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8 Women
8 Women (8 femmes) is François Ozon's 2002 French musical whodunit: eight actresses including Deneuve, Huppert, and Ardant play suspects in a snowbound 1950s mansion murder, a Berlin Silver Bear winner.
A Prairie Home Companion (film)
A Prairie Home Companion (2006) is Robert Altman's final film, a comedy-drama musical written by Garrison Keillor about the last broadcast of a radio variety show, starring Meryl Streep, Lindsay Lohan, Kevin Kline, and Tommy Lee Jones.
Across the Universe (film)
Across the Universe is a 2007 Julie Taymor jukebox musical using 33 Beatles songs to tell a Vietnam-era love story of Jude (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood). Metascore 56, Tomatometer 53% versus 82% audience, $29.4 million gross on a $70.8 million budget.
Annie (1999 film)
Annie (1999) is a Disney made-for-TV musical film directed by Rob Marshall, aired on ABC November 7, 1999, starring Kathy Bates, Victor Garber, and Alicia Morton; closer to the Broadway show than the 1982 film, it drew 27 million viewers and won a Peabody.
August Rush
August Rush (2007) is a drama film directed by Kirsten Sheridan, starring Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and Robin Williams, about a musical prodigy searching New York for his parents; Oscar-nominated song "Raise It Up."
Beijing Bastards (北京杂种)
Beijing Bastards (北京杂种, Beijing zazhong) is Zhang Yuan's 1993 independent Chinese drama starring rock musician Cui Jian, about marginal Beijing youth; banned in China, it won a Locarno jury special mention and sparked a Tokyo festival walkout.
Beyond the Years (천년학)
Beyond the Years (천년학, Cheon-nyeon-hak) is Im Kwon-taek's 100th film (2006, released April 12, 2007), a pansori drama adapted from Yi Cheong-jun's story "Seonhak-dong Wanderer," starring Jo Jae-hyun and Oh Jung-hae as step-siblings in lifelong unfulfilled love; a box-office failure despite a Nantes acting award.
Blues Brothers 2000
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) is John Landis and Dan Aykroyd's sequel to The Blues Brothers, with Elwood Blues re-forming the band after Jake's death; it earned $14M domestic and mixed reviews.
Cannibal! The Musical
Cannibal! The Musical, originally Alferd Packer: The Musical, is a 1993 comedy-horror musical by Trey Parker and Matt Stone about Alferd Packer, who was never convicted of cannibalism.
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
Carmen: A Hip Hopera is MTV's 2001 television musical film directed by Robert Townsend, starring Beyoncé as Carmen Brown and Mekhi Phifer, a hip-hop retelling of Bizet's opera and the second major African-American Carmen adaptation.
Chunhyang (춘향뎐)
Chunhyang (춘향뎐, Chunhyangdyeon) is Im Kwon-taek's 2000 pansori-structured film of the classic Chunhyangga love story, the first Korean film in Cannes competition, starring Cho Seung-woo and Lee Hyo-jeong.
Comedian Harmonists
Comedian Harmonists: German six-man close-harmony vocal ensemble founded in Berlin in 1927 by Harry Frommermann, modeled on The Revellers; famous for "Veronika, der Lenz ist da"; disbanded under the Nazis because three members were Jewish; subject of the 1997 Vilsmaier film and the musical Harmony.
Coyote Ugly (film)
Coyote Ugly (2000): Jerry Bruckheimer-produced Touchstone romantic comedy-drama directed by David McNally, starring Piper Perabo as songwriter Violet Sanford; based on Elizabeth Gilbert's GQ article; $113M worldwide.
Dancer in the Dark
Dancer in the Dark is a 2000 Danish musical melodrama directed by Lars von Trier, starring Björk as a Czech immigrant factory worker going blind.
De-Lovely
De-Lovely is a 2004 biographical musical drama about composer Cole Porter, directed by Irwin Winkler, starring Kevin Kline as Porter and Ashley Judd as his wife Linda.
Everyone Says I Love You
Everyone Says I Love You is a 1996 American musical romantic comedy written and directed by Woody Allen, his first musical, starring Goldie Hawn, Drew Barrymore, and Julia Roberts.
For the Boys
For the Boys is a 1991 American musical comedy-drama directed by Mark Rydell, starring Bette Midler and James Caan as a song-and-dance team entertaining American troops across three wars.
From Justin to Kelly
From Justin to Kelly (2003) is a 20th Century Fox spring-break musical romantic comedy starring American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson and runner-up Justin Guarini, directed by Robert Iscove, written by Kim Fuller; a $12 million-budget flop grossing $4.9 million with 8% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Glitter (film)
Glitter is a 2001 American drama film starring Mariah Carey as singer Billie Frank, directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall and widely regarded as one of the worst films ever made.
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009) is Damien Chazelle's debut feature, a black-and-white 16mm Boston jazz musical starring Jason Palmer and Desiree Garcia with a Justin Hurwitz score, made for about $60,000 from his Harvard thesis.
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Hannah Montana: The Movie is a 2009 American musical comedy-drama film, directed by Peter Chelsom, in which Miley Cyrus's pop star fame threatens her ordinary identity, Miley Stewart.
Honey (2003 film)
Honey (2003) is Bille Woodruff's hip-hop dance film starring Jessica Alba as choreographer Honey Daniels, with Mekhi Phifer and Lil' Romeo; released by Universal December 5, 2003, it grossed $62.6 million worldwide despite a 19% Tomatometer score.
Idlewild (film)
Idlewild (2006) is a musical drama film written and directed by Bryan Barber, starring OutKast's André 3000 and Big Boi as friends in a 1930s Prohibition-era Georgia speakeasy; released by Universal/HBO Films, grossing about $12.5 million.
Joe's Apartment
Joe's Apartment is a 1996 American musical comedy directed by John Payson, in which a young man's New York apartment is inhabited by talking, singing cockroaches.
Josie and the Pussycats (film)
Josie and the Pussycats (2001) is a live-action musical comedy by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont, based on Archie Comics, starring Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, and Rosario Dawson; a box-office flop that became a cult satire of music-industry commercialism.
Linda Linda Linda (リンダ リンダ リンダ)
Linda Linda Linda (リンダ リンダ リンダ) is a 2005 Japanese youth film by Nobuhiro Yamashita in which three high school girls recruit Korean exchange student Son (Bae Doona) as vocalist and learn three Blue Hearts songs in three days for the school festival.
Lisbon Story
Lisbon Story (Viagem a Lisboa) is Wim Wenders' 1994 German-Portuguese comedy-drama, commissioned for Lisbon 94 European Capital of Culture, starring Rüdiger Vogler, Patrick Bauchau, Madredeus, and Manoel de Oliveira.
Memories of Matsuko (嫌われ松子の一生)
Memories of Matsuko (嫌われ松子の一生, Kiraware Matsuko no Issho) is a 2006 Japanese musical comedy-drama by Tetsuya Nakashima, adapted from Muneki Yamada's novel, starring Miki Nakatani as a woman whose tragic life is told in pop-colored flashbacks.
Moulin Rouge!
Moulin Rouge! is Baz Luhrmann's 2001 jukebox musical film starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, an eight-time Oscar nominee that won two, and the source of the ten-Tony Broadway stage musical that ran 2019 to 2026.
Music and Lyrics
Music and Lyrics is a 2007 American romantic comedy directed by Marc Lawrence. It stars Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore as a pop singer and a plant-watering woman.