From Oz to Hamilton: Watch the best Musical movies
Sing along to this JustWatch streaming guide that gives you a list of all musical movies available on major streaming platforms such as Netflix, Max, Paramount+, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Disney+, and others. Find the best musical movies and those that have flown under the radar using this guide.
Use the filters to search by release date, so you can choose between the 1950s classics like Singin’ In The Rain and A Star Is Born from the 2000s musical movies such as Hairspray and Chicago. You can also filter by IMDb rating to find the best musical movies or search by age rating to find family friendly musical movies to watch like Sing and Moana.
The best Musical movies available to stream now
Some of the best musical movies are the animated Disney masterworks like Aladdin, The Lion King, and later movies such as Frozen and Tangled. But live-action Disney musicals have proven just as popular with movies such as Newsies, Mary Poppins, Enchanted and High School Musical. The best musical movies adapted from the stage include Hamilton, In the Heights, Westside Story, and Wicked. One of the best musical movies of all time is Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, with an unforgettable turn from Gene Wilder. No discussion of musical movies is complete without the following mentions; Grease, Moulin Rouge, The Blues Brothers, Guys and Dolls, Fame, A Hard Day’s Night, The Fiddler on the Roof, Oliver!, and The Color Purple.
Musical movies that you might have missed
If you’ve been busy watching the likes of The Wizard of Oz and The Sound of Music, you might have missed these brilliant and unique musical movies. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India is an important musical movie in the history of Bollywood. La La Land features a stellar cast of Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, and John Legend. Chi-Raq is Spike Lee’s urgent and innovative musical movie set in Chicago amid growing violence. Dreamgirls is oozing with the star power of Beyoncé, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy and more. Unique takes on the genre include Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, Sing Street, and The Commitments. Honourable Australian mentions include The Sapphires which is a movie based on a true story of the first aboriginal girl group and Happy Feet, a family friendly animated comedy that was an American and Australian co-production.
Discover other genres
Musical movies often take inspiration from other genres and vice versa. Even some superhero movies are inspired to burst into song, such as Joker: Folie à deux. Discover dramatic Bollywood musical movies such as Kal Ho Naa Ho and Mohabbatein. Musical movies often feature romcom storylines for example Mamma Mia! Starring legendary actors Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth. Musical TV shows are a popular genre with shows such as Glee, Nashville, and Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies.
