List of the best Gene Kelly movies: Singin' in the Rain(1952), On the Town(1949), That's Entertainment, Part 2(1976), An American in Paris(1951), Hello, Dolly!(1969), Brigadoon(1954), Take Me Out to the Ball Game(1949), The Cheyenne Social Club(1970), A Guide for the Married Man(1967), Les Girls(1957), Invitation to the Dance(1957), Marjorie Morningstar(1958) ... ...
Musical, Comedy
USA
1952
102 Minutes
Director
Gene Kelly Debbie Reynolds Donald O'Connor Jean Hagen Millard Mitchell Rita Moreno Douglas Fowley Cyd Charisse Madge Blake King Donovan
actor singer actress friend songwriter filmmaker emotional playful witty hollywood new york city street movie set silent movies movie making song and dance love triangle jealousy media love
A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
98 Minutes
Director
Gene Kelly Gene Kelly Frank Sinatra Ann Miller Vera-Ellen Betty Garrett Jules Munshin Alice Pearce Florence Bates
sailor actress anthropologist cab driver lighthearted playful new york city ship street empire state building museum coney island friendship freedom romance military shore leave adventure love quest
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Documentary
USA
1976
133 Minutes
Director
actor dancer actress singer host amusing engaging moving hollywood, calif. film set hollywood performance song and dance movies discovery adventure love 1970s
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
Musical, Romance
USA
1951
113 Minutes
Jerry Mulligan
Gene Kelly Leslie Caron Oscar Levant Georges Guétary Nina Foch Eugene Borden Martha Barnattre Ann Codee George Davis Hayden Rorke Paul Maxey
painter singer patron heiress dancer love interest touching lighthearted paris nightclub restaurant affair song and dance celebration world war ii money love rivalry 1950s
Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1969
146 Minutes
Director
Barbra Streisand Walter Matthau Michael Crawford Marianne McAndrew E.J. Peaker Danny Lockin Louis Armstrong Joyce Ames Tommy Tune Judy Knaiz David Hurst
matchmaker wealthy man employee niece artist cheery charming cheeky madcap playful new york city yonkers, n.y. matchmaking aspirations love love pursuit transformation 1890s
Matchmaker Dolly Levi travels to Yonkers to find a partner for "half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder, convincing his niece, his niece's intended, and his two clerks to travel to New York City along the way.
Musical
USA
1954
108 Minutes
Tommy Albright
Gene Kelly Van Johnson Cyd Charisse Elaine Stewart Barry Jones Hugh Laing Albert Sharpe Virginia Bosler Jimmy Thompson Tudor Owen Owen McGivney
good guy love interest friend villager heartwarming mushy scotland mountain village love fable magic loss enchantment love 1950s
Two Americans on a hunting trip in Scotland become lost. They encounter a small village, not on the map, called Brigadoon, in which people harbor a mysterious secret, and behave as if they were still living two hundred years in the past.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
93 Minutes
Gene Kelly Frank Sinatra Esther Williams Betty Garrett Edward Arnold Jules Munshin Richard Lane Tom Dugan Murray Alper Wilton Graff Mack Gray
baseball team owner baseball player entertainer gambler teammate girlfriend cheery madcap rousing baseball field locker room house theater gambling big break baseball love interest vaudeville song and dance rivalry
Two turn-of-the-century baseball players, who work in vaudeville during the off-season, run into trouble with their team's new female owner and a gambler who doesn't want them to win the pennant.
Comedy, Western
Italy|France|West Germany
1970
103 Minutes
Director
James Stewart Henry Fonda Shirley Jones Sue Ane Langdon Elaine Devry Robert Middleton Arch Johnson Dabbs Greer Jackie Russell Jackie Joseph Sharon De Bord
madam cowboy prostitute friend townsperson villain lighthearted thrilling suspenseful brothel texas cheyenne, wyo. inheritance gunfight honor prostitution family feud change of heart adventure transformation
A newspaper reporter and a retired, blind journalist try to solve a series of killings connected to a pharmaceutical company's experimental, top-secret research projects and in so doing, both become targets of the killer.
Comedy
USA
1967
89 Minutes
Director
Walter Matthau Robert Morse Inger Stevens Sue Ane Langdon Jackie Russell Claire Kelly Linda Harrison Elaine Devry Jason Wingreen Heather Carroll Robert Patten
husband wife pretty woman adulterer amusing cheeky lighthearted playful los angeles household motel adultery infidelity marriage sex love forbidden love discovery 1960s
A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on his wife without being caught.
Musical
USA
1957
114 Minutes
Barry Nichols
Gene Kelly Mitzi Gaynor Kay Kendall Taina Elg Jacques Bergerac Leslie Phillips Henry Daniell Patrick Macnee Stephen Vercoe Philip Tonge Owen McGiveney
dancer pretty woman love interest amusing lighthearted london paris stage song and dance female bonding competition romance affair discovery rivalry love 1950s
The former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view.
