd, June Preisser, Judy Clark

Votes: 31

45. She-Wolf in Hollywood: The Story of Maria Ouspenskaya

59 min | Documentary | Completed

The story of actress and acting teacher Maria Ouspenskaya, who brought modern acting techniques to the U.S., focusing on her years in Hollywood (1936-1949).

Director: Jordan Mohr | Star: Jordan Mohr

46. The Fate of Cysalion (2022)

188 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical

The Fate of Cysalion is a live-action musical that blurs the line between film and theatre. It is the centerpiece of a high fantasy saga that tells an epochal story of heroes, villains and ancient powers.

Director: Marc Blasweiler | Stars: Nicole Schuhmacher, Marc Blasweiler, Peter Groß-Paaß, Olaf Jansen

Votes: 960

47. The Clown (1953)

Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Drama

Once a famous Ziegfeld star, Dodo Delwyn is reduced to playing clowns in burlesque and amusement parks as a result of his drinking. His son Little Dink idolizes him and faithfully believes ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Red Skelton, Jane Greer, Tim Considine, Loring Smith

Votes: 527

48. Bare: The Musical (2012 Video)

Drama

The story follows a group of teens as they wrestle with their identities, sexuality and religion at a co-ed Catholic boarding school.

Director: Stafford Arima | Stars: Gerard Canonico, Jason Hite, Elizabeth Judd, Sara Kapner

49. Be More Chill: The Upgrade (2018)

Documentary

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of BE MORE CHILL, the new off-Broadway musical by Joe Tracz and Joe Iconis, running in the summer of 2018 at the Pershing Square Signature Center.

Stars: George Salazar, Joe Iconis, Jennifer Ashley Tepper, Will Roland

50. To Be Young, Gifted, and Black (1972 TV Movie)

90 min | Biography, Drama

The life and times of Lorraine Hansberry, an African-American writer and political activist, whose semi-autobiographical 1957 play "A Raisin in the Sun" became the first show on Broadway authored by an African-American.

Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Ruby Dee, Al Freeman Jr., Claudia McNeil, Lauren Jones

Votes: 48