BFI's 100 Film Musicals

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"From the coming of sound to the 1960s, the musical was central to Hollywood production. Exhibiting – often in spectacular fashion – the remarkable resources of the Hollywood studios, musicals came to epitomise the very idea of 'light entertainment'. Films like Top Hat and 42nd Street, Meet Me in St. Louis and On the Town, Singin' in the Rain and Oklahoma!, West Side Story and The Sound of Music were hugely popular, yet were commonly regarded by cultural commentators as trivial and escapist. It was the 1970s before serious study of the Hollywood musical began to change critical attitudes and foster an interest in musical films produced in other cultures. Hollywood musicals have become less common, but the genre persists and both academic interest in and fond nostalgia for the musical shows no signs of abating.

100 Film Musicals provides a stimulating overview of the genre's development, its major themes and the critical debates it has provoked. While centred on the dominant Hollywood tradition, 100 Film Musicals includes films from countries that often tried to emulate the Hollywood style, like Britain and Germany, as well as from very different cultures like India, Egypt and Japan. Jim Hillier and Douglas Pye also discuss post-1960s films from many different sources which adapt and reflect on the conventions of the genre, including recent examples such as Moulin Rouge! and High School Musical, demonstrating that the genre is still very much alive."

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  1. 14 -

    Chicago

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 39 -

    High School Musical

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  3. 76 -

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show

    1975, in 13 top lists Check
  4. 53 -

    Mary Poppins

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  5. 84 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  6. 78 -

    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

    1954, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 37 -

    A Hard Day's Night

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  8. 48 -

    Little Shop of Horrors

    1986, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 54 -

    Meet Me in St. Louis

    1944, in 15 top lists Check
  10. 27 -

    Funny Face

    1957, in 6 top lists Check
  11. 79 -

    Sholay

    1975 — a.k.a. Embers, in 11 top lists Check
  12. 30 -

    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

    1953, in 11 top lists Check
  13. 28 -

    Funny Girl

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 41 -

    8 femmes

    2002 — a.k.a. 8 Women, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 35 -

    Guys and Dolls

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 91 -

    Top Hat

    1935, in 14 top lists Check
  17. 6 -

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  18. 58 -

    The Music Man

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 67 -

    On the Town

    1949, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 26 -

    42nd Street

    1933, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 51 -

    Love Me Tonight

    1932, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 90 -

    Swing Time

    1936, in 13 top lists Check
  23. 18 -

    Les demoiselles de Rochefort

    1967 — a.k.a. The Young Girls of Rochefort, in 12 top lists Check
  24. 32 -

    Gold Diggers of 1933

    1933, in 11 top lists Check
  25. 92 -

    True Stories

    1986, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 10 -

    Car Wash

    1976, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 46 -

    Kiss Me Kate

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 56 -

    Le million

    1931 — a.k.a. Le Million, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 9 -

    Calamity Jane

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 16 -

    Cover Girl

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 24 -

    Footlight Parade

    1933, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 74 -

    The Pirate

    1948, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 70 -

    The Pajama Game

    1957, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 80 -

    Show Boat

    1936, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 82 -

    Silk Stockings

    1957, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 29 -

    The Gay Divorcee

    1934, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 40 -

    Holiday Inn

    1942, in 1 top list Check
  38. 52 -

    The Love Parade

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 65 -

    One Hour with You

    1932, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 49 -

    The Littlest Rebel

    1935, in 1 top list Check
  41. 31 -

    The Girl Can't Help It

    1956, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 20 -

    Die 3 Groschen-Oper

    1931 — a.k.a. The 3 Penny Opera, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 23 -

    Flying Down to Rio

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 55 -

    The Merry Widow

    1934, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 94 -

    Volga - Volga

    1938, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 99 -

    Ziegfeld Follies

    1945, in 1 top list Check
  47. 3 -

    Anchors Aweigh

    1945, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 42 -

    It's Always Fair Weather

    1955, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 93 -

    Viktor und Viktoria

    1933 — a.k.a. Victor and Victoria, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 33 -

    Golden Eighties

    1986, in 1 top list Check
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