The Best Movie Musicals of All Time from A to Z
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Date: 2023-11-20
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Here's the problem with an A-to-Z best of. Sometimes the best of a particular letter is not very good, especially when that letter has few entries from which to choose! Take X, for instance. Were there ANY other musicals in that category besides Xanadu? I mean, I was a young adult when that came out. I liked it all right, but I wasn't very discriminating at that age, and it got dismal reviews. LOL Likewise, sometimes a particular letter has TONS of choices. S, for example. Singin' in the Rain is widely considered to be the best musical of all time. But what about School of Rock, Show Boat, Silk Stockings, Sister Act, The Sound of Music, and A Star Is Born? Virtually ANY of those would beat Xanadu in a best of competition. See the issue? Still, I did enjoy watching this video! Some of these I'd never even heard of before.
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Here's the problem with an A-to-Z best of. Sometimes the best of a particular letter is not very good, especially when that letter has few entries from which to choose! Take X, for instance. Were there ANY other musicals in that category besides Xanadu? I mean, I was a young adult when that came out. I liked it all right, but I wasn't very discriminating at that age, and it got dismal reviews. LOL Likewise, sometimes a particular letter has TONS of choices. S, for example. Singin' in the Rain is widely considered to be the best musical of all time. But what about School of Rock, Show Boat, Silk Stockings, Sister Act, The Sound of Music, and A Star Is Born? Virtually ANY of those would beat Xanadu in a best of competition. See the issue? Still, I did enjoy watching this video! Some of these I'd never even heard of before.
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PendelSteven
I guess some of these were obvious, but some of these were harder to choose, ey, say:
Blues Brothers vs Bye Bye Birdy, Hairspray vs Hair, Singin' in the Rain vs Sound of Music, Mary Poppins vs Les Miserables. I'm European, Evita vs Enchanted, the Phantom of the Opera vs Purple Rain, Cabaret vs Chicago vs a Chorus Line (oh my.
But really. Blues Brothers is a Movie Musical Film, like it or not. And I love it. So there. Point made!
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I guess some of these were obvious, but some of these were harder to choose, ey, say:
Blues Brothers vs Bye Bye Birdy, Hairspray vs Hair, Singin' in the Rain vs Sound of Music, Mary Poppins vs Les Miserables. I'm European, Evita vs Enchanted, the Phantom of the Opera vs Purple Rain, Cabaret vs Chicago vs a Chorus Line (oh my.
But really. Blues Brothers is a Movie Musical Film, like it or not. And I love it. So there. Point made!
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James
Definitely a bias against musicals when musicals were central to the culture. Newsies over A Night at the Opera? All that Jazz over An American in Paris? Chicago over Carousel or Cabaret? West Side Story (great as it was) over The Wizard of Oz? Grease over Gentlemen Prefer Blondes? Mary Poppins over Meet Me in Saint Louis? I cant see any rationale for most of these choices except for the youth of the judges.
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Definitely a bias against musicals when musicals were central to the culture. Newsies over A Night at the Opera? All that Jazz over An American in Paris? Chicago over Carousel or Cabaret? West Side Story (great as it was) over The Wizard of Oz? Grease over Gentlemen Prefer Blondes? Mary Poppins over Meet Me in Saint Louis? I cant see any rationale for most of these choices except for the youth of the judges.
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Girl
Where's Annie? High School Musical? The Sound Of Music? The Barkleys Of Broadway? Broadway Melody Series? Wizard Of Oz? Meet Me In St. Louis? Cover Girl? Calamity Jane? You Were Never Lovelier? An American In Paris? Royal Wedding? I Love Melvin? White Christmas?
The only ones i liked were Singing In The Rain, Top Hat and Ziegfeld Follies!
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Where's Annie? High School Musical? The Sound Of Music? The Barkleys Of Broadway? Broadway Melody Series? Wizard Of Oz? Meet Me In St. Louis? Cover Girl? Calamity Jane? You Were Never Lovelier? An American In Paris? Royal Wedding? I Love Melvin? White Christmas?
The only ones i liked were Singing In The Rain, Top Hat and Ziegfeld Follies!
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Michael
Here's my favorite color movie musicals in chronological order.
King Of Jazz - 1930
Wizard Of Oz - 1939
Gangs All Here - 1943
Meet Me In St Louis - 1944
Ziegfeld Follies - 1945
Singin In The Rain - 1952
Band Wagon - 1953
South Pacific - 1958
Umbrellas Of Cherbourg - 1964
Pennies From Heaven - 1981
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Here's my favorite color movie musicals in chronological order.
King Of Jazz - 1930
Wizard Of Oz - 1939
Gangs All Here - 1943
Meet Me In St Louis - 1944
Ziegfeld Follies - 1945
Singin In The Rain - 1952
Band Wagon - 1953
South Pacific - 1958
Umbrellas Of Cherbourg - 1964
Pennies From Heaven - 1981
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Matthew
Put Newsies on here lol. A movie that Christian Bale refuses to speak about it's so good. Bugsy Malone is better than Bye Bye Birdie and putting Yentl instead of Yankee Doodle Dandy is a real headscratcher. You could have probably made an entire list based on Gene Kelly musicals if you wanted to.
