# Similar to Moulin Rouge, Knights Tale, The Fifth Element **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 5, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098 "2013-03-05T16:41:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098/1 "2013-03-05T16:41:39Z")
I’m looking for movies that have the incorporated song elements in the style of the above 3 movies. I want music artistically integrated like these movies. Do you know of any more? Topsy-Turvy comes close in movie style but doesn’t incorporate music in the way I’m looking for, though I like the movie. Thanks in advance for participating. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098/2 "2013-03-05T17:08:57Z")
Hudson hawk Flash Gordon Ella enchanted ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098/3 "2013-03-05T17:28:19Z")
I would never have watched Hudson hawk before this. Bonus this is when Bruce Willis still had hair. I never heard of Ella Enchanted. I will try to watch these. I’ve seen Flash Gordon so I won’t be looking for this. Two new movies added to to the find and watch list. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098/4 "2013-03-05T18:13:08Z")
Every single Muppet Movie ever made (I would suggest The Muppet Treasure Island, personally) Enchanted (Disney’s 2007 live-action film with Amy Adams) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098/5 "2013-03-05T18:23:26Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > Every single Muppet Movie ever made (I would suggest The Muppet Treasure Island, personally) > > Enchanted (Disney’s 2007 live-action film with Amy Adams) Except that these have songs written for the movies – both _Moulin Rouge!_ and _A Knight’s Tale_ (I haven’t seen _The Fifth Element_) use popular songs and place them anachronistically into a film set in a different place/time. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098/6 "2013-03-05T18:25:39Z")
The Muppets don’t really fit what I’m looking for. I loved the Muppet Show when it was on. I also liked Dinosaurs. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098/7 "2013-03-05T18:36:26Z")
[Sucker Punch](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0978764/?ref_=sr_1), perhaps ? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098/8 "2013-03-05T18:38:18Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Except that these have songs written for the movies – both _Moulin Rouge!_ and _A Knight’s Tale_ (I haven’t seen _The Fifth Element_) use popular songs and place them anachronistically into a film set in a different place/time. You got it. I’m glad to see you’re still around. I’ve stayed away since not needing to use this site to rebuild my memories after an severe illness. You’re a really nice and kind person. You’re always a welcomed poster. Don’t blush you deserve the praise. Thanks for the support when my mind was rebuilding. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098/9 "2013-03-05T19:11:12Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Except that these have songs written for the movies – both _Moulin Rouge!_ and _A Knight’s Tale_ (I haven’t seen _The Fifth Element_) use popular songs and place them anachronistically into a film set in a different place/time. I was wondering about the inclusion of The Fifth Element, but I assume that the OP is referring to a scene in which an operatic diva is performing while a violent attack goes on in another part of the same building. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098/10 "2013-03-05T19:16:55Z")
Just about any movie musical integrates music into the story. If you mean using already existing songs (often called a jukebox musical), then there’s: [Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band_(film)) [Across the Universe](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Across_the_Universe_(film)) [Tommy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_(film)) Beetlejuice (for the use of “Day-O”) ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098/11 "2013-03-05T19:25:21Z")
**Inglorious Bastards** features David Bowie’s “Cat People” in the background of a scene that was set approximately forty years before the song was actually written. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098/12 "2013-03-05T19:43:33Z")
Baz Luhrmann (who directed Moulin Rouge), has The Great Gatsby coming out in May, and from the trailers at least - which feature Jay-Z and Jack White - it looks like it will be along these lines as well. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098/13 "2013-03-05T19:45:11Z")
If you’re looking for anachronistic music, people complain about **Ladyhawk**. But I think that’s a soundtrack, rather than songs set into a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098/14 "2013-03-05T19:55:29Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Just about any movie musical integrates music into the story. If you mean using already existing songs (often called a jukebox musical), then there’s: > > [Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band_(film)) > [Across the Universe](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Across_the_Universe_(film)) > [Tommy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_(film)) > Beetlejuice (for the use of “Day-O”) There’s a difference in my mind between a movie like Across the Universe that takes a selection of songs and builds a movie around it (and let’s be honest, is anyone really watching Across the Universe for the plot?) and Ella Enchanted which is a movie about a cursed teenager in a fantasyland who by the way sings Somebody to Love in a tavern. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098/15 "2013-03-05T19:59:13Z")
-Any of the Shrek movies -The new Tron: yes, the music is soundtrack, but without it, the movie wouldn’t have been nearly the same. I hear the music later and am transported back into the movie itself. Kinda like how I hear “I’m a Believer” now, and dance like Donkey. Just can’t help it! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098/16 "2013-03-05T20:24:52Z")
I am not looking for musicals. I am looking for that out of place music that integrates into multiple cut scenes. Rock’n roll in med-evil times, so bodacious. Perfect cuts between locations as music plays (5th Element), super duper. Modern songs integrated into the Moulin Rouge of a century ago oulala. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098/17 "2013-03-05T20:25:58Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Baz Luhrmann (who directed Moulin Rouge), has The Great Gatsby coming out in May, and from the trailers at least - which feature Jay-Z and Jack White - it looks like it will be along these lines as well. I will look at that. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098/18 "2013-03-05T20:27:00Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Baz Luhrmann (who directed Moulin Rouge), has The Great Gatsby coming out in May, and from the trailers at least - which feature Jay-Z and Jack White - it looks like it will be along these lines as well. I will look for that. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098/19 "2013-03-05T20:28:40Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I was wondering about the inclusion of The Fifth Element, but I assume that the OP is referring to a scene in which an operatic diva is performing while a violent attack goes on in another part of the same building. Yes. It’s so well cut, and flips perfectly between the real time happenings ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098/20 "2013-03-05T20:45:19Z")
Try the Baz Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet. It’s terrific. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-to-moulin-rouge-knights-tale-the-fifth-element/652098.md?page=2)