Top 20 Movie Musicals of the Last 50 Years
How will 'Les Miserables' compare to these classics?
With "Les Miserables" hitting theaters this week, HitFix staffers thought it was time to pick the top 20 movie musicals of the last 50 years. Bound to stir up debate, we've picked both some obvious choices ("The Sound of Music") and more off-beat fare ("The Phantom of the Paradise").
Check out our list below. Agree? Disagree? Sound off in the comments section.
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December 24, 2012 at 2:47AM EST Reply to Comment"Rick Moranis and Audrey Greene both give all-time great performances"
That's Ellen Greene as Audrey.
dan Parker - Yup! Fixed... Thanks...
December 24, 2012 at 2:56AM EST-Daniel
Samantha
December 24, 2012 at 3:00AM EST Reply to CommentI love that you included phantom of the paradise! It's such a great movie! There's so many on this list I still need to see. Really wonderful list :)
zmanoc@yahoo.com
December 24, 2012 at 3:02AM EST Reply to CommentI nominate "Xanadu" for #21.
Joyeful
December 24, 2012 at 3:03AM EST Reply to CommentThe only glaring omission I can think of is the Lion King. Awesome movie, amazing music by Tim Rice and Elton John, killed at the box office AND Broadway.
Oh, and South Park was a pleasant surprise!
John
December 24, 2012 at 3:12AM EST Reply to CommentYikes, no Jacques Demy musicals.
Fireflame94 I feel stupid now for missing your comment, but I said something similar a few comments down.
December 24, 2012 at 5:17PM ESThenry
December 24, 2012 at 3:58AM EST Reply to Commentsweeney todd?
Fred
December 24, 2012 at 7:58AM EST Reply to CommentWrite a comment...Ummmmm Well, First of all how did cartoon or I maybe I should use the correct PC term animated films get on the list as musicals yet Seet Charity, Chicago, Annie, and granted though it had it's premire in December 1961 it wasn't released fully till 1962 making it 50 years is West Side Story. Didnt make the list?
jonathan Annie is kinda twee and dated these days. Chicago is a great musical, but the film version was a bit messy (for my money better than Moulin Rouge and Dreamgirls any day though!)
December 24, 2012 at 10:03AM ESTWould be nice to see Hedwig and the Angry Inch or Hairspray (remake) here though.
dan Fred - As you say, "West Side Story" isn't there because it premiered in 1961. End of story. As for the others you suggested, they were all there and got a couple votes, but didn't make the list. So it goes.
December 24, 2012 at 12:26PM ESTAnd Jonathan... Hedwig is in there.
-Daniel
chaburchak
December 24, 2012 at 11:26AM EST Reply to CommentI can't take your list seriouly without 1776 on it. Still as powerful as when I first saw it in high school...
Intellectual Ninja
December 24, 2012 at 4:38PM EST Reply to CommentI'm very happy to see that Chicago didn't make the cut.
Extremely overrated film.
I love Little Shop, but my number 1 vote would've gone to South Park for sure.
As far as the Disney musicals, I love Aladdin. I would've put Aladdin on there in The Little Mermaid's spot.
Arabian Nights, One Step Ahead, Friend Like Me, Prince Ali, Whole New World.
That's some heavy ammunition in your can, you know what I'm saying?
I'll never understand why Aladdin gets short shrift of that era of Disney Animated Musicals. Great music and great performances by Robin Williams, Jonathan Freeman, and Gilbert Gottfried.
And come to think of it, The Lion King probably deserves a place up there to.
I mean, Jeremy Irons sinking his teeth into Scar and his performance of Be Prepared might the best single song of that whole era of Disney music. Yes, even better than Angela Lansbury singing Beauty and the Beast.
Check it out if you've forgotten. Jeremy Irons is the man, er, the lion!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkU23m6yX04
Fireflame94
December 24, 2012 at 5:15PM EST Reply to CommentWhere are the Jacques Demy films? I would have imagined that Umbrellas of Cherbourg must have picked up a few votes.
prettok
December 26, 2012 at 1:50AM EST Reply to CommentKrush Groove? The Who's Tommy? Oh Brother, Where art thou? The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas? (Charles Durning RIP)
Vegastim35
December 28, 2012 at 1:28AM EST Reply to CommentIn a list that includes Hedwig, Little Shop, and Phantom of the Paradise, I find it disturbing and even a bit insulting that 'Rocky Horror' didn't even get an honorable mention!