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Put Newsies on here lol. A movie that Christian Bale refuses to speak about it's so good. Bugsy Malone is better than Bye Bye Birdie and putting Yentl instead of Yankee Doodle Dandy is a real headscratcher. You could have probably made an entire list based on Gene Kelly musicals if you wanted to.
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Valeria
I'm trying to get into the musical theatre genre and I knew most of the movies on this list before going on a musical binge. I guess I'm off to a good start? We need more musicals filmed today. S would be Sweeney Todd for me tbh. I love the dissonance in some of their songs.
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I'm trying to get into the musical theatre genre and I knew most of the movies on this list before going on a musical binge. I guess I'm off to a good start? We need more musicals filmed today. S would be Sweeney Todd for me tbh. I love the dissonance in some of their songs.
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mark
While I love Fiedler On The Roof, I think Fame should have the F spot. It had two songs nominated for Oscars, one of which (Fame) won and it took the Oscar for Best Score, winning over John Williams score for The Empire Strikes Back.
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While I love Fiedler On The Roof, I think Fame should have the F spot. It had two songs nominated for Oscars, one of which (Fame) won and it took the Oscar for Best Score, winning over John Williams score for The Empire Strikes Back.
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Rizka
Thank you for Newsies! Although, I have to admit N doesn't have many contenders: D
I knew Christian Bale is talented, the first time I saw him on Empire of The Sun. But only two years ago I found out he can sing and dance too!
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Thank you for Newsies! Although, I have to admit N doesn't have many contenders: D
I knew Christian Bale is talented, the first time I saw him on Empire of The Sun. But only two years ago I found out he can sing and dance too!
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Les
You fail at this with the very first pick. A is for An American in Paris. All that Jazz is absolute garbage compared to that masterpiece. and it's a good movie musical! That's how much better AAIP is.
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You fail at this with the very first pick. A is for An American in Paris. All that Jazz is absolute garbage compared to that masterpiece. and it's a good movie musical! That's how much better AAIP is.
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Michelle
There are a lot of musicals that are great that begin with the same letter. Meanwhile. dafuq is that Umbrella one and Xanadu? They are probably the only musicals that start with those letters.
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There are a lot of musicals that are great that begin with the same letter. Meanwhile. dafuq is that Umbrella one and Xanadu? They are probably the only musicals that start with those letters.
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Rizka
I haven't seen Purple Rain but I have seen The Phantom of The Opera, Pitch Perfect, The Princess and The Frog, and Pocahontas.
Is Purple Rain indeed the best among them?
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I haven't seen Purple Rain but I have seen The Phantom of The Opera, Pitch Perfect, The Princess and The Frog, and Pocahontas.
Is Purple Rain indeed the best among them?
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MsMojo
Are we in synch with your picks? Read about how we harmonized choices with our musical-loving friends at Dear Cast and Crew: dearcastandcrew. com/a-z/musical
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Are we in synch with your picks? Read about how we harmonized choices with our musical-loving friends at Dear Cast and Crew: dearcastandcrew. com/a-z/musical
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Paul
Singing in the Rain instead of Sound of Music - I don't think so. Purple Rain before the Phantom - maybe you thought
Phantom was spelled Fantom
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Singing in the Rain instead of Sound of Music - I don't think so. Purple Rain before the Phantom - maybe you thought
Phantom was spelled Fantom
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John
Some letters weaker than others - Sound of Music and Oliver! glaring omissions. a personal fav of mine (Mike Leigh's Topsy Turvy) also missing.
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Some letters weaker than others - Sound of Music and Oliver! glaring omissions. a personal fav of mine (Mike Leigh's Topsy Turvy) also missing.
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im glad la la land and west side story were both on here, but i mean come on, why is enchanted on here too? that movie is not good im sorry
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im glad la la land and west side story were both on here, but i mean come on, why is enchanted on here too? that movie is not good im sorry
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marklbetya
Mary Poppins o Dr My Fair Lady? If the best movie musical ever doesn't even win its letter, there is no reason to keep watching.
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Mary Poppins o Dr My Fair Lady? If the best movie musical ever doesn't even win its letter, there is no reason to keep watching.
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Bubbles
1988 Hairspray was WAY better then 2007. Prom should be P.
I will conceed Chicago is good even if I'm partial to Crybaby.
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1988 Hairspray was WAY better then 2007. Prom should be P.
I will conceed Chicago is good even if I'm partial to Crybaby.
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Michela
The fact that Annie, The Sound of Music and the Wizard of Oz aren't on this list invalidates the entire thing.
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The fact that Annie, The Sound of Music and the Wizard of Oz aren't on this list invalidates the entire thing.
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Ivor
fun, Had room for, Man of La Mancha, for M, or even Music Man. Gypsy for G. for L, Les Miserable, Showboat for S.
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fun, Had room for, Man of La Mancha, for M, or even Music Man. Gypsy for G. for L, Les Miserable, Showboat for S.
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reinerg
I was about to yell at t and say tick, tick. BOOM! but then I realized it hadn't com out at this point.
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I was about to yell at t and say tick, tick. BOOM! but then I realized it hadn't com out at this point.
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