If you are a big fan of Musical movies, then you have come to the right place as we have listed the Top 10 Musical Movies of 2022 you should give a try.
As the year 2022 is coming to an end, we get a chance to go through all the movies and television series that the year gifted us through twelve months. Musical movies have taken an important part in that list.
Following is the list of all the most important musical films that were released this year.
Top 10 Musical Movies of 2022:
Cyrano-
Joe Wright directed this musical romantic movie adapted from the 1897 play Edmond Rostand- ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’. The plot unfolds to tell the story of a one-sided love of a dwarfish man.
It revolves around the dwarfish Cyrano de Bergerac, talented in wordplay and swordplay who is devotedly in love with his childhood friend Roxanne. But Roxanne is in love with another man named Christian and Cyrano goes to extreme levels to ensure their relationship for the sake of Roxanne.
Peter Dinklage who is widely known for starring as the popular character of Tyrion Lannister in HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones, played the lead role of Cyrano de Bergerac in the movie with Haley Bennett and Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Roxanne and Christian respectively.
The critically acclaimed movie was released on February 25, 2022, in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Pinocchio-
Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson have directed this fantasy musical movie adapted from Carlo Collodi’s children’s fantasy novel ‘The Adventures of Pinocchio’.
The plot revolves around the journey of a titular wooden puppet who is given life by a poor woodcarver Geppetto. The movie was released on November 24, 2022, in Mexico.
Matilda the Musical-
Matthew Warchus directed this musical fantasy movie that is adapted from the same named stage musical of 2011 based on the 1988 novel Roald Dahl- ‘Matilda’.
The plot revolves around a five years old girl with the ability of telekinesis and her headmistress Miss Trunchbull. Alisha Weir and Emma Thompson starred as Matilda and Miss Trunchbull respectively in the movie.
Matilda the Musical premiered at BFI London Film Festival on October 5, 2022, and was later released in the United Kingdom on November 25 and in the United States on December 9 this year.
Zombies 3-
The plot of this sci-fi musical movie is set in the fictional Mountain College in the town of Seabrook in which students of senior year are on the verge of their final year as they befriend three aliens. But when their real motives get exposed, things get awry. The movie was released on July 15, 2022.
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile-
Josh Gordon and Will Speck have directed this American musical movie adapted from the same named children’s story and its prequel. The plot revolves around the friendship between a boy and a singing crocodile- Josh and Lyle.
Josh is the young son of the Prime family who has relocated to New York causing Josh to struggle to adapt to the shift. But his friendship with Lyle makes things easier until an evil neighbor intends to sell the latter out.
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile was released on October 7, 2022, in the United States.
Elvis-
This is a musical biographical movie about the life of renowned American singer Elvis, known as the “King of Rock and Roll”. The plot revolves around a singer Elvis Presley who wants to transform the culture of mainstream rock and roll in the USA and while doing that uses his fame to point out the ubiquitous racism in the country.
Austin Butler played Elvis in the critically acclaimed movie. It premiered at Cannes International Film Festival on May 25, 2022.
Turning Red-
The plot of this computer-animated fantasy musical comedy centers around a thirteen years old girl who is facing issues in maintaining her mother’s expectation of her being a dutiful daughter and her own adolescent changes.
But the real challenge lies in her turning into a giant red panda every time she gets over-excited. Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan are some of the voice cast members of the movie.
Turning Red was released on March 11, 2022, in the United States.
Sneakerella-
This is a musical comedy movie serving as a re-imagination of the popular story of Cinderella. The plot revolves around an aspiring sneaker designer El who works in her late mother’s shoe store and is compelled to hide his talent due to the meanness of his stepfather and stepbrothers.
Chosen Jacobs starred as El in the movie that got released on May 13, 2022.
13: The Musical-
This is a musical coming-of-age comedy series adapted from the same named stage musical of 2007 and has cast a bunch of new young actors and actresses. 13: The Musical was released on Netflix on August 12, 2022.
Disenchanted-
This is Adam Shankman’s action-animated musical fantasy comedy movie which serves as a sequel to ‘Enchanted’ which arrived in 2007.
The plot revolves around Giselle, Robert, and Morgan as they, after moving to a new community, navigate real-world drama that forces them to question the concept of happily ever after. It was released on November 18, 2022.
