Best Music Dramas

Pulse of Cinema's music drama catalogue holds 721 films, ranked by the Pulse Score blended from IMDb, Letterboxd and TMDB. The highest Pulse-rated are Amadeus, Autumn Sonata, Whiplash, a good place to start.

8.0

Amadeus

1984

8.0

Autumn Sonata

1978

8.4

Whiplash

2014

8.3

The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

2011

8.2

Coco

2017

7.7

The Sound of Music

1965

8.5

Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions

2020

7.7

Sagara Sangamam

1983

8.3

Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert

2010

8.0

All Too Well: The Short Film

2021

7.9

Pink Floyd: The Wall

1982

8.2

The Legend of 1900

1998

7.9

CODA

2021

7.9

Limelight

1952

7.7

Monpura

2009

8.1

Soul

2020

7.5

Almost Famous

2000

7.9

Sing Street

2016

7.7

The Chorus

2004

7.7

Sound of Metal

2020

7.6

Jigarthanda

2014

7.5

The Music Room

1958

7.4

The Muppet Christmas Carol

1992

7.4

Cabaret

1972

6.9

Toma

2021

7.9

Swing Girls

2004

7.8

Blue Giant

2023

7.6

Billy Elliot

2000

7.4

Cold War

2018

5.7

Sankarabharanam

1980

8.2

Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry

2021

8.1

Billy Elliot: The Musical Live

2014

7.8

Straight Outta Compton

2015

7.8

Whiplash

2013

7.6

Linda Linda Linda

2005

7.6

Anvil! The Story of Anvil

2008

7.5

Walk the Line

2005

7.4

Once

2007

7.3

Nashville

1975

7.3

Kneecap

2024

8.3

The Yellow Tie

2025

8.0

Bohemian Rhapsody

2018

7.5

Ray

2004

7.5

Shall We Dance?

1996

7.4

Gully Boy

2019

7.1

TÁR

2022

7.1

You, the Living

2007

6.9

Rudraveena

1988