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Singin' in the Rain—Great dancing, great music, great acting, great directing, great script, great fun. In Technicolor. If you haven’t seen it yet, what are you waiting for?

Top Hat—This movie has the most romantic dance number ever put on film: Cheek to Cheek with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. If the entire movie was bad except for that dance number, it would be worth watching but the movie is fun throughout, filled with great dance sequences and a wonderful supporting cast. It is all ably directed by Mark Sandrich, the most underrated director in Hollywood. It’s a pure delight from beginning to end.

Swing Time—Another Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers vehicle, this time directed by George Stevens who was early in his directing career. Near the end of his career, Stevens directed the greatest western movie of all time: Shane. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies all follow a similar pattern. They usually start out hating each other, fall in love, due to some confusion fall out of love, and by the end of the picture, straighten everything out and fall back in love. Swing Time follows this pattern but spices it with great dance numbers and great songs.

Shall We Dance—It’s Fred and Ginger again, and as mentioned above, it’s practically the same story except they’re so much fun to watch, who cares.

The Gay Divorcee—Ditto. Just be happy they made four great movies.

An American in Paris—Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron fall in love in Paris. It’s all done to a Gershwin score and has a long ballet dance sequence at the end which is worth watching the movie for. In glorious Technicolor.

The Bandwagon—Fred Astaire with Cyd Charisse instead of Ginger Rogers. It’s a very clever movie with lots of good dance numbers and two very funny supporting actors in Oscar Levant and Nanette Fabray. However, the gem of the movie is a brilliant dance sequence in Central Park between Astaire and Charisse. The movie’s directed by Vincente Minelli (Yes, he’s Liza Minelli’s father and Judy Garland’s husband). In color.

Holiday Inn—This movie probably has more hit songs in it than any other movie ever made, including the largest selling single of all time: White Christmas. It stars Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby and Marjorie Reynolds. The plot basically revolves around who will marry Marjorie Reynolds: Bing Crosby, the singer, or Fred Astaire, the dancer. It’s also directed by Mark Sandrich. The score is by Irving Berlin. If you don’t recognize any of these names, you’d better rent the movie and find out what a great musical is all about. In Black and White.

Brigadoon—OK. There’s this little village in Scotland and the people in it are awake for one day every hundred years. Gene Kelly has to decide whether he will give up his modern life in New York or live with Cyd Charisse in the little village in Scotland. Guess which he chooses. It’s musical; it’s mystical and the wonderful songs are by Lerner and Loewe. In color.

Footlight Parade—James Cagney, Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler. This black and white musical was made at Warner Brothers which was a studio not known for its musicals. However, they had Busby Berkeley to direct the dance numbers and the dance numbers in Footlight Parade are incredible. The movie ends with three long dance numbers: Honeymoon Hotel, By a Waterfall and Shanghai Lil which are all great, particularly the number By a Waterfall. Busby Berkeley pioneered the overhead shot where the dancers move in patterns like a kaleidoscope. Let me be clear, the number, By a Waterfall is ASTONISHING! In Black and White.

42nd Street—Another vehicle to spotlight Busby Berkeley’s dance direction with Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler. The plot is about putting on a Broadway show but that doesn’t really matter. It’s fast paced and entertaining and this movie pretty much started it all in terms of dance musicals. Ginger Rogers has a small part in the movie. Black and white.

Anchors Away—Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra star in this movie about a couple of sailors trying to get dates. There’s lots of good dance numbers and it includes the famous duo with Gene Kelly dancing with Jerry Mouse of Tom and Jerry cartoon fame. It’s a fantastic number and worth getting the movie for. In color.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers—This movie probably couldn’t get made today since the plot concerns seven brothers in an old western town who decide to get over their loneliness by kidnapping seven girls. Of course, it ends with everyone getting married but the seven brothers really can dance. One of the brothers-Ephriam- is Jacques D’Amboise who was a famous ballet dancer with the New York City Ballet. The choreography is by Michael Kidd. The movie is directed by Stanley Donen who also directed Singin’ in the Rain. In color.

Easter Parade - This is the only movie Fred Astaire and Judy Garland made together which makes it worth watching just for that. As it also includes 17 Irving Berlin tunes, it’s a must see.

A Chorus Line - A Chorus Line was a great Broadway show. The movie isn’t so good. But it has the dancing and the songs.

All That Jazz - This well-done movie is an autobiography of Bob Fosse directed by Bob Fosse and starring Roy Scheider. It has some nice dance sequences in it but it's more a drama about the life of a dancer/choreographer than a dance movie. However, it's definitely worth seeing.

Saturday Night Fever - John Travolta and the Bee Gees’ top 10 soundtrack, as well as unforgettable dancing, make this movie worth viewing. See what all the disco fuss was about.

Fame - Seven classes a day and a hot lunch. That's what New York City's High School for the Performing Arts guarantees. Stardom? That's something the school's teenage musicians actors dancers and dreamers strive for. This movie packs the same kind of energy and excitement as Center Stage. Good actors, good songs and a good director make for a fun film.

Moulin Rouge! - Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor sing and dance in this far from typical movie from director Baz Luhrmann. You either love it or hate it due to the movie’s highly stylized mode of direction.

Fosse - Fosse is a tribute movie to a guy who deserves a lot of tribute. Bob Fosse's approach to theater revolutionized how we experience music and dance. One of Fosse's most gifted collaborators, Ann Reinking, and a talented cast take you through such memorable standards as "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries," "Steam Heat," "Mein Herr," and "Big Spender." Plus, lot’s more.