A Chorus Line (1985)

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Summary: In pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.

Release Date: November 03, 1971

Genres: Drama, Family, Musical

Director: Norman Jewison

Writers: Sholom Aleichem

, Arnold Perl

, Joseph Stein

Runtime: 3 h 01 min

MPAA: G

Production: The Mirisch Production Company, Cartier Productions

Distributor: United Artists, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), VidAmerica, Magnetic Video, RCA (II), 20th Century Fox Video, CBS/Fox, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Image Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Film Volt

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 9,000,000

Domestic: $ 10,404,330

International: $ 1,127

Funny Girl (1968)

Summary: The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.

Release Date: September 19, 1968

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Biography

Director: William Wyler

Writer: Isobel Lennart

Runtime: 2 h 31 min

MPAA: G

Production: Columbia Pictures, Rastar Productions, Polyphony Digital

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television, Sony Pictures Television International, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 14,100,000

Domestic: $ 52,223,306

International: $ 2,333

The Wiz (1978)

Summary: An adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience.

Release Date: October 24, 1978

Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Director: Sidney Lumet

Writers: L. Frank Baum

, William F. Brown

, Joel Schumacher

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: G

Production: Universal Pictures, Motown Productions

Distributor: CBS, DiscoVision, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Studios Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 24,000,000

Domestic: $ 21,049,053

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Summary: A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.

Release Date: December 19, 1986

Genres: Comedy, Musical, Horror

Director: Frank Oz

Writers: Howard Ashman

, Roger Corman

, Charles B. Griffith

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: The Geffen Company

Distributor: Fathom Events, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 39,032,001

International: $ 785

4 - Eiga

Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

Summary: Film version of the musical stage play, presenting the last few weeks of Christ's life told in an anachronistic manner.

Release Date: August 15, 1973

Genres: Drama, Musical, History

Director: Norman Jewison

Writers: Melvyn Bragg

, Norman Jewison

, Tim Rice

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: G

Production: Universal Pictures

Distributor: Universal Pictures, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Studios Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

4 - Eiga

South Pacific (1958)

Summary: On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission.

Release Date: April 14, 1958

Genres: Musical, Romance, War

Director: Joshua Logan

Writers: Paul Osborn

, Richard Rodgers

, Oscar Hammerstein II

Runtime: 2 h 37 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Rodgers & Hammerstein Productions, Polyphony Digital

Distributor: Magna Theatre Corporation, Twentieth Century Fox, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), CBS Video, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, Disney Channel, CBS/Fox, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, MGM/CBS Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 6,000,000

Domestic: $ 458,000

International: $ 18,564

4 - Eiga

Man of La Mancha (1972)

Summary: The funny story of mad but kind and chivalrous elderly nobleman Don Quixote who, aided by his squire Sancho Panza, fights windmills that are seen as dragons to save prostitute Dulcinea who is seen as a noblewoman.

Release Date: September 08, 1973

Genres: Drama, Musical, Fantasy

Director: Arthur Hiller

Writers: Dale Wasserman

, Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA)

Distributor: United Artists, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment, CBS/Fox

Countries: Italy, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

3 - Eiga

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)

Summary: A troubled young woman who visits a psychotherapist to help her quit smoking undergoes hypnosis and finds herself reliving a tragic Victorian romance from a past life.

Release Date: June 17, 1970

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Writer: Alan Jay Lerner

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: G

Production: Paramount Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Paramount Home Entertainment, Warner Archive Collection, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 14,000,000

Evita (1996)

Summary: The hit musical based on the life of Eva Perón (Evita Duarte), a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.

Release Date: January 10, 1997

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Alan Parker

Writers: Tim Rice

, Alan Parker

, Oliver Stone

Runtime: 2 h 15 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Hollywood Pictures, Cinergi Pictures Entertainment, Dirty Hands Productions, Summit Entertainment

Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, The Criterion Collection, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), TNT, Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 55,000,000

Domestic: $ 50,047,179

International: $ 91,000,000

Black Nativity (2013)

Summary: A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives, where he embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey.

Release Date: November 27, 2013

Genres: Drama, Family, Music

Director: Kasi Lemmons

Writers: Langston Hughes

, Kasi Lemmons

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Bob Industries, Maven Pictures

Distributor: Searchlight Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 17,500,000

Domestic: $ 7,018,189

International: $ 435,996

Brigadoon (1954)

Summary: Two Americans on a hunting trip in Scotland become lost. They encounter a small village, not on the map, called Brigadoon, in which people harbor a mysterious secret, and behave as if they were still living two hundred years in th...

Release Date: September 08, 1954

Genres: Musical, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Writer: Alan Jay Lerner

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: Passed

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), MGM/CBS Home Video, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Warner Archive Collection, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, HBO Max, SFM Entertainment, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,352,625

Guys and Dolls (1955)

Summary: In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.

Release Date: December 23, 1955

Genres: Comedy, Musical, Crime

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writers: Jo Swerling

, Abe Burrows

, Damon Runyon

Runtime: 2 h 30 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: The Samuel Goldwyn Company, Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Distributor: MGM/CBS Home Video, CBS/Fox, Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment, Hallmark Home Entertainment, Image Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, The Criterion Channel, The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,500,000

Young Winston (1972)

Summary: Complex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician.

Release Date: July 21, 1972

Genres: Drama, Biography, War

Director: Richard Attenborough

Writers: Winston Churchill

, Carl Foreman

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Open Road Films (II)

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 4,687,000

Gypsy (1962)

Summary: Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.

Release Date: November 01, 1962

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Biography

Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Writers: Arthur Laurents

, Gypsy Rose Lee

, Leonard Spigelgass

Runtime: 2 h 23 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Mervyn LeRoy Productions Inc.

Distributor: Warner Bros., CBS, Warner Home Video, Warner Archive Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Camelot (1967)

Summary: The story of the marriage of England's King Arthur to Guinevere. The plot of illegitimate Mordred to gain the throne and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, threaten to topple Arthur and destroy his "round table" of kn...

Release Date: October 25, 1967

Genres: Adventure, Musical, Fantasy

Director: Joshua Logan

Writers: Alan Jay Lerner

, T.H. White

Runtime: 2 h 59 min

MPAA: G

Production: Warner Bros./Seven Arts

Distributor: Warner Bros., National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 13,000,000

Finian's Rainbow (1968)

Summary: An Irish immigrant and his daughter move into a town in the American South with a magical piece of gold that will change people's lives, including a struggling farmer and African American citizens threatened by a bigoted politician.

Release Date: October 09, 1968

Genres: Family, Musical, Fantasy

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Writers: E.Y. Harburg

, Fred Saidy

Runtime: 2 h 21 min

MPAA: G

Production: Warner Bros./Seven Arts

Distributor: Warner Bros./Seven Arts, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Warner Home Video, Pioneer Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,500,000