94% Singin' in the Rain 103 min, G, [Comedy, Musical, Romance] [Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly] [11 Apr 1952]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 8.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, Metacritic 99/100, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 7 nominations.
Actors: Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Gene Kelly, Jean Hagen
Plot: A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Writer: Betty Comden (story by), Adolph Green (story by)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
88% That's Entertainment! 135 min, G, [Documentary, Family, Musical] [Jack Haley Jr.] [21 Jun 1974]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, External Reviews
Awards: 2 wins.
Actors: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford
Plot: Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favourite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
Writer: Jack Haley Jr.
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
86% For Me and My Gal 104 min, [Musical, Romance, War] [Busby Berkeley] [19 Aug 1943]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win.
Actors: Gene Kelly, George Murphy, Judy Garland, Mártha Eggerth
Plot: Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.
Writer: Howard Emmett Rogers (story), Richard Sherman (screenplay), Fred F. Finklehoffe (screenplay), Sid Silvers (screenplay)
Language: English, French Country: USA More Info: IMDB
86% Inherit the Wind 128 min, [Biography, Drama, History] [Stanley Kramer] [01 Nov 1960]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 8.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations.
Actors: Dick York, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Spencer Tracy
Plot: Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
Writer: Nedrick Young (screenplay), Harold Jacob Smith (screenplay), Jerome Lawrence (play), Robert E. Lee (play)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
86% On the Town 98 min, [Comedy, Musical, Romance] [Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly] [30 Dec 1949]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, External Reviews
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations.
Actors: Ann Miller, Betty Garrett, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly
Plot: Three sailors on a day of shore leave in New York City look for fun and romance before their twenty-four hours are up.
Writer: Adolph Green (screenplay), Betty Comden (screenplay), Adolph Green (based upon the musical play whose book was by), Betty Comden (based upon the musical play whose book was by), Jerome Robbins (idea)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
85% It's Always Fair Weather 101 min, PASSED, [Comedy, Drama, Musical] [Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly] [02 Sep 1955]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 7.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 nomination.
Actors: Cyd Charisse, Dan Dailey, Dolores Gray, Gene Kelly
Plot: Three soldiers meet ten years after their last meeting in New York, and find out that they have little in common now.
Writer: Betty Comden (story), Adolph Green (story), Betty Comden (screenplay), Adolph Green (screenplay)
Language: English, Italian Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
83% Les Girls 114 min, [Comedy, Musical] [George Cukor] [26 Dec 1957]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, External Reviews
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 7 nominations.
Actors: Gene Kelly, Kay Kendall, Mitzi Gaynor, Taina Elg
Plot: After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren (Kay Kendall) is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele (Taina Elg). A Rashomon...
Writer: John Patrick (screenplay), Vera Caspary (story)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
83% An American in Paris 114 min, [Drama, Musical, Romance] [Vincente Minnelli] [11 Nov 1951]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 95%, External Reviews
Awards: Won 6 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations.
Actors: Gene Kelly, Georges Guétary, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant
Plot: Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
Writer: Alan Jay Lerner (story by), Alan Jay Lerner (screen play by)
Language: English, French, German Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
81% Cover Girl 107 min, [Comedy, Musical, Romance] [Charles Vidor] [06 Apr 1944]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 94%, External Reviews
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 nominations.
Actors: Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman, Phil Silvers, Rita Hayworth
Plot: Rusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny.
Writer: Virginia Van Upp (screenplay), Marion Parsonnet (adaptation), Paul Gangelin (adaptation), Erwin S. Gelsey (story)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
77% Brigadoon 108 min, PASSED, [Fantasy, Musical, Romance] [Vincente Minnelli] [08 Sep 1954]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 win.
Actors: Cyd Charisse, Elaine Stewart, Gene Kelly, Van Johnson
Plot: Two Americans on a hunting trip in Scotland become lost. They encounter a small village, not on the map, called Brigadoon, in which people harbor a mysterious secret, and behave as if they were still living two hundred years in the past.
Writer: Alan Jay Lerner (screenplay), Alan Jay Lerner (musical)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
75% Christmas Holiday 93 min, [Crime, Drama, Film-Noir] [Robert Siodmak] [30 Jun 1944]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, External Reviews
Actors: Dean Harens, Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly, Richard Whorf
Plot: A young femme fatale-type woman realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel.
Writer: W. Somerset Maugham (novel), Herman J. Mankiewicz (written for the screen by)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
73% That's Entertainment, Part II 133 min, G, [Documentary, Family, Musical] [Gene Kelly] [17 May 1976]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 7.3/10, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
Actors: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney
Plot: Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
Writer: Leonard Gershe (narration written by)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
72% Summer Stock 108 min, APPROVED, [Musical, Romance] [Charles Walters] [05 Jan 1951]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 7.2/10, External Reviews
Awards: 1 nomination.
