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1. Cabaret (1972)
PG | 124 min | Drama, Music, Musical
A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.
Director: Bob Fosse | Stars: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey
Votes: 59,434 | Gross: $42.77M
2. West Side Story (1961)
Approved | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Directors: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise | Stars: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn
Votes: 121,263 | Gross: $43.66M
3. Oklahoma! (1955)
G | 145 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood
Votes: 14,085
4. Hello, Dolly! (1969)
G | 146 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Matchmaker Dolly Levi travels to Yonkers to find a partner for "half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder, convincing his niece, his niece's intended, and his two clerks to travel to New York City along the way.
Director: Gene Kelly | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Marianne McAndrew
Votes: 16,981 | Gross: $7.24M
5. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Musical
A wily Roman slave schemes to earn his freedom by romantically uniting his master with a courtesan. But matters get complicated and he ends up dragging in his neighbors around him, leading to chaos.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford
Votes: 9,855
6. Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Passed | 109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of 'The Taming of the Shrew'; off-stage, the production is troublesome with ex-lovers' quarrels and two gangsters looking for some money owed to them.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 6,818 | Gross: $4.38M
7. Oklahoma! (1999 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 180 min | Musical, Romance, Western
Cowboy Curly McClain tries to win the heart of a girl in a singing and dancing extravaganza.
Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Maureen Lipman, Hugh Jackman, Josefina Gabrielle, David Shelmerdine
Votes: 2,271
8. Mame (1974)
PG | 132 min | Comedy, Musical
Following the death of his father, an orphan is sent to live with his free-spirited aunt.
Director: Gene Saks | Stars: Lucille Ball, Robert Preston, Bea Arthur, Bruce Davison
Votes: 3,456
9. Cabaret (1993 TV Movie)
106 min | Musical, Drama
A filmed stage production of the classic musical.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Jane Horrocks, Alan Cumming, Sara Kestelman, George Raistrick
Votes: 396
10. Kismet (1955)
Approved | 113 min | Adventure, Musical, Fantasy
A roguish poet is given the run of the scheming Wazir's harem while pretending to help him usurp the young caliph.
Directors: Vincente Minnelli, Stanley Donen | Stars: Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray, Vic Damone
Votes: 1,683
11. Let's Face It (1943)
Approved | 76 min | Musical, Romance
A soldier stationed on an army base and his fiancée, who runs a women's "fat farm" nearby, want to get married but don't have enough money. Three customers of the fat farm scheme to get ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Bob Hope, Betty Hutton, Zasu Pitts, Phyllis Povah
Votes: 203
12. Kiss Me Kate (1968 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Musical
Armstrong presents Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate, broadcast by ABC-TV 0n March 25, 1968.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, Jessica Walter, Michael Callan
Votes: 28
13. Purlie (1982 TV Movie)
142 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
In the early days of the civil rights movement, a Southern plantation owner holds his sharecroppers in virtual slavery. Purlie comes home as a preacher who will shake things up and bring freedom to his people.
Director: Rudi Goldman | Stars: Robert Guillaume, Sherman Hemsley, Rhetta Hughes, Melba Moore
Votes: 119
14. Kiss Me, Kate (1958 TV Movie)
90 min | Musical
An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of 'The Taming of the Shrew'; off-stage, the production is troublesome with ex-lovers' quarrels and a gangster looking for some money owed to them.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Julie Wilson, Bill Hayes
Votes: 73
15. Cabaret (1995 Video)
Musical
Director: Deborah Khan | Stars: Dominic Cooper, Emily Coran, Daniel Cormack, Leah Culwin
16.
Great Performances (1971– )
Episode:
Kiss Me Kate
(2003)
TV-G | 147 min | Music, Musical
A live performance of the 1999 revival, taped in London in the theatre in which it was staged, and in front of a live audience.
Director: Chris Hunt | Stars: Brent Barrett, Rachel York, Nancy Kathryn Anderson, Michael Berresse
Votes: 249