Best movies — musical on Prime Video : 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2005 ·

In New York’s East Village, a tight-knit circle of artists and outsiders struggles to forge careers and meaningful bonds while confronting crippling poverty, illness, and the devastating toll of the AIDS epidemic.

With Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel and Tracie Thoms

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

2025 · Jon M. Chu

A furious crowd turns on the Wicked Witch, forcing Glinda and Elphaba to reunite for one last confrontation. Their rare connection now shapes both their destinies, and only by honestly facing and understanding one another—with candor and compassion—can they transform themselves and the whole of Oz, once and for all.

With Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Michelle Yeoh and Jeff Goldblum

1935 · Mark Sandrich

Jerry Travers, a charismatic showman employed by London producer Horace Hardwick, practices a daring new routine in Horace’s hotel suite late one night. The noise disturbs Dale Tremont in the room below, and when she storms upstairs to complain the pair are instantly drawn to one another. Their fledgling romance is soon complicated when Dale misidentifies Jerry as Horace, setting off a tangle of misunderstandings.

With Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore, Helen Broderick and Lucille Ball

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