Arthouse musical

Arthouse musical (or experimental musical) is a combination of an art film and a film musical.

Notable arthouse musicals

20th Century

• The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964)^[1]
• The Young Girls of Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1967)^[2]
• Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972)^[3]
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1975)^[4]
• All That Jazz (Bob Fosse, 1979)^[5]
• Bubble Bath (György Kovásznai, 1979)^[6][7]
• Pennies from Heaven (Herbert Ross, 1981)^[8][9]
• Golden Eighties (Chantal Ackerman, 1986)^[10][11]
• Under the Cherry Moon (Prince, 1986)^[12]
• Strictly Ballroom (Baz Luhrmann, 1992)^[13]
• Everyone Says I Love You (Woody Allen, 1996)^[13]
• Little Voice (Mark Herman, 1998)^[14]

21st Century

• Billy Elliot (Stephen Daldry, 2000)^[15]
• Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier, 2000)^[16][17]
• Moulin Rouge (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)^[18]
• 8 Femmes (François Ozon, 2002)^[19]
• Once (John Carney, 2007)^[20][21]
• Cyrano (Joe Wright, 2021)^[22]
• Annette (Leos Carax, 2022)^[23][24][25]

Notable arthouse musical directors

• Leos Carax^[26]
• Jacques Demy^[27]
• Bob Fosse^[3][5]
• Baz Luhrmann^[13][18]

See also

• Postmodernist film
  • Modernist film
• Arthouse action film
• Arthouse animation
• Art horror
• Arthouse science fiction film
• New Hollywood

References