Highest-Rated Movies about 'Musical Fantasy'

Allegro non Troppo (1976), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Corpse Bride (2005), Tommy (1975), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Pennies From Heaven (1981), Walking on Air (1936), 200 Motels (1971) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Musical Fantasy movies.

#1. Allegro non Troppo (1976)

Storyline: Italy's response to the Disney classical music/animation hybrid "Fantasia," this film features a series of cartoon shorts set to the likes of Claude Debussy, Joseph-Maurice Ravel and Antonio Vivaldi. The animated segments feature both the humorous and fantastical: an aged satyr attempts to regain its lost youth, a bee is interrupted mid-meal by two lovers, the myth of Adam and Eve is retold and more. In between cartoons, a filmmaker (Maurizio Nichetti) struggles to complete the film.

Plot Keywords: animation, fantasy, music, comedy, satire, surrealism, italian cinema ...

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#2. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Storyline: Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town, is bored with doing the same thing every year for Halloween. One day he stumbles into Christmas Town, and is so taken with the idea of Christmas that he tries to get the resident bats, ghouls, and goblins of Halloween Town to help him put on Christmas instead of Halloween -- but alas, they can't get it quite right.

Plot Keywords: animation, fantasy, musical, dark fantasy, stop motion, holiday film, halloween ...

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#3. Corpse Bride (2005)

Storyline: Set back in the late 1800s in a Victorian village, a man and woman by the names of Victor Van Dort and Victoria Everglot are betrothed because the Everglots need the money or else they'll be living on the streets and the Van Dorts want to be high in society. But when things go wrong at the wedding rehearsal, Victor goes into the woods to practice his vows. Just as soon as he gets them right, he finds himself married to Emily, the corpse bride. While Victoria waits on the other side, there's a rich newcomer that may take Victor's place. So two brides, one groom, who will Victor pick?

Plot Keywords: animation, fantasy, musical, romance, comedy, dark comedy, gothic ...

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#6. Pennies From Heaven (1981)

Storyline: In Chicago during the 1930s Depression, sheet-music salesman Arthur Parker is trying to sell his products, but it's not easy to convince unwilling music-store owners to buy them. Although he's already married to the somewhat drab Joan, when he meets schoolteacher Eileen in a music store, he falls in love with her.—Mattias Thuresson

Plot Keywords: musical, drama, romance, song and dance, 1930s, great depression, dreams ...

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#7. Walking on Air (1936)

Storyline: Ann Sothern wishes to marry a man her rich father disapproves of, so she concocts a scheme to get him on her side. She hires Raymond to act like an obnoxious French count, then pretends to take an interest in him in front of her father, hoping he will agree her first choice is better than the brash, selfish, insulting count.—dictracy23

Plot Keywords: comedy, musical, romance, dance, broadway, light comedy, romantic comedy ...

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#8. 200 Motels (1971)

Storyline: "Touring makes you crazy", Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this movie came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The story, interspersed with performances by the Mothers and the Royal Symphony Orchestra, is a tale of life on the road. The band members' main concerns are the search for groupies and the desire to get paid.—George S. Davis

Plot Keywords: musical film, rock music, experimental film, surrealism, comedy, avant-garde, road movie ...

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