Best biographical musicals - Charts
Best biographical musicals
1. The Sound of Music (1965)
USA, Musical / Family
Directed by: Robert Wise
Cast: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer
2. Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Irving Rapper
Cast: Robert Alda, Joan Leslie
3. The Greatest Showman (2017)
USA, Musical / Biography
Directed by: Michael Gracey
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson
4. Funny Girl (1968)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: William Wyler
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif
5. Le Roi et moi (1956)
USA, Musical / Drama
Directed by: Walter Lang
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner
6. tick, tick...BOOM! (2021)
USA, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp
7. Rocketman (2019)
UK / Canada, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Dexter Fletcher
Cast: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell
8. The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
USA, Musical / Drama
Directed by: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy
10. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
USA, Drama / Musical
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: James Cagney, Joan Leslie
11. Star! (1968)
USA, Musical / Biography
Directed by: Robert Wise
Cast: Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna
12. Night and Day (1946)
USA, Musical / Drama
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Cary Grant, Alexis Smith
13. The Dirty Picture (2011)
India, Drama / Musical
Directed by: Milan Luthria
Cast: Vidya Balan, Emraan Hashmi
14. De-Lovely (2004)
USA / UK, Musical / Drama
Directed by: Irwin Winkler
Cast: Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd