Greatest Film Musicals |
Title - (Year, Director) (Main Actors) (Significant Songs)
1. Singin' in the Rain - (1952, Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly) (Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds)
("Singin' in the Rain", "Make Em Laugh", "Would You?", "You Were Meant For Me")
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2. The Wizard of Oz - (1939, Victor Fleming) (Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr)
("Over The Rainbow", "We're Off to See The Wizard", "If I Only Had A Brain")
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3. The Sound of Music - (1965, Robert Wise) (Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer)
("Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "My Favorite Things", "The Sound Of Music", "Sixteen Going On Seventeen")
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Singin' in the Rain
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The Wizard of Oz
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The Sound of Music
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4. The Music Man - (1962, Morton DaCosta) (Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett)
("Till There Was You", "Goodnight My Someone", "Seventy Six Trombones")
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5. West Side Story - (1961, Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise) (Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer)
("Maria", "Somewhere", "Tonight", "America", "I Feel Pretty")
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6. My Fair Lady - (1964, George Cukor) (Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Wilfrid Hyde-White)
("I Could Have Danced All Night", "On The Street Where You Live", "Wouldn't It Be Loverly")
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The Music Man
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West Side Story
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My Fair Lady
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7. Cabaret - (1972, Bob Fosse) (Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Michael York)
("Cabaret", "Tomorrow Belongs To Me", "Money, Money")
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8. Meet Me in St. Louis - (1944, Vincente Minnelli) (Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor)
("Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas", "Meet Me In St. Louis", "The Trolley Song")
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9. The King and I - (1956, Walter Lang) (Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno)
("Getting To Know You", "Whistle A Happy Tune", "Hello, Young Lovers")
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10. An American in Paris - (1951, Vincente Minnelli) (Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant)
("I Got Rhythm", "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "'S Wonderful")
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11. Yankee Doodle Dandy - (1942, Michael Curtiz) (James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston)
("Give My Regards To Broadway", "Yankee Doodle Boy", "You're A Grand Old Flag")
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12. On the Town - (1949, S. Donen, G. Kelly) (Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller)
("New York, New York", "On the Town", "When You Walk Down Mainstreet With Me")
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13. A Star Is Born - (1954, George Cukor) (Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson)
("The Man That Got Away", "Here's What I'm Here For")
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14. Oklahoma! (1955, Fred Zinnemann) (Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Gloria Grahame)
("Oh, What A Beautiful Morning", "Oklahoma!", "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top")
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15. South Pacific - (1958, Joshua Logan) (Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gayno, Ray Walston)
("Some Enchanted Evening", "Younger Than Springtime", "I'm In Love With A Wonderful Guy")
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16. Funny Girl - (1968, William Wyler) (Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford)
("People", "Funny Girl", "My Man", "I'm the Greatest Star", "Don't Rain on My Parade")
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17. Mary Poppins - (1964, Robert Stevenson) (Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Glynis Johns)
("Chim Chim Cher-ee", "A Spoonful Of Sugar", "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious")
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18. Top Hat - (1935, Mark Sandrich) (Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton)
("Top Hat, White Tie And Tails", "Isn't It A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain)?", "Cheek To Cheek")
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19. The Band Wagon - (1953, Vincente Minnelli) (Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant)
("That's Entertainment!", "Dancing In The Dark", "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan")
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20. Grease - 1978, Randal Kleiser) (John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing)
("You're The One That I Want", Grease", "Summer Nights", "Hopelessly Devoted To You")
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21. Show Boat - (1936, James Whale) (Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Paul Robeson)
("Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "Make Believe")
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22. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - (1954, Stanley Donen) (Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Jeff Richards)
"When You're In Love", "Wonderful, Wonderful Day", "Spring, Spring, Spring")
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23. Porgy and Bess - (1959, Otto Preminger) (Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey)
