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

Here's mine, also in no particular order, its hard enough just to choose 4!!

West Side Story
The Wizard of Oz
An American in Paris
Singin' in the Rain

Tied for fifth were:
Sound of Music
Chicago
Moulin Rouge

Honorable Mentions go to:
On the Town
White Christmas
Holiday Inn
My Fair Lady
Meet Me in St. Louis
Mary Poppins
Grease

Note: Unfortunately I have not seen Band Wagon yet :( I am looking forward to buying it though. I also bought the complete Astaire and Rogers collection recently and, once I get the time to see all of those, I am sure some will definitely fit in on the list. There are just too many wonderful musicals though to really narrow it down to 4!!

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My top ten is as follows:

West Side Story
Singing In The Rain
The Band Wagon
Oliver!
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
Carousel
A Star Is Born
An American In Paris
The Sound Of Music
Cabaret

Nice try, Old-timer, but "Meet Me in St. Louis" is a far finer film
than "Easter Parade." But so is "Top Hat" and "Seven Brides For Seven
Brothers." I love "Parade", but it is nowhere near the aforementioned
as a classic film.

Hummmm....Off the top of my head my favorites are, and in no order:

Showboat
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
The Sound of Music
Mary Poppins
Oklahoma
The Music Man
Its Always Fair Weather
Chicago
The Wizard of Oz

As there are more than four, some need to be tied to fourth. As above if my opinion makes me an idiot (which I always feel is odd when discussing art of any kind) so be it....I don't care for some mentioned above, and some I have not seen, but IMO always its to each there own:)

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i guess my favorite musicals are:
singing in the rain
my fair lady
meet me in st. louis
the band wagon


and honorable mentions are:
mary poppins
the king and i

Very nice list indeed. But I still do not understand anyone's love of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. It's bright and beautiful and the dancing is really fun, but I just can't seem to get past the sheer hokeyness of it all. Perhaps someone will explain this to me someday :)

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The top 4 movie musicals in no particular order... interesting idea. My choices are based on the choreography:

The Band Wagon (the Central Park sequence at the beginning of "Dancing in the Dark", where Fred lead Cyd into a demi-pirouette, and she followed through coming out of her turn with her right leg fully extended and then took a seat on the bench. There is only one word that properly describes that move: Smooth).

West Side Story (the dance-off at the gym between the Jets and the Sharks. The kinetic call and response is just mesmerizing, and seamlessly transitions to the meeting of Maria and Tony).

Summer Stock (Judy Garland in a man's hat, tuxedo jacket, dancer's trunks, seamed stockings and high heels performing "Come on, Get Happy". Do I need to go on?). And a 4-way tie for the last of the 4 top musicals:

Royal Wedding (Fred Astaire dancing on the ceiling. I don't even want to know how it was done, just let me believe in the magic).

A Damsel in Distress (who can't love Fred Astaire, George Burns and Gracie Allen tap dancing together to "Stiff Upper Lip"? A landmark film for that partnership alone).

Easter Parade (Judy & Fred dancing around and out of his apartment before they head to 5th Avenue to "Easter Parade". Sweetly romantic).

Flying Down to Rio (Fred and Ginger, first pairing: Enough said).

And I think Honorable Mention should go to Funny Face. Though Audrey Hepburn wasn't technically known for her dancing, her "Beat" performance was inspiring, and though she wasn't really dancing, in the strict definition of the term, her descent down that staircase with her holding her head high and that gauzy wrap floating over her head was the classiest thing I have ever seen in a movie.

In no particular order...

Singin' in the rain
An American in Paris
Anchors Aweigh
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Easter Parade
The Band Wagon
Ziegfeld Follies (How amazing was The Babbit and the Bromide??)
Phantom of the Opera (2004)
The Sound of Music
Grease

Sigh, love musicals...