The Best Musicals 2026

1. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (Full Frame)

VHS, 103 minutes, WARNER

Howard Keel and Jane Powell are rapturous newlyweds who tame his six rowdy bachelor brothers in the wild Oregon backwoods in this Best Score Academy Award-winning song-and-dance-filled comedy.

2. Kick Some @$$ (Unauthorized)

DVD, 48 minutes, MUSIC VIDEO DISTRIBU

Chapter Selection. Includes bonus trivia game.Documentary.

3. Hollywood Musicals of the 40's (Full Frame)

DVD, PASSPORT / STEEPLECH

This two-hour video consists of two programs. First, Hollywood Musicals of the 40s provides footage and sequences from such musical movies as Moon Over Miami (1941), directed by Walter Lang and starring Don Ameche and Betty Grable; Holiday Inn (1942), directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire; Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), directed by Casablanca director Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney; Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943), directed by David Butler and starring Eddie Cantor; Cabin in the Sky (1943), featuring a mostly black cast directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Lena Horne and Louis Armstrong; and Easter Parade (1948), directed by Charles Waters and starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire. The second program is a musical short titled Hollywood Victory Caravan, from World War II, featuring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and other stars singing to promote war bonds. ~ Steve Blackburn, Rovi.

4. Carole King In Concert

DVD, KULTUR

DVD, Rating: Not Rated, Runtime: 85, Kultur Films Inc., 06/20/2000

5. Beauty & The Beast (Full Frame)

VHS, LIGHTYEAR

Internationally renowned actress Mia Farrow narrates this timeless story of breath-taking enchantment and fairy tale romance! To save her beloved father, a beautiful young girl agrees to become the companion of a brutish and very unhappy-beat. But as time passes, love works a miraculous change on both their lives. Brilliantly an animated, this fabled classic is embellished with a captivating score from award-winning composer Ernest Troost. A magical, heartwarming addition to any child's collection of video favorites!.

6. We're Not Dressing

VHS, 77 minutes, UNIVERSAL

Laughter, music, and romance fill the screen in this shipwrecked feast of fun and enchantment that brings together a host of Hollywood?s favorite talents. Bing Crosby stars as Stephen Jones, a singing deckhand who works on the yacht of rich and beautiful Doris Worthington (Carole Lombard), over whom he is all atwitter. Among the other passengers on the wealthy heiress? yacht are Edith (Ethel Merman) and her tipsy friend Hubert (Leon Errol) and the hilarious George Burns and Gracie Allen. When the yacht has a bump with the ravages of nature, the whole bunch ends up shipwrecked on an island and is forced to fend for themselves. While Burns and Allen think flora and fauna are a vaudeville team, Jones comes to the rescue with his good-natured knowledge and his comforting crooning. Despite some fears and misunderstandings, Jones is able to win the girl, save the day, and sing some sensational songs to boot! Musical numbers include ?Love Thy Neighbor,? ?May I?,? ?Once in a Blue Moon,? and ?She Reminds Me of You.? Don?t miss this wonderfully funny, heart-winning and entertaining film.

7. Saturday Night Fever

VHS, R, 119 minutes, PARAMOUNT

John Travolta gives a sensual and intelligent performance as a local disco kingpin at the peak of his popularity. Once a week, after six full days of work in a Brooklyn paint store, Tony (Travolta) douses himself with Brut cologne, dons a floral bodyshirt, gabardine pants and platform shoes - and ritualistically prepares himself for "Saturday Night Fever." Through the influence of Stephanie - his more sophisticated dance partner - and Tony's brother - a disillusioned priest - Tony begins to question the way his views life and the narrowness of his perspective. The disco dance sequences and the Bee Gee's music make the film an accurate and absorbing barometer for the seventies' generation.

8. Johnny Cash - The Man, His World, His Music (Full Frame)

DVD, 90 minutes, MVD

This 90 minute program contains many rare clips, including the Man in Black singing classic duets with his wife June Carter, Carl Perkins, and Bob Dylan This fascinating fly on the wall documentary shot mainly on tour in the late '60's includes 21 song performances in many different settings, plus unique footage of Cash relaxing and visiting with friends and family. DVD Extras: No regional coding, compete Johnny Cash CD discography, complete list of Johnny Cash-related books & video, facility to play individual tracks.

9. Night in Berlin

Night in Berlin

Night in Berlin

10. Telling Lies In America (Full Frame)

DVD, 101 minutes, FOX LORBER

A semi-autobiographical film written by screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, which tells the story of a teenage Hungarian immigrant who, in the early 1960's, falls under the spell of a slick and corrupt radio disc jockey and becomes involved in a payola scandal.