The jukebox musical is a specific kind of musical that we can't help but love—and these movies exemplify how magical they can be.
The jukebox musical is a special kind of musical. You still have the songs and the stories that are woven together, but the featured songs are of a particular type.
What exactly is a jukebox musical? In cinema, the jukebox musical is just a musical where most—or all—of the songs are well-known songs from an existing singer or band (rather than original music).
In other words, it's a film that acts like a jukebox of greatest hits, which are all played to a story that somehow brings it all together.
Film critic Andrew Sarris was among the first to use the term "jukebox musical" when he praised Richard Lester's 1964 film A Hard Day's Night as "the Citizen Kane of jukebox musicals." (Ironically, that film is no longer considered part of the jukebox genre.)
These days, there are jukebox musicals for everyone. From old-school rock to world-renowned pop.
