Wednesday, October 1, 2025

100 Movie Songs

Here’s a list: The best movie songs. To make it I put in two caveats: 1) It had to originate with a movie - I wanted to remove songs from Broadway musicals, but ended up removing far more than I imagined, because of it. (Did you know “Singin’ in the Rain” and “As Time Goes By” were originally from stage musicals?) 2) I only picked the best song per movie. Otherwise there’d be a whole slew from Disney movies, etc. Lastly, lyrical songs only, otherwise the lines get blurred with soundtracks. Without further ado:

  1. Over the Rainbow - The Wizard of Oz
  2. Moon River - Breakfast at Tiffany’s
  3. White Christmas - Holiday Inn
  4. Pure Imagination - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
  5. When You Wish Upon a Star - Pinocchio
  6. My Heart Will Go On - Titanic
  7. Mrs. Robinson - The Graduate
  8. When Doves Cry - Purple Rain
  9. You’re the One That I Want - Grease
  10. Let It Go - Frozen
  11. Stayin’ Alive - Saturday Night Fever
  12. The Circle of Life - The Lion King
  13. Superfly - Superfly
  14. Theme from New York, New York - New York, New York
  15. Jailhouse Rock - Jailhouse Rock
  16. See You Again - Furious 7
  17. Rainbow Connection - The Muppet Movie
  18. The Way You Look Tonight - Swing Time
  19. Up Where We Belong - An Officer and a Gentleman
  20. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Meet Me in St. Louis
  21. Lose Yourself - 8 Mile
  22. Eye of the Tiger - Rocky III
  23. I’ve Got You Under My Skin - Born to Dance
  24. 9 to 5 - 9 to 5
  25. Make ‘Em Laugh - Singin’ in the Rain
  26. Someday My Prince Will Come - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  27. Happy - Despicable Me 2
  28. Remember Me - Coco
  29. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  30. Fame - Fame
  31. Theme from Shaft - Shaft
  32. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Mary Poppins
  33. Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off - Shall We Dance
  34. Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky) - Rocky
  35. Footloose - Footloose
  36. That’s Amore - The Caddy
  37. The Way We Were - The Way We Were
  38. (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life - Dirty Dancing
  39. Que Sera, Sera - The Man Who Knew Too Much
  40. Swinging on a Star - Going My Way
  41. On the Road Again - Honeysuckle Rose
  42. This Is Me - The Greatest Showman
  43. Call Me - American Gigolo
  44. Can’t Stop the Feeling! - Trolls
  45. You’ve Got a Friend in Me - Toy Story
  46. Gangsta’s Paradise - Dangerous Minds
  47. Suicide Is Painless - M*A*S*H
  48. Beauty and the Beast - Beauty and the Beast
  49. Don’t Worry, Be Happy - Cocktail
  50. Fight the Power - Do the Right Thing
  51. Shining Star - That’s the Way of the World
  52. The Harder They Come - The Harder They Come
  53. Sunflower - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  54. A Whole New World - Aladdin
  55. On the Good Ship Lollipop - Bright Eyes
  56. High Hopes - A Hole in the Head
  57. I Believe I Can Fly - Space Jam
  58. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy  - Buck Privates
  59. Skyfall - Skyfall
  60. The Ballad of High Noon - High Noon
  61. Flashdance… What a Feeling - Flashdance
  62. I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing - Armageddon
  63. Windmills of Your Mind - The Thomas Crown Affair
  64. Part of Your World - The Little Mermaid
  65. Live and Let Die - Live and Let Die
  66. Blues in the Night - Blues in the Night
  67. Don’t You (Forget About Me) - The Breakfast Club
  68. Hooray for Hollywood - Hollywood Hotel
  69. Springtime for Hitler - The Producers
  70. Come What May - Moulin Rouge!
  71. I’m Easy - Nashville
  72. Cheek to Cheek - Top Hat
  73. Ghostbusters - Ghostbusters
  74. Viva Las Vegas - Viva Las Vegas
  75. We Don’t Talk About Bruno - Encanto
  76. Take My Breath Away - Top Gun
  77. That Thing You Do! - That Thing You Do!
  78. If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out - Harold and Maude
  79. Born Free - Born Free
  80. Days of Wine and Roses - Days of Wine and Roses
  81. Everything is Awesome! - The Lego Movie
  82. The Gold Diggers’ Song (We’re in the Money) - Gold Diggers of 1933
  83. Thanks for the Memory - The Big Broadcast of 1938
  84. The Man Who Got Away - A Star is Born (1954)
  85. Goldfinger - Goldfinger
  86. I’m Just Ken - Barbie
  87. Evergreen - A Star is Born (1976)
  88. Chattanooga Choo Choo - Sun Valley Serenade
  89. (We’re Off on the) Road to Morocco - Road to Morocco
  90. Once Upon a December - Anastasia
  91. Another Day of Sun - La La Land
  92. Buttons and Bows - The Paleface
  93. Streets of Philadelphia - Philadelphia
  94. Be a Man - Mulan 
  95. Shallow - A Star is Born (2018)
  96. (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  97. The Power of Love - Back to the Future
  98. (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again - Rocketman
  99. Lydia the Tattooed Lady - At the Circus
  100. 42nd Street - 42nd Street