Musical
USA
1957
92 Minutes
Director
Gene Kelly Igor Youskevitch Claire Sombert Carol Haney David Kasday David Paltenghi Daphne Dale Claude Bessy Tommy Rall Belita Irving Davies
sinbad sailor clown trapeze artist husband wife winsome tender spirited spectacular circus arabia party street palace dance relationships love triangle flirtation jealousy
Three different stories are told through notably unusual way - no words, just dance.
Drama
USA
1958
123 Minutes
Gene Kelly Natalie Wood Claire Trevor Ed Wynn Everett Sloane Carolyn Jones Martin Milner Martin Balsam Ruta Kilmonis Paul Picerni Alan Reed
actress entertainer mother playwright doctor melodramatic tender new york city college family home summer camp theater catskills acting aspirations love nonconformity family growing up forbidden love
While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-year-old Noel Airman, a would-be dramatist working at a nearby summer theater. Like Marjorie... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1952
89 Minutes
Capt. Jeff Eliot
Gene Kelly Pier Angeli Richard Egan Richard Rober Claus Clausen Wilfred Seyferth Margot Rielscher Annie Rosar Harold Benedict Otto Gebühr Gertrud Wolle
In 1947, an American pilot returns to Germany to find a family that saved his life during WW2 but he stumbles upon a secret Neo-Nazi group.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
103 Minutes
Leo Gogarty
Gene Kelly Marie McDonald Charles Winninger Phyllis Thaxter Spring Byington Jean Adair Clinton Sundberg John Warburton Wm. "Bill" Phillips John Alexander Phyllis Kennedy
Leo Gogarty marries Margaud Morgan after a whirlwind romance just before shipping out to war. When he returns he is surprised to discover not only that his bride is not what she led him to ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1958
98 Minutes
Director
Doris Day Richard Widmark Gig Young Gia Scala Elisabeth Fraser Elizabeth Wilson Vikki Dougan Doodles Weaver Charles Wagenheim Robert Williams
cartoonist wife adoption agency representative magazine editor neighbor airy campy madcap playful westport, connecticut infidelity family misunderstanding adoption guilt discovery love temptation 1950s
A series of misunderstandings leaves a married man believing he has impregnated the owner of an adoption agency, and that she will be his and his wife's surrogate.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1954
90 Minutes
Lt. `'Brad'` Bradville
Gene Kelly Roy Boulting John Justin Bernard Lee Jeff Richards Sidney James Patric Doonan Ray Jackson Fredd Wayne Patrick Barr David Orr
A Navy lieutenant is borrowed by the British to supervise torpedo experiments after one of their scientists is killed.
Musical, Comedy
1955
102 Minutes
Director
Gene Kelly Gene Kelly Dan Dailey Cyd Charisse Dolores Gray Michael Kidd David Burns Jay C. Flippen Steve Mitchell Hal March Paul Maxey
veteran friend program coordinator gangster tv personality charming amusing new york city bar television studio friendship reunion world war ii television failure debt quest transformation pursuit 1940s
A talk-show staffer (Cyd Charisse) puts a fight manager (Gene Kelly), adman (Dan Dailey) and cook on TV 10 years after they parted as GIs.
Crime, Drama
1950
93 Minutes
Gene Kelly J. Carrol Naish Teresa Celli Marc Lawrence Frank Puglia Barry Kelley Mario Siletti Carl Milletaire Peter Brocco Eleanora Mendelssohn Grazia Narcio
The son (Gene Kelly) of a slain Italian lawyer helps a policeman (J. Carrol Naish) fight organized crime in circa-1900 New York.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
109 Minutes
Judy Garland Gene Kelly Eddie Bracken Gloria DeHaven Marjorie Main Phil Silvers Ray Collins Carleton Carpenter Nita Bieber Hans Conried Paul E. Burns
actress sister dancer housekeeper fiancé cheery lighthearted farm connecticut stage farming sibling rivalry song and dance romance show business transformation love rivalry 1950s
A small-town farmer, down on her luck, finds her homestead invaded by a theatrical troupe invited to stay by her ne'er-do-well sister.
Musical
USA
1945
143 Minutes
Frank Sinatra Gene Kelly Kathryn Grayson Dean Stockwell Carlos Ramírez Henry O'Neill Leon Ames Rags Ragland Edgar Kennedy Pamela Britton Henry Armetta
sailor admiral girlfriend singer boy amusing charming spirited los angeles vacation romance u.s. navy adventure discovery love 1940s
A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.
