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the top four movie musicals of all-time / in no particular order

posted 16 years ago by oldsenior
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The top four movie musicals of all-time / in no particular order are:

The Band Wagon
Singin' in the Rain
An American in Paris
Easter Parade

and tied for fifth place are:

Seven Brothers for Seven Brides
Meet Me in St Louis
Top Hat
Flying down to Rio
The Gay Divorcee
For Me and My Gal

and the ones for honorable mention are:

the 4 Mickey and Judy musicals

[–] senior153 14 years ago

My Up-date:

The top four movie musicals of all-time / in no particular order are:

The Band Wagon
Singin' in the Rain
An American in Paris
Easter Parade

and tied for fifth place are:

Seven Brothers for Seven Brides
Meet Me in St Louis
Top Hat
Flying down to Rio
The Gay Divorcee
For Me and My Gal

Honorable mentions are:

the 4 Mickey and Judy musicals
Golddigger series
Broadway Melody series
Ziegfeld series

[–] PSVillas 14 years ago

Meet Me In St Louis
Singin' In The Rain
Mary Poppins
Carousel

[–] brilliantholmes 14 years ago

Singing in the Rain
West Side Story
Cabaret
and...

THE LION KING (is this allowed? Because really... Disney.)

Also, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. But mostly because I think it's hilarious.

[–] 14 years ago

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[–] joltzz 12 years ago

This is probably the most diverse, craziest and downright coolest of all the lists I have seen on this thread.

[–] Narseshasnone 13 years ago

I have to admit that I'm kind of surprised that no one on this thread even mentioned my favorite musical,'All That Jazz'which I still find stunning.
Oh well,here's ATJ and a few more.

All That Jazz - Great Movie,great story behind the making of this film.
Top Hat - have to have a shout out for Fred and Ginger.
The Wizard of OZ - still magical.
An American in Paris - Gershwin's music is enough for me.

[–] hodie 12 years ago

South Pacific
West Side Story
Carousel
The Sound of Music

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[–] PussyCrusher_Principal 12 years ago

I'm no authority on musicals so I won't presume to debate the finer points - came here because AAIP was on TCM, and it grabs me a little more each time I see it or a part of it. It's a magical movie (as is The Wizard of Oz, as one post mentioned...still). One further comment: loved seeing The Band Wagon get some love (from the OP at least). Not always, but I've seen TCM show it back to back with Singin' In The Rain, as sort of sister movies (not that they are, but it seems that way to me when shown like that). Not saying it's as good as SITR, but I think I like it just as much - and I definitely like SITR...Interesting to compare Astaire to Kelly in those 2 films in particular...

anyway, love The Band Wagon, that's all I wanted to say. I am also a big fan of Cover Girl

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[–] flickfever 12 years ago

An American in Paris
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Wizard of Oz
Fiddler on the Roof

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[–] MissTexasMcCoy 10 years ago

My favorites, in no particular order, are: Oklahoma, Fiddler on the Roof, Paint Your Wagon, and Tammy and the Bachelor.

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