("Summertime", "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'", "It Ain't Necessarily So")
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24. Gigi - (1958, Vincente Minnelli) (Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan)
("Thank Heaven For Little Girls", "I Remember It Well", "Say A Prayer For Me Tonight")
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25. Guys and Dolls - (1955, Joseph L. Mankiewicz) (Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra)
("A Bushel And A Peck", "Luck Be A Lady", "If I Were A Bell")
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26. All That Jazz - (1979, Bob Fosse) (Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ben Vereen)
("On Broadway", "Who's Sorry Now", "Everything Old Is New Again")
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27. 42nd Street - (1933, Lloyd Bacon) (Ginger Rogers, Warner Baxter, Ruby Keeler)
("Shuffle Off To Buffalo", "You're Getting To Be A Habit with Me", "42nd Street")
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28. Hello, Dolly! - (1969, Gene Kelly) (Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford)
("Hello Dolly", "Love Is Only Love", 'Before The Parade Passes By")
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29. Chicago - (2002, Rob Marshall) (Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere)
("All That Jazz", "I Can't Do It Alone", "Nowadays")
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30. Carousel - (1956, Henry King) (Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell)
('If I Loved You", "June Is Bustin' Out All Over", "What's The Use Of Wond'rin'")
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31. Oliver! - (1968, Carol Reed) (Mark Lester, Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Jack Wild)
('I'd Do Anything", "Consider Yourself", "As Long As He Needs Me")
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32. Gypsy - (1962, Mervyn LeRoy) (Natalie Wood, Rosalind Russell, Karl Malden)
("Everything's Coming Up Roses", "Let Me Entertain You", 'Together Wherever We Go")
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33. Mame - (1974, Gene Saks) (Lucille Ball, Beatrice Arthur, Robert Preston, Joyce Van Patten)
("Mame", "Open A New Window", "If He Walked Into My Life")
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34. Holiday Inn - (1942, Mark Sandrich) (Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds)
("White Christmas", "The Song Of Freedom", "Be Careful It's My Heart")
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35. Easter Parade - (1948,Charles Walters) (Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller)
("Easter Parade", "Steppin' Out With My Baby", "A Couple Of Swells",)
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36. Brigadoon - (1954, Vincente Minnelli) (Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse)
("Almost Like Being In Love", '"Waitin' For My Dearie", "Heather On The Hill")
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37. The Rocky Horror Picture Show - (1975, Jim Sharman) (Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry)
("Time Warp", "Whatever Happened To Saturday Night?", "Science Fiction, Double Feature")
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38. Alexander's Ragtime Band - (1938, Henry King) (Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche)
("Strike Up The Band", "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody", "Blue Skies")
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39. Hair - (1979, Milos Forman) (Treat Williams, John Savage, Beverly D'Angelo)
("Aquarius", "Let The Sunshine In", "Easy To Be Hard", "Good Morning Starshine")
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40. Annie Get Your Gun - (1950, George Sidney) (Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern)
("There's No Business Like Show Business", "I Got The Sun In The Morning", "Anything You Can Do")
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41. Anchors Aweigh - (1945, George Sidney) (Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Kathryn Grayson)
("I Fall In Love Too Easily", "The Charm Of You", "What Makes The Sunset")
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42. Funny Face - (1957, Stanley Donen) (Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson)
("'S Wonderful", "Bonjour, Paris!", "Let's Kiss And Make Up", "How Long Has This Been Going On?")
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43. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - (1971, Mel Stuart) (Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum)
("The Candy Man", "Pure Imagination", "Oompa Loompa")
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44. Fiddler on the Roof - (1971, Norman Jewison) (Topol, Norma Crane, Michele Marsh)
("Sunrise, Sunset", "If I Were A Rich Man", "Matchmaker")
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45. Kismet - (1955, Vincente Minnelli) (Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray)
("Stranger In Paradise", "And This Is My Beloved", "Fate", "Baubles, Bangles & Beads")
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46. Flower Drum Song - (1961, Henry Koster) (Nancy Kwan, Jack Soo, James Shigeta)
("I Enjoy Being A Girl", "Love, Look Away", "You Are Beautiful")
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47. Paint Your Wagon - (1969, Joshua Logan) (Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg, Ray Walston)
("They Call The Wind Maria", "Wand'rin' Star", "I Talk To The Trees" )
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48. Babes in Arms - (1939, Busby Berkeley) (Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton")
("The Lady Is A Tramp", "Where Or When", "My Funny Valentine")
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49. Kiss Me Kate - (1953, George Sidney) (Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller)
("So In Love", "From This Moment On", "Why Can't You Behave")
