Best Musicals by Director
1798
118
1943
Andrew L. Stone
Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Katherine Dunham, Fats Waller
Musical / Romance
USA
English
1520
87
1983
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand, Amy Irving, Mandy Patinkin
Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
UK / USA / Czechoslovakia
English
2704
259
2005
Susan Stroman
Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach
Comedy / Musical
USA
English
1283
69
1971
Mel Stuart
Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole
Family / Musical / Fantasy / Comedy / Adventure / Cult
USA
English
2783
280
1934
Yu Sun
Yan Jin, Yanyan Chen, Li-li Li, Ming Luo, Junili Zheng
Comedy / Musical / Drama / War
China
Mandarin
2591
237
1935
A. Edward Sutherland
Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, Joan Bennett, Gail Patrick, Queenie Smith
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2630
243
1940
A. Edward Sutherland
Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Robert Cummings
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
1951
130
1967
David Swift
Robert Morse, Michele Lee, Rudy Vallee, Anthony 'Scooter' Teague, Maureen Arthur
Comedy / Musical
USA
English
1959
133
1955
Frank Tashlin
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine, Dorothy Malone
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2704
259
1959
Frank Tashlin
Bing Crosby, Debbie Reynolds, Robert Wagner, Ray Walston
Comedy / Musical
USA
English
2272
176
1943
Norman Taurog, Busby Berkeley
Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Gil Stratton, Robert E. Strickland, Rags Ragland
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2538
225
1940
Norman Taurog
Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Frank Morgan, Ian Hunter
Musical / Drama
USA
English
2630
243
1961
Norman Taurog
Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury, Nancy Walters, Jenny Maxwell
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2704
259
1962
Norman Taurog
Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens, Jeremy Slate, Laurel Goodwin
Musical / Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2725
268
1954
Norman Taurog
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, Edward Arnold, Fred Clark, Sheree North
Comedy / Musical
USA
English
2725
268
1938
Norman Taurog
Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, Gail Patrick, Arthur Treacher, William Frawley
Comedy / Drama / Musical
USA
English
2725
268
1956
Norman Taurog
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lori Nelson, Jeff Morrow, Jackie Loughery
Comedy / Western / Musical
USA
English
2725
268
1934
Norman Taurog
Bing Crosby, Carole Lombard, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Ethel Merman
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2704
259
1973
Don Taylor
Johnny Whitaker, Celeste Holm, Warren Oates, Jeff East
Adventure / Musical / Family
USA
English
2343
191
2007
Julie Taymor
Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Cynthia Loebe
Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2725
268
1986
Julien Temple
Patsy Kensit, Eddie O'Connell, David Bowie, James Fox, Ray Davies
Drama / Musical / Romance
UK
English
2630
243
1964
J. Lee Thompson
Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly
Comedy / Romance / Musical
USA
English
1635
98
1957
Richard Thorpe
Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy, Vaughn Taylor
Drama / Musical / Comedy
USA
English
2457
211
1950
Richard Thorpe
Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, Vera-Ellen, Arlene Dahl, Keenan Wynn, Gale Robbins
Biography / Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2591
237
1960
Roman Tikhomirov
Oleg Strizhenov, Zurab Andjaparidze, Larisa Avdeyeva, Vladimir Basov, I. Daryalov
Musical / Drama
Soviet Union
Russian
412
29
1991
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers
Animation / Family / Musical / Romance / Fantasy / Thriller
USA
English
2697
256
2002
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, Richard White
Animation / Family / Musical / Romance / Fantasy / Thriller
USA
English
2697
256
1996
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay, Kevin Kline, Paul Kandel, Jason Alexander
Animation / Family / Musical / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2720
267
2012
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers
Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2691
254
1998
Ming-liang Tsai
Kuei-Mei Yang, Kang-sheng Lee, Tien Miao, Hsiang-Chu Tong
Drama / Musical / Comedy / Romance / Sci-Fi
Taiwan / France
Mandarin
2513
220
2005
John Turturro
James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Bobby Cannavale
Comedy / Musical / Romance / Drama
USA
English
2630
243
1933
Frank Tuttle
Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, David Manners, Verree Teasdale
Comedy / Musical / Family
USA
English
2725
268
1932
Frank Tuttle
Bing Crosby, Stuart Erwin, Leila Hyams, Sharon Lynn, George Burns
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2725
268
2008
unknown
Carmen Miranda
Documentary / Biography / Musical
USA
English
2725
268
1932
unknown
Patsy Kelly, Roy Fant, Judy Garland, Marjorie Beebe, Janet Reade
Short / Musical / Comedy
USA
English
1954
131
2017
Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina
Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach
Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Mystery
USA
English
2466
212
1987
Luis Valdez
Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto
Drama / Musical / Biography
USA
English
2466
212
1981
Luis Valdez
Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos, Charles Aidman, Tyne Daly
Drama / Musical / Period Film
USA
English
907
50
1936
W.S. Van Dyke
Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt
Drama / Romance / Musical
USA
English
1543
89
1935
W.S. Van Dyke, Robert Z. Leonard
Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan
Drama / Musical / Adventure / Romance
USA
English
2609
242
1936
W.S. Van Dyke
Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Reginald Owen, Allan Jones, James Stewart
