Defining Genre
THE MUSICAL
SING WHEN THE WORDS RUN OUT
The genre that asks the cast to stop talking and start singing. Where choreography is the screenplay and the camera dances too.
Peak 2000s
1,347
Films Catalogued
66.1
Avg Master Score
6.5
Avg IMDb
2000s
Peak Decade
NORMAN TAUROG
Top Director
Of which 66 earned Oscar nominations or wins
The Defining Three
ESSENTIAL VIEWING
Top-ranked by master score. If you only saw three films from this decade, these are the three.
No.01
MS91.3
JACQUES DEMY|1964
THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
“A film for all the young lovers of the world.”
No.02
MS91.3
ZOYA AKHTAR|2011
ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA
“Lets Make This The Most Memorable Road Trip Ever”
No.03
MS91.1
RICHARD LESTER|1964
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
“The Beatles, starring in their first full-length, hilarious, action-packed film!”
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1,347/1,347 films
Master Score
Awards
Showing 50 of 1347
01
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
91.3
02Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
2011 · Zoya Akhtar
91.3
03A Hard Day's Night
1964 · Richard Lester
91.1
04The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975 · Jim Sharman
89.8
05Cabaret
1972 · Bob Fosse · 8 Oscars
89.8
06West Side Story
1961 · Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise · 10 Oscars
89.3
07A Night at the Opera
1935 · Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding
89.2
08Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
1998 · Karan Johar
89.1
09The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
2011 · Nick Morris, Laurence Connor
88.9
10Duck Soup
1933 · Leo McCarey
88.8
11PK
2014 · Rajkumar Hirani
88.5
12Gold Diggers of 1933
1933 · Mervyn LeRoy
87.5
13My Fair Lady
1964 · George Cukor · 8 Oscars
87.3
14Top Hat
1935 · Mark Sandrich
87.3
15Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary
2010 · Nick Morris, Laurence Connor, James Powell
87.2
16The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967 · Jacques Demy
87.2
17Fiddler on the Roof
1971 · Norman Jewison · 3 Oscars
87.0
18Animal Crackers
1930 · Victor Heerman
86.8
19Kal Ho Naa Ho
2003 · Nikkhil Advani
86.6
20Monpura
2009 · Md. Hafizur Rahman, Giasuddin Selim
86.4
21Chicago
2002 · Rob Marshall · 6 Oscars
86.3
22Horse Feathers
1932 · Norman Z. McLeod
86.2
23Chithram
1988 · Priyadarshan
86.1
24Aashiqui 2
2013 · Mohit Suri
86.1
25That's Entertainment!
1974 · Jack Haley Jr.
86.1
26R
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
2008 · Michael John Warren
86.0
27White Christmas
1954 · Michael Curtiz
85.6
28Sanam Teri Kasam
2016 · Radhika Rao, Vinay Sapru
85.4
29Kannathil Muthamittal
2002 · Mani Ratnam
85.3
30Help!
1965 · Richard Lester
84.9
31Monty Python's the Meaning of Life
1983 · Terry Jones
84.8
32The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018 · Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
84.8
33Anand
1971 · Hrishikesh Mukherjee
84.7
34Dil To Pagal Hai
1997 · Yash Chopra
84.6
35Sagara Sangamam
1983 · K. Viswanath
84.6
36Thiruchitrambalam
2022 · Mithran Jawahar
84.5
37Monkey Business
1931 · Norman Z. McLeod
84.5
38The King and I
1956 · Walter Lang · 5 Oscars
84.3
39Poove Unakkaga
1996 · Vikraman
84.2
40Memories of Matsuko
2006 · Tetsuya Nakashima
84.2
41Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
1982 · Terry Hughes, Ian MacNaughton
84.1
42Saiyaara
2025 · Mohit Suri
84.0
43M
Mouna Ragam
1986 · Mani Ratnam
83.9
44Bombay
1995 · Mani Ratnam
83.9
45Hridayam
2022 · Vineeth Sreenivasan
83.8
46Funny Face
1957 · Stanley Donen
83.8
47S
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1982 · Terry Hughes
83.7
48C
Come from Away
2021 · Christopher Ashley
83.6
49Thirst
1957 · Guru Dutt
83.5
50David Byrne's American Utopia
2020 · Spike Lee
83.5
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