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50. The Gay Divorcee - (1934, Mark Sandrich) (Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady)
("The Continental", "Night And Day")
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51. La La Land - (2016, Damien Chazelle) (Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt)
(City of Stars, Audition (The Fools Who Dream), Another Day of Sun)
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52. Finian's Rainbow - (1968, Francis Ford Coppola) (Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Keenan Wynn)
("When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love", "Look To The Rainbow", "How Are Things In Glocca Morra")
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53. Naughty Marietta - (1935, Robert Z. Leonard) (Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald, Elsa Lanchester)
("Ah, Sweet Mystery Of Life", "I'm Falling In Love With Someone", "'Neath The Southern Moon")
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54. A Chorus Line - (1985) (Richard Attenborough) (Michael Douglas, Terrence Mann, Janet Jones)
("What I Did For Love", "One", "I Hope I Get It", "The Music And The Mirror")
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55. For Me and My Gal - (1942, Busby Berkeley) (Judy Garland, George Murphy, Gene Kelly)
("How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm? (After They've Seen Paree)", "After You've Gone")
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56. Damn Yankees! - (1958, George Abbott) (Gwen Verdon, Tab Hunter, Ray Walston)
("Heart", "Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets", "Who's Got The Pain")
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57. Funny Lady- (1975, Herbert Ross) (Barbra Streisand, James Caan, Omar Sharif, Roddy McDowall)
("How Lucky Can You Get", "Am I Blue", "More Than You Know")
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58. Little Shop of Horrors - (1986, Frank Oz) (Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Steve Martin)
("Mean Green Mother From Outter Space", "Skid Row (Downtown)", "Suddenly Seymour")
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59. Jesus Christ Superstar - (1973, Norman Jewison) (Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman)
("I Don't Know How To Love Him", "Everything's Alright", "Gethsemane", "Hosanna")
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60. The Phantom of the Opera - (2004, Joel Schumacher) (Gerard Butler, Miranda Richardson)
("The Music Of The Night", "All I Ask Of You", "Learn To Be Lonely")
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61. Camelot - (1967, Joshua Logan) (Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero)
("If Ever I Would Leave You", "How To Handle A Woman", "Camelot")
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62. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - (1964, Jacques Demy) (Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo)
("I Will Wait For You", "Watch What Happens")
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63. Tommy- (1975, Ken Russell) (Roger Daltrey, Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed)
("Pinball Wizard", "I'm Free", "See Me, Feel Me / Listening To You")
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64. Annie - (1982, John Huston) (Carol Burnett, Aileen Quinn, Tim Curry)
("Tomorrow", "Maybe", "I Don't Need Anything But You")
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65. Fame - (1980, Alan Parker) (Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean)
("Fame", "Out Here On My Own", "I Sing The Body Electric")
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66. Thoroughly Modern Millie - (1967, George Roy Hill) (Julie Andrews, James Fox, Mary Tyler Moore)
("Thoroughly Modern Millie", "Baby Face", "Poor Butterfly", "Jimmy")
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67. The Harvey Girls - (1946, George Sidney) (Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger)
("On The Atchinson, Topeka and The Santa Fe", "Wait And See")
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68. New York, New York -(1977, Martin Scorsese) (Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Lionel Stander)
("New York, New York", "You Are My Lucky Star", "Man I Love", "Blue Moon")
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69. A Hard Day's Night - (1964, R. Lester) (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr)
("A Hard Day's Night", "If I Fell", "I Should Have Known Better", "And I Love Her")
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70. High Society - (1956, Charles Walters) (Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong)
("True Love", "Mind If I Make Love To You?", "You're Sensational")
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71. Swing Time - (1936, George Stevens) (Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore)
("The Way You Look Tonight", "Pick Yourself Up", "A Fine Romance", "Never Gonna Dance")
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72. Godspell - (1973, David Greene) (Victor Garber, David Haskell, Jerry Sroka)
("Day By Day", "Beautiful City", "By My Side", "On The Willows")
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73. The Blues Brothers - (1980, John Landis) (Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Carrie Fisher)
("Jailhouse Rock", "Think", "Sweethome Chicago", "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love")
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74. Moulin Rouge! - (2001, Baz Luhrmann) (Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo)
("Lady Marmalade", "Nature Boy", "Come What May", "One Day I'll Fly Away")
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75. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - (1966, Richard Lester) (Zero Mostel,
Michael Crawford) ("Comedy Tonight", "Lovely", "Love, I Hear")
