Best movies — musical on Prime Video : our Top 20

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

2024 · Sérgio Machado

When a great flood forces every creature to board Noah's Ark two-by-two, two unlikely mouse friends refuse to be left behind: Vini, a gifted poet whose crippling stage fright hides a tender soul, and Tito, a smooth, magnetic guitarist with a knack for improvisation. With a clever cockroach as their ally and a streak of lucky timing, they slip aboard as stowaways and quickly find themselves caught in the middle of mounting hostility between the ark’s carnivores and herbivores. To keep peace and lift the animals’ spirits during forty long days and nights, the pair turns to music—performing timeless songs shaped by the spirit of Vinicius de Moraes—and must discover whether melody and courage can calm old instincts and knit a fragile community together.

With Rodrigo Santoro, Alice Braga, Marcelo Adnet, Keith Silverstein, Ian James Corlett, Luis Bermudez and Laila McCann

1952 · Stanley Donen

In 1927 Hollywood, a top silent-picture actor begins a romance with a chorus girl just as he and his increasingly anxious onscreen partner face the turmoil of cinema’s shift to sound, forcing them to confront changing tastes, fragile egos, and the threat of obsolescence.

With Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Cyd Charisse and Douglas Fowley

1971 · Mel Stuart

Impoverished Charlie Bucket hopes to find one of five hidden golden tickets after the eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka announces that each lucky child will be granted a private tour of his factory and a lifetime supply of confections.

With Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum, Jack Albertson, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole, Leonard Stone and Denise Nickerson

2024 · Peter Sullivan

Determined to rescue her parents' struggling family nightclub in her hometown, a Broadway dancer mounts a Christmas-themed, all-male revue — and unexpectedly falls for a charismatic performer whose moves steal the show and her heart.

With Britt Robertson, Chad Michael Murray, Marla Sokoloff, Maxwell Caulfield, Colt Prattes, Hector David Jr. and Marc Anthony Samuel

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

2001 · Baz Luhrmann

On the brink of the 20th century, a notorious, opulent Parisian nightclub pulses with raucous glamor and artistic fervor. A young poet, swept into its intoxicating orbit, sparks a fervent romance with the club’s most celebrated and beguiling star.

With Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh, Garry McDonald and Jacek Koman

2024 · Samantha Jayne

New arrival Cady Heron is quickly welcomed into the school’s top clique, a trio of polished girls led by the manipulative Regina George. When Cady unexpectedly develops feelings for Regina’s former boyfriend, Aaron Samuels, she finds herself squarely in the queen bee’s sights. With the aid of fellow outsiders Janis and Damian, Cady hatches a plan to topple Regina, but as the plot unfolds she must decide whether to pursue vengeance or stay true to herself amid the ruthless social dynamics of high school.

With Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp, Auli'i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey, Avantika, Bebe Wood and Christopher Briney

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

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

2002 · Rob Marshall

Set in 1920s Chicago, two women convicted of murder share a death row cell and scramble to win the kind of notoriety that might spare them from execution.

With Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly, Lucy Liu and Taye Diggs

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

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

1979 · Bob Fosse

At the peak of his fame, Joe Gideon dominates the world of musical theater as a celebrated director and choreographer, yet behind the curtain his life is falling apart: his all-consuming dedication to work has shattered his personal relationships, leaving him isolated and increasingly reliant on pills to simply get through each day.

With Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer, Erzsebet Foldi, Deborah Geffner and Anthony Holland

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

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

1964 · Jacques Demy

Set in 1957, twenty-year-old auto mechanic Guy Foucher falls deeply for seventeen-year-old Geneviève Emery, who works in her widowed mother's fashionable but cash-strapped umbrella shop. On the eve of Guy's two-year military deployment to Algeria the young couple sleep together; when Geneviève discovers she is pregnant, she must decide whether to wait for Guy's return or to accept a marriage proposal from a wealthy diamond merchant.

With Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Mireille Perrey, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner and Jean Champion

2024 · Jacques Audiard

In the Mexican state of Michoacán, local physician José Mireles—known to his neighbors as El Doctor—abandons the clinic to organize ordinary citizens into a grassroots resistance against the brutal Knights Templar cartel that has terrorized their towns. Far north, in Arizona’s narrow Altar Valley—dubbed “Cocaine Alley”—veteran Tim “Nailer” Foley leads a small, self-styled paramilitary unit, Arizona Border Recon, determined to stop the violence and trafficking spilling over from Mexico into the United States. As both movements harden and their tactics grow more extreme, the two fronts illuminate the blurred lines between protection and vigilantism, and the human cost of a conflict with no easy border.

With Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Edgar Ramírez, Mark Ivanir and Eduardo Aladro

2007 · Adam Shankman

A curvy teenager named Tracy Turnblad finally lands a spot as a regular on the popular Corny Collins Dance Show, instantly becoming a local celebrity. With her new platform she speaks out for the causes she cares about—above all, racial integration—drawing admiration from peers and ire from the show's former darling, Amber Von Tussle, and Amber’s influential, segregationist parents. The confrontation intensifies as the two young women clash for the crown of Miss Auto Show 1963, turning a beauty pageant into a showdown over acceptance, power, and social change.

With Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, John Travolta, Brittany Snow, Michelle Pfeiffer, Amanda Bynes and Queen Latifah