Musical
USA
1942
104 Minutes
Harry Palmer
Judy Garland Gene Kelly George Murphy Mártha Eggerth Ben Blue Richard Quine Keenan Wynn Stephen McNally Lucille Norman Betty Wells Anne Rooney
entertainer partner singer soldier emotional dark big city theater battlefield paris world war i draft vaudeville teamwork love redemption quest love 1910s
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
107 Minutes
Danny McGuire
Rita Hayworth Gene Kelly Eve Arden Lee Bowman Phil Silvers Leslie Brooks Otto Kruger Jess Barker Anita Colby Curt Bois Edward Brophy
dancer club owner theatrical producer publisher girlfriend boyfriend charming endearing inspiring witty brooklyn, n.y. new york city nightclub fame success dance beauty loyalty love rise
Rusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
92 Minutes
Robert Manette
Deanna Durbin Gene Kelly Richard Whorf Dean Harens Gladys George Gale Sondergaard David Bruce
A young femme fatale-type woman realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel.
Fantasy
USA
1980
96 Minutes
Danny McGuire
Olivia Newton-John Gene Kelly Michael Beck James Sloyan Dimitra Arliss Katie Hanley Fred McCarren Ren Woods Sandahl Bergman Marilyn Tokuda
artist muse musician boss beautiful woman campy offbeat los angeles studio club beach auditorium disco roller skating greek mythology music ambition forbidden love underdog rise
A struggling artist living in Los Angeles meets a girl who may hold the key to his happiness.
Action
USA
1977
104 Minutes
Gene Kelly Lauren Hutton Red Buttons Leslie Nielsen Sheila Mathews Cameron Mitchell Albert Salmi Dabney Coleman Sidney Clute Ernie Orsatti Robert Tafur
Motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel is offered a fortune to perform in Mexico. What Evel doesn't know is that they're planning to kill him and use his body to ship cocaine into the U.S. His ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1960
127 Minutes
E. K. Hornbeck
Spencer Tracy Fredric March Gene Kelly Florence Eldridge Dick York Harry Morgan Donna Anderson Elliott Reid Claude Akins Noah Beery Jr. Norman Fell
lawyer teacher reporter intense somber suspenseful witty courtroom tennessee court battles creationism vs. evolution lawsuit rescue rivalry 1920s
Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
Musical, Romance
France
1967
125 Minutes
Andy Miller
Catherine Deneuve Françoise Dorléac Gene Kelly George Chakiris Grover Dale Jacques Perrin Danielle Darrieux Geneviève Thenier Pamela Hart Leslie North
songwriter sister mother carnival worker artist pianist uplifting touching charming dreamy rochefort, france seaside café romance small-town life aspirations chance meeting music growing up quest
Two sisters leave their small seaside town of Rochefort in search of romance. Hired as carnival singers, one falls for an American musician, while the other must search for her ideal partner.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
101 Minutes
Alec Howe, Black Arrow
Red Skelton Lucille Ball Gene Kelly Douglas Dumbrille Rags Ragland Donald Meek George Givot Zero Mostel Tommy Dorsey Virginia O'Brien Louise Beavers
singer dancer nightclub employee louis xv madame du barry charming new york city nightclub french royal court love triangle unrequited love marrying for money performance sacrifice temptation rivalry french revolution
A night club's coatroom attendant who's in-love with the club's singer accidentally sips a drugged drink that makes him dream he's French King Louis XV courting the infamous Madame Du Barry.
Drama
USA
1943
70 Minutes
Vito S. Alessandro
Franchot Tone Marsha Hunt Gene Kelly Van Johnson Alan Baxter Dick Simmons Steven Geray Howard Freeman Frank Ferguson William Tannen Peter Lawford
In March 1942, on the island of Java, Indonesia, a Dutch major selects a pilot for a dangerous mission from the five U.S. Army airmen under his command. While waiting for word from the pilot, the others tell his life story to the major.
Comedy
1973
110 Minutes
Billy Boylan
Liv Ullmann Edward Albert Gene Kelly Binnie Barnes Deborah Raffin Billy Green Bush Nancy Walker Don Porter Rosemary Murphy Natalie Schafer Sam Chew
young man suitor mother daughter business woman ex-boyfriend passionate witty greece city apartment manhattan big city stage play serendipity vacation self-discovery one-night stand romantic dilemma adventure love
A 40-ish divorcee (Liv Ullmann) in Greece meets a 20-ish man (Edward Albert) who shows up later in Manhattan to date her daughter.
Comedy
USA
1964
111 Minutes
Pinky Benson
Shirley MacLaine Paul Newman Robert Mitchum Dean Martin Gene Kelly Bob Cummings Dick Van Dyke Reginald Gardiner Margaret Dumont Fifi D'Orsay
widow psychiatrist millionaire husband artist clown witty madcap amusing quirky psychiatrist's office farm shack paris small town curse wealth marriage death ambition
A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.
Musical
USA
1946
110 Minutes
George Sidney William Powell Charles Walters Vincente Minnelli Judy Garland Fred Astaire Lucille Ball Fanny Brice Lena Horne
singer dancer actor actress comedian spirited spectacular charming lighthearted theater new york city song and dance show business love 1940s
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. looks down from Heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.