AFI's 100 Years of Musicals

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Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years of Musicals is to be a list of the top musicals in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute at the Hollywood Bowl on September 3, 2006. Unlike most of the prevous lists, it only composed of 25 winners and was not presented in a televised program.

AFI's List of 25 Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time:

1. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
2. West Side Story (1961)
3. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
4. The Sound of Music (1965)
5. Cabaret (1972)
6. Mary Poppins (1964)
7. A Star Is Born (1954)
8. My Fair Lady (1964)
9. An American in Paris (1951)
10. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
11. The King and I (1956)
12. Chicago (2002)
13. 42nd Street (1933)
14. All That Jazz (1979)
15. Top Hat (1935)
16. Funny Girl (1968)
17. The Band Wagon (1953)
18. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
19. On the Town (1949)
20. Grease (1978)
21. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
22. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
23. Guys and Dolls (1955)
24. Show Boat (1936)
25. Moulin Rouge! (2001)

[edit] See also

List of notable musical theatre productions

[edit] External links

• American Film Institute