Grab your eclipse glasses and heed the prototype Hercules muses warning against proceeding into Seymour’s basement…
#23 Cabaret (1972)
Cabaret is what happens when you pay attention to the performance on stage and willfully ignore the atrocities happening behind it.
#24 Victor/Victoria (1982)
A scheme to put food on the table becomes one woman’s journey of exploring her own gender expression.
#51 Oklahoma! (1955)
To Oklahoma’s credit, it surprised me by including way more pornography than I thought it would.
#56 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Let’s buckle in for a down-home romp with a bunch of strange ideas about how to court a lady.
#37 Royal Wedding (1951)
It’s 1947 and the marriage bug is apparently contagious.
#49 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
You know what I don’t want in my feel-good wine mom movie? DEATH.
#55 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Willy Wonka, but make it goth.
#35 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
“Everybody aboard, you’re going to love this, just love it.”
#33 Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
The only Bollywood film on this list, and it’s a 4-hour epic about playing cricket to liberate the citizens of Champaner from the rule of the British empire.