The best Gene Kelly movies
The top 3 according to 87 votes from people: Singin' in the Rain (1952) · Summer Stock (1950) · On the Town (1949). (Updated Nov 2, 2023.)
Splashing through Singin' in the Rain, the ballet of An American in Paris and three sailors on leave in On the Town: Gene Kelly's best films as ranked by /Film and Gold Derby.
Top 13
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1
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. Hollywood moves to talkies.
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2
Summer Stock (1950)
Charles Walters. A theatre troupe on Judy Garland's farm.
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3
On the Town (1949)
Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. Three sailors on leave in New York.
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4
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. Three war buddies ten years on.
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5
Brigadoon (1954)
Vincente Minnelli. A Scottish village that appears once a century.
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6
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
Jacques Demy. An American pianist in a French seaside town.
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7
The Pirate (1948)
Vincente Minnelli. An actor posing as a pirate, with Judy Garland.
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8
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
George Sidney. Dancing with Jerry the mouse; Oscar nomination.
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9
Xanadu (1980)
Robert Greenwald. A roller disco with Olivia Newton-John.
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10
What a Way to Go! (1964)
J. Lee Thompson. One of Shirley MacLaine's husbands.
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11
An American in Paris (1951)
Vincente Minnelli. A painter and Leslie Caron; six Oscars.
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12
Cover Girl (1944)
Charles Vidor. With Rita Hayworth.
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13
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
Busby Berkeley. Baseball and vaudeville with Frank Sinatra.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (2)
The Young Girls of Rochefort being on here made my day, such an underrated gem
Singin' in the Rain is pure joy. I put it on whenever I'm having a bad day