Musicals are not popular with everyone, but the films we chose are different. The best musical movies of 2025 are worth watching tonight.
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Plagiator
IMDb: 5.7/10
2025, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Russia, Not rated
Director: Anton Megerdichev
Top Cast: Stasya Miloslavskaya, Elena Panova, Maksim Lagashkin
The Russian film is about a man named Yegor. He is 30 years old and hasn’t been very successful. He works in a karaoke bar, and his dream is to become famous and sing his own songs. He has a girlfriend, Yulya. She is lucky because her father is a millionaire.
One day, Yegor finds a portal in his closet that goes back to 1991.
He starts using the portal to sing future hit songs and pretends they are his own. He finally gets what he always wanted: fame, money, and new chances in life.
However, for every time he tries to change the past, there will be a price to pay in the future.
Partir un jour
IMDb: 6.4/10
2025, Musical, Comedy, Drama
France, Not rated
Director: Amélie Bonnin
Top Cast: Juliette Armanet, Bastien Bouillon, François Rollin
Cécile is a successful chef in Paris. She is about to open her own restaurant. She has a happy marriage and big plans. However, her father gets sick, and Cécile suddenly has to go back to her small hometown in the countryside to see her family.
Away from her busy city life, she unexpectedly meets the boy she loved when she was young. These romantic memories make Cécile start to doubt her current life, her values, and her future plans.
O’Dessa
IMDb: 5.0 /10
2025, Musical, Sci-Fi, Drama
USA, PG-13
Director: Geremy Jasper
Top Cast: Sadie Sink, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Murray Bartlett
“O’Dessa” is a musical film (a rock opera) about a world after a disaster. It is not about a city, but about a young woman from a farm. After her parents die, she is alone. She takes her father’s guitar and begins a dangerous trip.
Her journey takes her to a strange and unsafe city — a bad place called a “dystopia.” This city is controlled by a crazy, evil man.
Charlotte’s Web
IMDb: 6.8 /10
2025, Animation, Adventure, Family, Musical
USA, TV-G
Director: Yurie Rocha
Top Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Keith David, Amy Adams
This is the story of a small pig named Wilbur. A kind girl named Fern saves Wilbur from being killed when he is very young. When Wilbur gets bigger, he moves to a farm. There, he learns a terrible truth: he will be killed for food by Christmas, just like all the other pigs. He is very sad, but he finds one true friend: a spider named Charlotte. Charlotte tries to help him avoid this bad ending.
La Ola
IMDb: 6.1/10
2025, Musical, Drama
Chile, USA, Not rated
Director: Sebastián Lelio
Top Cast: Daniela López, Avril Aurora, Lola Bravo
A student named Julia joins the feminist movement at her university. This group is fighting against many years of sexual harassment and violence against students.
Next, the protest quickly becomes strong and is the main event at the university. The women use slogans, music, and especially dancing (because it is a musical) to show their anger and demand that the people who committed the violence be held responsible.
Julia did not expect it, but she became the most important person (the leader) in this movement.
Juliet & Romeo
IMDb: 3.8/10
2025, Musical, Drama
USA, PG-13
Director: Timothy Scott Bogart
Top Cast: Clara Rugaard, Jamie Ward, Jason Isaacs
This is a new musical film based on the famous sad story “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, whom we know well, fall in love. They do this even though their families, the Montagues and the Capulets, have been enemies for a long time.
Different from the original play, the movie seems to take place during the Renaissance period and wars. However, it uses new, modern songs written by artists who won Grammy Awards.
The story is about their secret love, their marriage, and a sad misunderstanding. In the end, this misunderstanding makes the two enemy families finally make peace.
Wicked: For Good
IMDb: 7.3/10
2025, Musical, Fantasy
USA, PG
Director: Jon M. Chu
Top Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey
This is the second part of the story from the world of the Wizard of Oz. Elphaba flew away because she did not agree with the powerful Wizard of Oz and Madame Morrible. Because of her “green” magic and her fight for the rights of the “Animals,” who are treated badly, Elphaba is now seen as a bad person and an enemy.
Her former friend, Glinda, must now work for the Wizard. Glinda acts like the “Good Witch” and helps the Wizard’s campaign against Elphaba.
The problems between the two friends become bigger. They have different political views, and both girls are also in love with the same man.
