Best Movie Musicals

[broadwaydestined]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 12:13am

I'm doing a project in my film studies class right now, and i'm looking for really good musicals to show parts of. Any suggestions?

Updated On: 10/4/06 at 12:13 AM

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 2:00am

Singing in the Rain
Oliver
Sound of Music
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1776

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 2:11am

Cabaret
Hair
Oliver!
The Sound of Music
1776
West Side Story
My Fair Lady
The King and I

The best.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 3:15am

I think it's fair game to include any that won Best Picture or were nominated for Best Picture (so add Chicago, Gigi, An American in Paris, Moulin Rouge, etc.)

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 3:16am

Don't know if it's the best, but I love An American in Paris.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 3:30am

I would also like to add "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" to the group

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 3:44am

Hedwig is DEF worth mentioning, and I would also want to add Dancer in the Dark.

And, imho, Evita had something to do with the resurgence of musical theatre on film---Moulin Rouge gets the credit.

[Marquise]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 3:55am

RENT









































NOT!

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 4:20am

Then there's my favorite movie of all time, which for some reason totally escaped me before: All That Jazz. Brilliant film.

Posted: 10/4/06 at 7:23am

"Star Struck". "This is Spinal Tap". "Can't stop the Music".

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 8:30am

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 8:41am

There is the perfection of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, WEST SIDE STORY, THE MUSIC MAN and MARY POPPINS. Everything else is inferior. No matter what AFI or some other trumped-up pannel of "expertts" says. Doesn't mean there aren't some entertaining films among the others.

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 8:43am

Wow... four good ones and the rest are crap?

Nice philosophy.

I don't agree with that at all.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 12:59pm

I don't agree with it, either. That isn't what I said.

[mejusthavingfun]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 1:54pm

There is an AFI list somewhere. "Meet Me in St. Luis" is one of my personal favorites. The film is just stunning, the camera just loves Judy.

Posted: 10/4/06 at 9:06pm

Wizard of Oz
The Band Wagon
Good News
Kiss Me Kate
Showboat
Oklahoma
My Fair Lady
Oliver

Maybe not the best, but ones I enjoy

[jeremykushnier1fan]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 10:15pm

West Side Story.

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 1:44am

West Side Story and My Fair Lady

And hell, why not Reefer Madness? It's a new classic.