Musical / Romance / Adventure / Drama / Western / Comedy
USA
English
2630
243
1929
W.S. Van Dyke
Ramon Novarro, Renée Adorée, Donald Crisp, Dorothy Janis
Drama / Romance / Musical
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
1604
94
1955
Charles Vidor
Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Keith, Tom Tully
Biography / Drama / Musical / Romance / Gangster
USA
English
1900
125
1944
Charles Vidor
Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman, Phil Silvers, Jinx Falkenburg
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2442
207
1952
Charles Vidor
Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Zizi Jeanmaire, Joseph Walsh, Philip Tonge
Biography / Family / Musical / Drama / Fantasy
USA
English
2685
252
1960
Charles Vidor, George Cukor
Dirk Bogarde, Capucine, Geneviève Page
Drama / Musical / Period Film / Biography
USA
English
1266
68
1929
King Vidor
Daniel L. Haynes, Nina Mae McKinney, William Fountaine
Musical / Drama / Religion
USA
English
2697
256
2003
Nacho Vigalondo
Marta Belenguer, Nacho Vigalondo, Antonio Tato, Borja Cobeaga
Musical / Short / Comedy
Spain
Spanish
2647
245
1930
Géza von Bolváry
Walter Janssen, Oscar Karlweis, Willi Forst, Gretl Theimer
Musical / Drama
Germany
German
215
13
1930
Josef von Sternberg
Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Hans Albers
Drama / Musical
Germany
German
934
53
2000
Lars von Trier
Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse
Musical / Drama
Denmark / Germany / Netherlands / USA / UK / France / Sweden / Finland / Iceland / Norway
English
2630
243
1951
Hal Walker
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mona Freeman, Don DeFore, Robert Strauss, Leif Erickson
Comedy / Musical / Romance / Adventure
USA
English
2630
243
1929
Richard Wallace
Maurice Chevalier, Sylvia Beecher, Russell Simpson, George Fawcett, John Miljan
Musical / Romance
USA
English
2725
268
1939
Richard Wallace
Gloria Jean, Robert Cummings, Nan Grey, C. Aubrey Smith, Beulah Bondi
Musical
USA
English
2704
259
1959
Raoul Walsh
Sal Mineo, Christine Carère, Barry Coe, Barbara Eden
Comedy / Musical / War
USA
English
2733
269
1929
Raoul Walsh
Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe, Lili Damita, Leila Karnelly, El Brendel
Comedy / Musical
USA
English
1103
62
1953
Charles Walters
Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Zsa Zsa Gabor
Drama / Musical / Romance
USA
English
1912
126
1956
Charles Walters
Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm, John Lund, Louis Calhern
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2232
171
1964
Charles Walters
Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Ed Begley, Jack Kruschen
Musical / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2262
173
1948
Charles Walters
Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin
Musical / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
2442
207
1960
Charles Walters
Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige, Spring Byington, Richard Haydn
Comedy / Family / Musical
USA
English
2452
210
1950
Charles Walters
Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Eddie Bracken, Gloria DeHaven, Marjorie Main
Musical / Romance
USA
English
2704
259
1962
Charles Walters
Doris Day, Jimmy Durante, Stephen Boyd, Martha Raye
Comedy / Musical / Action / Romance
USA
English
2758
276
1953
Charles Walters
Esther Williams, Fernando Lamas, Jack Carson, Charlotte Greenwood
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2725
268
1960
Tian-Lin Wang
Grace Chang, Yang Chang, Po-Chien Chin, Chi Hsieh, Ta Lei, Enjia Liu, Li Ma
Musical / Romance
Hong Kong
Mandarin
2709
262
2022
Matthew Warchus
Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough
Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Musical
UK / USA
English
2630
243
1956
Robert D. Webb
Elvis Presley, Richard Egan, Debra Paget, Robert Middleton, William Campbell
Drama / Musical / Romance / Western
USA
English
2758
276
1953
Don Weis
Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Una Merkel, Richard Anderson
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
916
51
1936
James Whale
Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan
Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2725
268
1933
Jack White
Milton Berle, Norma Taylor, Mary Cole, Gertrude Mudge, Henry King
Comedy / Musical / Short
USA
English
2725
268
1946
Richard Whorf, Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney
June Allyson, Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Van Heflin
Biography / Musical
USA
English
2718
265
2004
Irwin Winkler
Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce, Kevin McNally, Sandra Nelson
Biography / Drama / Musical
USA / UK
English
194
10
1965
Robert Wise
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer
Musical / Family / Drama / Romance / Cult
USA
English
2630
243
1968
Robert Wise
Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Michael Craig, Daniel Massey, Robert Reed
Biography / Musical / Drama
USA
English
427
30
1935
Sam Wood
Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
Comedy / Family / Romance / Musical
USA
English
2359
195
2021
Joe Wright
Haley Bennett, Peter Dinklage, Ben Mendelsohn, Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Drama / Musical / Romance
UK / USA / Canada / Italy
English
978
55
1968
William Wyler
Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif
Drama / Romance / Musical / Comedy / Biography
USA
English
2718
265
1980
Robert M. Young
Paul Simon, Blair Brown, Rip Torn, Joan Hackett, Allen Garfield, Mare Winningham
Drama / Musical
USA
English
1480
82
1982
Franco Zeffirelli
Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil
Drama / Musical
Italy
Italian
1728
109
1986
Franco Zeffirelli
Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli
Drama / Musical
Italy / Netherlands
Italian
2647
245
1965
Franco Zeffirelli
Mirella Freni, Adriana Martino, Gianni Raimondi, Rolando Panerai
Musical / Drama
West Germany
Italian
1759
113
1955
Fred Zinnemann
Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood
Musical / Romance / Western
USA
English
