Channel 4 counts down the best musicals of all time

100. Let's Make Love
99. Miss Saigon
98. Bright Eyes
97. The Cotton Club
96. Lullaby of Broadway
95. Breaking Glass
94. Sholay
93. How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
92. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
91. Everyone Says I Love You
90. Cry Baby
89. A Little Night Music
88. For Me and My Girl
87. Million Dollar Mermid
86. There's No Business Like Show Business
85. Funny Face
84. Ziegfeld Follies
83. A Star is Born(Barbara Streisand)
82. Anything Goes
81. Yankee Doodle Dandy
80. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
79. All That Jazz
78. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
77. Porgy and Bess
76. Dancer in the Dark - Should be higher
75. Dil Se
74. Shall We Dance?
73. Half a Sixpence
72. Godspell
71. Show Boat
70. Gigi
69. The Producers
68. Kiss Me Kate
67. Doctor Dolittle
66. Gypsy
65. The Jazz Singer
64. Easter Parade
63. Jailhouse Rock
62. Sweet Charity
61. Scrooge
60. Top Hat
59. Funny Girl
58. An American in Paris
57. Paint Your Wagon
56. Meet Me In Saint Louis
55. Hair
54. On The Town
53. Cinderella
52. Carmen Jones
51. Thoroughly Modern Millie
50. Hello Dolly
49. Muppets Take Manhattan
48. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
47. Summer Holiday
46. A Chorus Line
45. A Star is Born(Judy Garland)
44. Tommy
43. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
42. Starlight Express
41. Carousel
40. 8 Mile
39. South Pacific
38. The Nightmare Before Christmas
37. White Christmas
36. Guys and Dolls
35. Oklahoma
34. High Society
33. Fiddler on the Roof
32. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
31. Blood Brothers
30. Cats
29. Fame
28. Jesus Christ Superstar
27. The Jungle Book
26. Annie
25. Calamity Jane
24. The Blues Brothers
23. The King and I
22. Evita
21. Little Shop of Horrors
20. Phantom of the Opera
19. Bugsy Malone
18. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
17. Cabaret
16. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
15. Les Miserables
14. The Lion King
13. Buffy the Vampire Slayer-Once More With Feeling
12. My Fair Lady
11. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
10. Moulin Rouge!
9. Oliver!
8. Chicago
7. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
6. Singin' in the Rain
5. Mary Poppins
4. The West Side story
3. The Wizard of Oz
2. The Sound of Music
1. Grease [img]graemlins/thumbs.gif[/img]

No Beauty and the Beast? Buffy? Ugh... That's so pathetic

Overall I like the list but a few movies need to be higher, I can't really say how high since I haven't seen most of these movies and for all I know they could be much better. I do know that 8 mile (7/10) should NOT be higher than Dancer in the Dark (8/10) and Buffy has no business being on this list especially above Willy Wonka (10/10), Nightmare before Xmas (10/10) and 85 others ( [img]tongue.gif[/img] ).

I don't really like The Jungle Book (7/10) being on there either... I think that movie along with Snow White (7.5/10) is the most overrated Disney movie. Cinderella (9/10) should have been higher than both and Beauty and the Beast (10/10) should have at least made the top 50.

The Top 10 itself seems fine to me. I've seen (and love) most of those movies. It was a surprise to see Moulin Rouge (8.5/10) not in the Top 3 since practically every person I know loves that movie to death. I watched Rocky Horror Picture Show (9/10) a few nights ago and enjoyed it way more than I thought I would. I already knew Grease (9/10) would be number one so no surprises there... I'm happy for it [img]graemlins/thumbs.gif[/img]

the only one i saw is grease [img]tongue.gif[/img]

You haven't seen Cinderella?

I'm watching or taping Les Miserables tonight. It depends on if i feel like watching that or Brazil.

Now that i've given it some thought i'll take back what i said about Jungle Book and Snow White.. as films they are quite overated but they do feature some of the most memorable songs ever.. Which makes them worthy for this list.

[ December 29, 2003, 04:50 PM: Message edited by: JHfan ]

Wow, the Buffy musical was absolutely brilliant. It deserves to be in the top 15. Lots of critics and top 10 lists have given it the credit it deserves.

Glad to see Rocky Horror, Chicago, and West Side Story so high. :D I think Dancer in the Dark and Hedwig should both be much higher. I would have put Moulin Rouge out of the top 20, probably around number 30. But thats just me.

[ December 29, 2003, 06:47 PM: Message edited by: Andrew ]

I think Cinderella (9/10), Fame (10/10), Annie (9/10) and The King and I (10/10) should've been higher up on the list :rolleyes:

I like that Mary Poppins (10/10) was so high up :D

oh right i also saw annie :D