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76. The Unsinkable Molly Brown - (1964, Charles Walters) (Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Ed Begley)
("I Ain't Down Yet", "I'll Never Say No", "Belly Up To The Bar")
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77. White Christmas - (1954, Michael Curtiz) (Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney)
("White Christmas", "Blue Skies", "Sisters")
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78. Ziegfeld Girl - (1941, Robert Z. Leonard) (Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, James Stewart)
("I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", "You Stepped Out Of A Dream")
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79. Bye Bye Birdie - (1963, George Sidney) (Ann-Margret, Bobby Rydell, Janet Leigh)
("Kids", "Put On A Happy Face", "We Love You Conrad")
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80. Doctor Dolittle - (1967, Richard Fleischer) (Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley)
("Talk To The Animals", "Beautiful Things", "When I Look In Your Eyes")
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81. Ain't Misbehavin' - (1955, Edward Buzzell) (Rory Calhoun, Piper Laurie, Mamie Van Doren)
("I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter", "Black And Blue", "That Ain't Right")
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82. Anything Goes - (1936, Lewis Milestone) (Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Ida Lupino)
("Anything Goes", "I Get A Kick Out Of You", "You're The Top")
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83. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - (1967, D. Swift) (Robert Morse, Michele Lee)
("I Believe In You", "Coffee Break", "Rosemary", "Happy To Keep His Dinner Warm")
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84. Gold Diggers of 1933 - (1933, Mervyn LeRoy) (Warren William, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler)
("We're In The Money", "Pettin' In The Park", "Shadow Waltz")
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85. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - (1982, Colin Higgins) (Dolly Parton, Burt Reynolds)
("I Will Always Love You", "Hard Candy Christmas", "Sneakin' Around")
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86. Rose Marie - (1954, Mervyn LeRoy) (Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, Fernando Lamas)
("Indian Love Call", "The Mounties", "Rose Marie")
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87. Dreamgirls - (2006, Bill Condon) (Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson)
("And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", "One Night Only", "I Want You Baby")
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88. Strike Up the Band - (1940, Busby Berkeley) (Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, June Preisser)
("Strike Up The Band", "The Man I Love", "Soon")
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89. The Broadway Melody - (1929, Harry Beaumont) (Charles King, Anita Page, Bessie Love)
("Give My Regards To Broadway", "You Were Ment For Me", "Love Boat")
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90. Pal Joey - (1957, George Sidney) (Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak)
("The Lady Is a Tramp", "Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered", "My Funny Valentine")
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91. 1776 - (1972, Peter H. Hunt) (William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard)
("Till Then", "Yours, Yours, Yours", "Molasses To Rum")
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92. Call Me Madam - (1953, Walter Lang) (Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Vera-Ellen)
("You're Just In Love", "The Hostess With The Mostest'", "It's A Lovely Day Today")
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93. In The Good Old Summertime - (1949, R. Z. Leonard) (Judy Garland, Van Johnson, Buster Keaton)
("In The Good Old Summertime", "Put Your Arms Around Me Honey", "I Don't Care")
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94. Can-Can - (1960, Walter Lang) (Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier)
("Live and Let Live", "Just One of Those Things", "Come Along with Me", "I Love Paris")
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95. Rent - (2005, Chris Columbus) (Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson)
("I'll Cover You", "La Vie Boheme", "Love Heals", "Your Eyes")
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96. Evita - (1996, Alan Parker) (Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce)
("Don't Cry For Me Argentina", "You Must Love Me")
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97. Purple Rain - (1984, Albert Magnoli) (Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day)
("When Doves Cry", "Let's Go Crazy," "Take Me With You", "I Would Die 4 U")
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98. Viva Las Vegas - (1964, George Sidney) (Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, Cesare Danova)
("Viva Las Vegas", "What'd I Say", "I Need Somebody To Lean On", The Lady Loves Me")
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99. Calamity Jane - (1953, David Butler) (Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie)
("Secret Love", "The Black Hills Of Dakota", "My Heart Is Higher Than A Hawk")
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100. The Wiz - (1978, Sidney Lumet) (Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor)
("Ease On Down The Road", "If You Believe", "Home")
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Honerable Mentions
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That's Entertainment - (1974, Jack Haley Jr.) (Documentary- MGM Musical Highlights)
That's Entertainment Part II - (1976, Gene Kelly) (Documentary- MGM Musical Highlights)
That's Entertainment Part III - (1994, Bud Friedgen) (Documentary- MGM Musical Highlights)
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