Movies directed by Vincente Minnelli

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

113 mins     Family, Musical, Romance      

"Meet Me in St. Louis" is one of those musicals which wins you over with its good nature, its innocence, its charm and of course its memorable musical numbers. And to be honest it's a good thing because like so many other mus...

Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)

132 mins     Biography, Musical      

"Till the Clouds Roll By" is supposedly a musical biopic all about composer Jerome Kern, I say supposedly because whilst various events relate to Kern's life most of the movie is made up and most certainly doesn't deliver a l...

Father of the Bride (1950)

92 mins     Comedy, Romance      

I have always had a soft spot for the 1991 version of "Father of the Bride" and when I first saw it I had no idea that it was a remake. Since then I have watched the original "Father of the Bride" a couple of times, once when...

An American in Paris (1951)

113 mins     Musical, Romance      

There is something about watching Gene Kelly dance which is mesmerising which is most certainly the case in musical extravaganza "An American in Paris". Starring alongside Leslie Caron, "An American in Paris" is the story of ...

Father's Little Dividend (1951)

82 mins     Comedy, Romance      

So "Father's Little Dividend" the sequel to the original "Father of the Bride" and whilst we have a new storyline it is actually pretty much a rerun of the first movie with the focus on Stanley Banks having to come to terms w...

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

118 mins     Drama      

In 1950 Billy Wilder gave us "Sunset Boulevard" a now iconic movie which gave audiences a look behind the scenes at the movie industry, warts and all. Two years later and we got Vincente Minnelli going down the same road with...

The Band Wagon (1953)

112 mins     Comedy, Musical, Romance      

"The Band Wagon" is what has become to be known as a back stage musical where we have a storyline about performers putting on a production, a scenario often used in the musical genre and one which occasionally annoys me as ma...

Kismet (1955)

113 mins     Adventure , Fantasy, Musical      

Before "Kismet" even starts you get a beautiful orchestral version of "Stranger in Paradise" over the opening credits and to be honest it lifts your expectations. Sadly what follows ends up crashing those expectations right b...

Lust for Life (1956)

122 mins     Biography, Drama      

As a child my movie experiences were dominated by whatever was being shown on TV and as such certain movies such as "Star Wars", "Superman", "The Sound of Music" and "The Great Escape" dominated them thanks to their frequent ...