Best Musical Movies & TV Series of the 1940s

Looking for the best musical movies and TV series of the 1940s? These 26 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

Fantasia 1940 ★ 7.3

Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 ★ 7.1

Dumbo 1941 ★ 7.0

Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 ★ 7.0

On the Town 1949 ★ 7.0

Easter Parade 1948 ★ 7.0

You Were Never Lovelier 1942 ★ 7.1

Anchors Aweigh 1945 ★ 6.8

Road to Morocco 1942 ★ 6.9

Buck Privates 1941 ★ 6.8

Take Me Out to the Ball Game 1949 ★ 6.7

In the Good Old Summertime 1949 ★ 6.7

Ziegfeld Girl 1941 ★ 6.7

Babes on Broadway 1941 ★ 6.6

Go West 1940 ★ 6.5

The Pirate 1948 ★ 6.5

A Song Is Born 1948 ★ 6.4

Blue Skies 1946 ★ 6.2

Down to Earth 1947 ★ 6.0

Bathing Beauty 1944 ★ 5.9

Phantom of the Opera 1943 ★ 6.2

Ziegfeld Follies 1945 ★ 6.0

The Gang's All Here 1943 ★ 5.9

Till the Clouds Roll By 1946 ★ 5.7