Highest-Rated Movies about 'Judy Garland'

The Wizard of Oz (1939), A Star Is Born (1954), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Sid & Judy (2019), Easter Parade (1948), Summer Stock (1950), The Harvey Girls (1946), For Me and My Gal (1942) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Judy Garland movies.

#1. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Storyline: In this charming film based on the popular L. Frank Baum stories, Dorothy and her dog Toto are caught in a tornado's path and somehow end up in the land of Oz. Here she meets some memorable friends and foes in her journey to meet the Wizard of Oz who everyone says can help her return home and possibly grant her new friends their goals of a brain, heart and courage.

Plot Keywords: fantasy, musical, adventure, family, classic, fairy tale, song and dance ...

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#2. A Star Is Born (1954)

Storyline: Norman Maine, a movie star whose career is on the wane, meets showgirl Esther Blodgett when he drunkenly stumbles into her act one night. A friendship develops, then blossoms into romance before tensions increase as Esther's career takes off while Norman's continues to plummet.

Plot Keywords: romance, musical, hollywood, fame, alcoholism, tragedy, show business ...

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#3. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

Storyline: St. Louis 1903. The well-off Smith family has four beautiful daughters, including Esther and little Tootie. 17-year old Esther has fallen in love with the boy next door who has just moved in, John. He however barely notices her at first. The family is shocked when Mr. Smith reveals that he has been transfered to a nice position in New York, which means that the family has to leave St. Louis and the St. Louis Fair.

Plot Keywords: musical, classic, family, romance, song and dance, historical, nostalgia ...

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#4. Sid & Judy (2019)

Storyline: A revealing new look at legendary entertainer Judy Garland fifty years after her tragic, untimely death. Fusing the unpublished recollections of producer, manager and third husband, Sid Luft, with film clips, rare concert footage and Judy's own inimitable words. What emerges is a complex portrait of a woman whose vulnerabilities were exploited by an industry she helped to build but whose resilience and extraordinary talent made her the quintessential icon.—SHOWTIME

Plot Keywords: documentary, biography, music, judy garland, hollywood, classic, musical ...

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#5. Easter Parade (1948)

Storyline: Don Hewes and Nadine Hale are a dancing team, but she decides to start a career on her own. So he takes the next dancer he meets, Hannah Brown, as a new partner. After a while, this new team is so successful that Florenz Ziegfeld is interested in them, but due to the fact that Nadine Hale also dances (and stars) in the Ziegfeld Follies, Don says no. Despite the fact that he is in love with Hannah, he keeps the relation with her strictly business. So Hannah is of the opinion that he is still in love with Nadine, and her suspicion grows when he dances with Nadine in a Night Club Floor Show.—Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>

Plot Keywords: musical, romance, comedy, dance, broadway, new york, 1940s ...

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#6. Summer Stock (1950)

Storyline: As a favor to her actress sister Abigail, New England farmer Jane Falbury allows a group of actors use her barn as a theater for their play. In return, the cast and crew have to help her with the farm chores. During rehearsals, Jane finds herself falling for the show's director, Joe Ross, who also happens to be engaged to the show's leading lady-- Abigail.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>

Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, dance, judy garland, golden age hollywood, farm ...

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#7. The Harvey Girls (1946)

Storyline: On a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley (Judy Garland) meets a cheery crew of young women travelling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop to provide good cooking and wholesome company for railway travellers. When Susan and her bashful suitor find romance daunting, she joins the Harvey Girls instead. The saloon across the street with its alluring worldly-wise women offers them tough competition, fair and foul, and Susan catches the eye of the Ned Trent (John Hodiak), the distant but intense proprietor of the bar.—Michael Meigs <Michael.Meigs@dos.us-state.gov>

Plot Keywords: musical, western, musical film, romance, comedy, historical, love ...

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#8. For Me and My Gal (1942)

Storyline: Set during WW I, Palmer and Hayden team up as vaudeville artists. Harry Palmer deliberately injures his hand to avoid being drafted to the army. Later, he makes up for this. WW I patriotism for a WW II audience, very sentimental, great musical episodes and songs.—Gerhard Gonter <g.gonter@ieee.org>

Plot Keywords: musical, romance, song and dance, world war ii, golden age hollywood, judy garland, broadway ...

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#9. I Could Go on Singing (1963)

Storyline: Jenny Bowman (Judy Garland) is a successful singer who, while on an engagement at the London Palladium, visits David Donne (Sir Dirk Bogarde) to see her son Matt (Gregory Phillips) again, spending a few glorious days with him while his father is away in Rome in an attempt to attain the family that she never had. When David returns, Matt is torn between his loyalty to his father and his affection for Jenny.—John Teo <jt224@cam.ac.uk>

Plot Keywords: musical, drama, judy garland, british film, color film, singer, stage performance ...

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#10. What a Way to Go! (1964)

Storyline: This black comedy opens with Louisa Foster donating a multimillion dollar check to the IRS. The tax department thinks she's crazy and sends her to a psychiatrist. She then discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>

Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, musical, satire, black comedy, marriage, wealth ...

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#11. Strike Up the Band (1940)

Storyline: Jimmy Connors and his girlfriend want to take part in Paul Whiteman's high school bands contest, but they cannot afford the fare. But per chance they meet Paul Whiteman in person and are able to convince him that their band is good enough, so he lends them the money. But then one of their friends becomes seriously ill and has to be carried to a hospital by plane, and they have to use Whiteman's money for this.—Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>

Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, musical film, mgm, judy garland, high school life, band ...

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#12. Girl Crazy (1943)

Storyline: Rich kid Danny Churchill (Rooney) has a taste for wine, women and song, but not for higher education. So his father ships him to an all-male college out West where there's not supposed to be a female for miles. But before Danny arrives, he spies a pair of legs extending out from under a stalled roadster. They belong to the Dean's granddaughter, Ginger Gray (Garland), who is more interested in keeping the financially strapped college open than falling for Danny's romantic line. At least at first...—Shawn Ashley

Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, song and dance, mgm, judy garland, campus ...

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#14. Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)

Storyline: Steve Raleigh wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee, however his wife Caroline Whipple forces Steve to use a known star, not a newcomer. Sally purchases a horse she used to train when her parents had a farm before the depression and with two ex-vaudevillians, Sonny Ledford and Peter Trott she trains it to win a race, providing the money Steve needs for his show.—Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>

Plot Keywords: musical, drama, romance, comedy, dance, song and dance, backstage ...

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#15. Listen, Darling (1938)

Storyline: To stop Pinkie's mother Dottie from marrying a man they know she does not love, Pinkie and her friend Buzz kidnap her in the family trailer to live a life on the open road without worries about how to make ends meet. They then get the idea to find a husband for her whom both she and Pinkie would like.—Leon Wolters <wolters@strw.LeidenUniv.nl>

Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, musical, family, drama, classic, hollywood ...

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