Favourite Musicals
My top 20 favourite Musicals in order
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1.
Singin' in the Rain
(1952)
A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound. (103 mins.)
Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
2.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
(1975)
A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. (100 mins.)
Director: Jim Sharman
3.
Beauty and the Beast
(1991)
Belle, whose father is imprisoned by the Beast, offers herself instead and discovers her captor to be an enchanted prince. (84 mins.)
Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
4.
Les Misérables
(2012)
In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives for ever. (158 mins.)
Director: Tom Hooper
5.
Everyone Says I Love You
(1996)
A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged. (101 mins.)
Director: Woody Allen
6.
The Lion King
(1994)
Lion cub and future king Simba tests his limits, supported by his family, but sometimes gets in over his head. (89 mins.)
Director: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
7.
The Wizard of Oz
(1939)
Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home. (102 mins.)
Director: Victor Fleming
8.
The Muppets
(2011)
A Muppet fanatic with some help from his two human compatriots must regroup the Muppet gang to stop a avaricious oil mogul from taking down one of their precious life-longing treasures. (103 mins.)
Director: James Bobin
9.
Grease
(1978)
Good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance? (110 mins.)
Director: Randal Kleiser
10.
Pink Floyd The Wall
(1982)
A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone. (95 mins.)
Director: Alan Parker
11.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
(1971)
A poor boy wins the opportunity to tour the most eccentric and wonderful candy factory of all. (100 mins.)
Director: Mel Stuart
12.
Aladdin
(1992)
When a street urchin vies for the love of a beautiful princess, he uses a genie's magic power to make himself off as a prince in order to marry her. (90 mins.)
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
13.
South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut
(1999)
When the four boys see an R-rated movie featuring Canadians Terrance & Phillip, they are pronounced "corrupted", and their parents pressure the United States to wage war against Canada. (81 mins.)
Director: Trey Parker
14.
Cannibal! The Musical
(1993)
The sole survivor of an ill-fated mining expedition tells how his taste for gold was replaced by that of human flesh. (95 mins.)
Director: Trey Parker
15.
The Little Mermaid
(1989)
A mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain with an unscrupulous sea-witch in order to meet a human prince on land. (83 mins.)
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
16.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(1937)
Snow White runs away from the castle, driven out by the Evil Queen and finds warmth in a home of seven dwarves. (83 mins.)
Director: William Cottrell, David Hand
17.
Annie
(1982)
A young orphan girl's adventures in finding a family that will take her. (126 mins.)
Director: John Huston
18.
My Fair Lady
(1964)
A misogynistic and snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society. (170 mins.)
Director: George Cukor
19.
Labyrinth
(1986)
Fifteen-year-old Sarah accidentally wishes her baby half-brother, Toby, away to the Goblin King Jareth who will keep Toby if Sarah does not complete his Labyrinth in thirteen hours. (101 mins.)
Director: Jim Henson
20.
White Christmas
(1954)
A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general. (120 mins.)
Director: Michael Curtiz