AFI's - 25 Greatest Movie Musicals

This list was made and revealed by the American Film Institute in September 2006 in The Big Picture-AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals.
180 films in competion and only 25 have entered the list of the greatest musicals of all time.

The music is Tara's Theme by Arturo Mantovani & his Orchestra from movie Gone with the Wind.

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Film & Animation

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• afi
• american film institute
• 25
• greatest movie musicals
• hollywood
• show boat
• guys and dolls
• grease
• seven brides brothers
• on the town
• the wizard of oz
• cabaret
• meet me in st.louis
• top hat
• all that jazz
• moulin rouge
• beauty and the beast
• yankee doodle dandy
• the band wagon
• funny girl
• 42nd street
• chicago
• the king and i
• my fair lady
• an american in paris
• a star is born
• mary poppins
• the sound of music
• west side story
• singin' in the rain
• arturo mantovani

[simolionshane]

why is this playing to gone with the wind music?

[TheBigValley]

@simolionshane The theme music from Gone with the Wind, is the same used during the presentation of these films in 2006. I thank you for asking!

[NYCgirl1221]

awesome list considering i havent seen about half of these movies!!! the ones i have seen were on the very top, and i LOVED how beauty and the beast made it on. wonderfully done video btw :)

[TheBigValley]

@NYCgirl1221 Thank you so much! Much appreciated!

[alexoldmovies27]

but of course singing in the rain is number one!!!!! i knew it right from the beguining!!! :)

[TheBigValley]

@alexoldmovies27 :)

[silentbowl]

singin in the rain as number 1, definitely!

[Indeed999]

*gasp* No Fiddler on the Roof? Anyways, it was a good list. I'm glad West Side Story was high up!!

[KyleOgilvie1]

aded to this list would be Hairspray (You can't stop the beat, Good morning Baltimore and I know where i've been), Sweeney Todd (Epiphany, WOrst pies in london and No place like London) and Dreamgirls (And i am telling you, One Night Only and It's all over).

[therealMrA]

Oklahoma! was fine, but brutal in some parts. The accents IMO got irritating and the dream sequence was moronic. I agree with keeping it off the list. Glad to see Funny Girl get recognized as Barbara Streisand's best, and especially pleased that Singin' In the Rain is named best movie musical of all time. No movie musical ever got the point of musicals better.

[KyleOgilvie1]

my fave five musical movies are: West Side Story (1), RENT (2), Wizard of Oz (3), Hair (4) and Fiddler on the Roof (5).

[KyleOgilvie1]

as much as i love MR! BATB and Chicago, imo Oklahoma! Fiddler on the ROof and hair should be on there instead.

[ariascan2]

In my opinion it's a good list. I quite agree with the top three. But , from my point of view "Chicago" it's so overrated!!! I would have chosen instead "Gigi","State Fair(1945)","Camelot","My sister Eieen","Yentl""The fidle on the roof","Golddiggers 1933","Anchors aweigh" ,"High Society"and many more. I love to see on the list: "Top hat" ,"The band wagon" ,"Meet me in St. Louis","My Fair lady","An american in paris","Guys and dolls","Beauty and the Beast"and "Moulin Rouge

[jeanesingsjazz]

i don't agree with much here...where is gentlemen prefer blondes??? no way grease or chicago is better than top hat. no broadway melody of 1940, must be 20-30 yr olds making this list. someone needs to go and watch more movies.

[MrShaun42088]

Wizard of OZ --- awww forever a Timeless Classic

[delvie515]

Moulin Rouge? Really?

[ricardogutierrezable]

the wizard of oz should be #1

[DFDalton1962]

"Beauty and the Beast" doesn't belong here. It's animated, and to me musicals are mostly about watching live performers sing and dance. I would replace it with "Oklahoma!", which I'm surprised did not make the list.