La La Land (2016)
Damien Chazelle's 2016 Hollywood musical. Almost won Best Picture before envelope correction.
MusicalDamien Chazelle's 2016 Hollywood musical. Almost won Best Picture before envelope correction.
FamilyDisney's 1964 Travers adaptation. Julie Andrews flying with umbrella, Dick Van Dyke as cockney chimney sweep.
HorrorBrian De Palma's 1974 cult musical horror. Faust crossed with Phantom of the Opera.
MusicalBaz Luhrmann's 2001 jukebox musical. Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor in turn-of-century Paris.
MusicalVincente Minnelli's 1951 Gershwin musical. Gene Kelly as American painter in Paris.
CrimeRob Marshall's 2002 jazz-age murder musical. Won six Academy Awards including Best Picture.
MusicalThe Cheek to Cheek number is canonical. Their fourth collaboration and their best.
DramaBob Fosse's 1979 autobiographical musical about his own self-destruction. Roy Scheider as the Fosse stand-in.
Drama1961 Robbins-Wise adaptation of the Sondheim-Bernstein stage musical. Romeo and Juliet on Manhattan streets.
Drama
Comedy1983 Terry Jones comedy sketch film. The Pythons tackle life's stages from birth to death.
ComedyDonen and Kelly's 1952 musical comedy about the talkie transition. Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds.
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