Actors: Eddie Bracken, Gene Kelly, Gloria DeHaven, Judy Garland
Plot: A small-town farmer, down on her luck, finds her homestead invaded by a theatrical troupe invited to stay by her ne'er-do-well sister.
Writer: George Wells (screenplay), Sy Gomberg (screenplay), Sy Gomberg (story)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB
70% That's Dancing! 105 min, G, [Documentary, Musical] [Jack Haley Jr.] [18 Jan 1985]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 7.0/10, External Reviews
Actors: Gene Kelly, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Ray Bolger, Sammy Davis Jr.
Plot: The history of dance depicted on film.
Writer: Jack Haley Jr.
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
70% The Pirate 102 min, APPROVED, [Adventure, Comedy, Musical] [Vincente Minnelli] [11 Jun 1948]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 7.0/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.
Actors: Gene Kelly, Gladys Cooper, Judy Garland, Walter Slezak
Plot: A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.
Writer: Albert Hackett (screenplay), Frances Goodrich (screenplay), S.N. Behrman (play)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
67% Anchors Aweigh 140 min, PASSED, [Comedy, Fantasy, Musical] [George Sidney] [01 Aug 1945]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 62%, External Reviews
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 nominations.
Actors: Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, José Iturbi, Kathryn Grayson
Plot: Two sailors, one naive, the other experienced in the ways of the world, on liberty in Los Angeles, is the setting for this movie musical.
Writer: Isobel Lennart (screen play), Natalie Marcin (suggested by a story by)
Language: English, Spanish Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
64% Thousands Cheer 125 min, PASSED, [Comedy, Drama, Musical] [George Sidney] [01 Jan 1944]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 6.4/10, External Reviews
Actors: Gene Kelly, John Boles, Kathryn Grayson, Mary Astor
Plot: Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her...
Writer: Paul Jarrico (story "Private Miss Jones"), Richard Collins (story "Private Miss Jones"), Paul Jarrico (screenplay), Richard Collins (screenplay)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB
64% Invitation to the Dance 93 min, [Animation, Fantasy, Musical] [Gene Kelly] [15 May 1956]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 6.4/10, External Reviews
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination.
Actors: Claire Sombert, Gene Kelly, Igor Youskevitch, Tamara Toumanova
Plot: This is a movie where three entirely different stories are told though dancing. Words are not used and the style of dancing is different for each part. Kelly is a clown in the 'Circus'; a ...
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
63% Marjorie Morningstar 128 min, APPROVED, [Drama, Romance] [Irving Rapper] [14 Aug 1958]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 6.3/10, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 2 nominations.
Actors: Claire Trevor, Everett Sloane, Gene Kelly, Natalie Wood
Plot: While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-year-old Noel Airman, a would-be dramatist working at a nearby summer theater. Like Marjorie...
Writer: Everett Freeman (screenplay), Herman Wouk (novel)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
62% The Devil Makes Three 96 min, APPROVED, [Crime, Romance, Thriller] [Andrew Marton] [19 Sep 1952]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 6.2/10, External Reviews
Actors: Gene Kelly, Pier Angeli, Richard Egan, Richard Rober
Plot: 1947: Captain Jeff Eliott returns to Germany to thank the Lehrt family, who hid him during WW-II when his plane was shot down over Munich. However he learns that the parents died when their...
Writer: Lawrence P. Bachmann (story), Jerry Davis (screenplay)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
62% Living in a Big Way 104 min, APPROVED, [Comedy, Musical] [Gregory La Cava] [01 Nov 1948]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 6.2/10, External Reviews
Actors: Charles Winninger, Gene Kelly, Marie McDonald, Phyllis Thaxter
Plot: Leo Gogarty marries Margaud Morgan after a whirlwind romance just before shipping out to war. When he returns he is surprised to discover not only that his bride is not what she led him to ...
Writer: Gregory La Cava (screenplay), Gregory La Cava (story), Irving Ravetch
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB
41% Xanadu 96 min, PG, [Fantasy, Musical, Romance] [Robert Greenwald] [08 Aug 1980]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 5.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 38%, Metacritic 35/100, External Reviews
Awards: 1 win & 9 nominations.
Actors: Gene Kelly, James Sloyan, Michael Beck, Olivia Newton-John
Plot: The story of a girl who makes dreams come true.
Writer: Richard Christian Danus, Marc Reid Rubel
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
22% Viva Knievel! 106 min, PG, [Action, Adventure, Biography] [Gordon Douglas] [01 Jun 1977]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 2.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 17%, External Reviews
Actors: Evel Knievel, Gene Kelly, Lauren Hutton, Red Buttons
Plot: Motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel is offered a fortune to perform in Mexico. What Evel doesn't know is that they're planning to kill him and use his body to ship cocaine into the U.S. His ...
Writer: Antonio Santean (screenplay), Norman Katkov (screenplay), Antonio Santean (story)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia