20 Best Musicals that left us speechless by the end

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Moulin Rouge! (2001) | Image Source: 20th Century Fox — Moulin Rouge! (2001) | Image Source: 20th Century Studios

13. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) | Image Source: Warner Bros. Pictures

Tim Burton's dark and twisted adaptation of the classic Sweeney Todd draws a viewer into the visually fantastic yet chilling film. Johnny Depp, with Helena Bonham Carter as his Mrs. Lovett, brings the gruesome, gothic mood to life. To reach the end and the final catastrophe of the characters is almost overwhelming in its sense of obsession and revenge. Gory, poetic scenes at the close leave an unmistakable impression that it is one of the most distressing yet attractive musicals put on film.