Best movies — musical on Apple TV+ : our Top 20

2000 · Lars von Trier

Selma, a Czech émigré facing the loss of her sight, scrambles to support herself and her young son, who has inherited the same degenerative condition and will need an expensive operation to avoid the same fate. Crushed by mounting bills and the strain of making ends meet, she finds refuge in daydreams—turning everyday noises into rhythms and staging small, imagined musical numbers that lift her through the darkest moments.

With Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare, Joel Grey, Cara Seymour and Vladica Kostic

2017 · Michael Gracey

A biographical account of American showman P.T. Barnum, following his rise from modest beginnings to the creation of a spectacular traveling entertainment that would evolve into the famed Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

With Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Keala Settle and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

1964 · George Cukor

A haughty phonetics professor accepts a bet to take a lowly flower seller and, through training in speech and manners, turn her into someone who can pass in high society.

With Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett and Theodore Bikel

1978 · Randal Kleiser

Straight-laced Australian Sandy and leather-jacketed Danny ignited a summer romance, but their reunion becomes complicated when they unexpectedly find themselves enrolled in the same high school. Surrounded by meddlesome classmates and a cast of eccentric friends, they must decide whether their spark can survive the drama of teenage life and be rekindled.

With John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Barry Pearl, Michael Tucci and Kelly Ward

2021 · Jon M. Chu

Usnavi, who runs a small corner store in Washington Heights, finds himself at a crossroads: sell the bodega and retire to the Dominican Republic, or stay and preserve the life and connections that have shaped him in the neighborhood.

With Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Gregory Diaz IV

1971 · Norman Jewison

On the eve of Russia’s upheaval, a struggling Jewish dairyman fights to keep his family afloat as society around him unravels. His daughters pursue love and independence, but a mounting tide of antisemitic hostility threatens to shatter their hopes and security.

With Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Rosalind Harris and Michele Marsh

1986 · Frank Oz

Shy orphan Seymour Krelborn works at a failing flower shop on a rundown city block, secretly smitten with his co-worker Audrey while enduring the daily insults of his employer, Mr. Mushnik. When Seymour discovers an unusual, fast-growing plant he names Audrey II, the shop inexplicably blossoms into success — but the plant demands a terrible price: it feeds on human blood and has a persuasive, musical way of asking for more. As the creature grows in power and influence, Seymour is pulled into a terrifying moral dilemma where ambition, love and survival collide with increasingly deadly consequences.

With Levi Stubbs, Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, Tichina Arnold and Michelle Weeks

1953 · Howard Hawks

Lorelei Lee, a glamorous showgirl engaged to the prosperous Gus Esmond, arouses the distrust of his wealthy father, who suspects she’s after the family fortune. When Lorelei sets sail on a cruise accompanied only by her close friend Dorothy Shaw, Gus’s father hires private detective Ernie Malone to shadow her and report any indiscretions that could be used to call off the wedding.

With Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, George Winslow and Marcel Dalio

1961 · Robert Wise

Two young people from rival New York street crews fall in love, and the growing animosity within their circles erupts into violence with tragic consequences.

With Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Russ Tamblyn, Simon Oakland and Ned Glass

2002 · François Ozon

Eight women gather for a Christmas retreat at an isolated, snowbound cottage, only to find the family’s elder dead, a knife embedded in his back. With the storm sealing them inside, the group becomes a closed circle of suspects, each woman carrying hidden motives and long-buried secrets that begin to surface.

With Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Fanny Ardant, Firmine Richard, Emmanuelle Béart, Virginie Ledoyen and Ludivine Sagnier

2018 · Ol Parker

Five years after encountering three potential fathers, Sophie Sheridan readies herself to open her mother's hotel. Flashing back to 1979, a young Donna Sheridan meets the three men, any one of whom could be Sophie's biological father.

With Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Cher, Andy García, Julie Walters, Alexa Davies, Celia Imrie, Jessica Keenan Wynn and Dominic Cooper

1983 · Barbra Streisand

Posing as a boy to gain entry into male-only religious instruction, a young Jewish woman risks everything to study sacred texts — and along the way forges an unexpected, forbidden bond that threatens to unravel her disguise and reshape her faith.

With Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving, Nehemiah Persoff, Steven Hill, Allan Corduner and Ruth Goring

2022 · Sean Anders

Every Christmas Eve the Ghost of Christmas Present chooses a hardened soul and summons three spirits to try to redeem him. This time, however, he misjudges his target: Clint Briggs fights back, flipping the haunting into a power struggle that leaves Present forced to confront and reassess his own past, present and future.

With Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, Octavia Spencer, Patrick Page, Sunita Mani, Loren G. Woods and Tracy Morgan

1996 · Woody Allen

A young New Yorker orchestrates a meeting between her father and a captivating woman caught in an unstable marriage, just as her half-sister announces her engagement.

With Drew Barrymore, Edward Norton, Alan Alda, Julia Roberts, Woody Allen, Lukas Haas and Goldie Hawn

1982 · Colin Higgins

A longtime couple living above a bustling drag club in St. Tropez watches their carefully curated life unravel when one partner’s son announces his engagement. Determined to present a straight-laced façade for the bride-to-be and her conservative parents, the two men scramble to hide both their relationship and their ownership of the nightclub, triggering a night of frantic cover-ups, comic misunderstandings, and unexpected revelations at the dinner table.

With Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Jim Nabors, Robert Mandan and Lois Nettleton

1966 · Richard Lester

A resourceful slave schemes to unite an unblemished courtesan with the young master hopelessly in love with her, hoping the match will buy his freedom.

With Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford, Annette Andre and Michael Hordern

2004 · Yash Chopra

When Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh of the Indian Air Force pulls Zaara, a Pakistani woman, from the wreckage of a bus crash, a single act of mercy sets in motion a connection that will change both their lives forever.

With Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukerji, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Divya Dutta and Anupam Kher

2019 · Melanie Martinez

Cry Baby, a resilient yet tender-hearted girl, is sent to a sinister boarding school concealed beneath an elegant exterior. She leans on her loyal, unabashed best friend who defends her when classmates—whose minds have been subverted by the Principal and his malicious staff—turn hostile. With the aid of otherworldly friends they meet along the way and the guidance of a radiant angelic spirit, they find the courage to resist and ultimately challenge the school's oppressive patriarchal control.

With Mélanie Martinez, Elita Harkov, Megan Gage, Maggie Budzyna, Zión Moreno, Marsalis Wilson and Zinnett Hendrix

2006 · Bryan Barber

In the Prohibition-era South, taciturn pianist Percival and his flamboyant star-turned-manager Rooster fight to save their hidden nightclub from ruthless mobsters eager to seize it. As the danger intensifies, their fragile partnership and the future of the speakeasy are pushed to the breaking point.

With André 3000, Big Boi, Paula Patton, Terrence Howard, Faizon Love, Malinda Williams and Cicely Tyson

2015 · Carlos Saura

A richly layered portrait of the football world, where intense cross-border rivalries and private disappointments collide, and friendships persist despite national divides.

With Mía Maestro, Pedro Aznar, Juan Falú, Marian Farías Gómez, Gabo Ferro, Liliana Herrero and Jairo