More than 30 lists were aggregated to come up with this list. The focus here is specifically on musicals adapted or created for the movies. Click here to see the top stage musicals and here for the top music-themed/driven movies.
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1. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
2. West Side Story (1961)
3. The Sound of Music (1965)
4. Cabaret (1972)
5. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
6. Chicago (2002)
7. Moulin Rouge! (2001)
8. Grease (1978)
9. Mary Poppins (1964)
10. My Fair Lady (1964)
11. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
12. A Star Is Born (1954)
13. Top Hat (1935)
14. Fiddler on the Roof (1975)
15. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
16. Oliver! (1968)
17. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
18. The King and I (1956)
19. The Band Wagon (1953)
20. On the Town (1949)
21. An American in Paris (1951)
22. Funny Girl (1968)
23. Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
24. The Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
25. All That Jazz (1979)
26. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
27. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
28. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
29. The Lion King (1994)
30. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
31. The Music Man (1962)
32. Hedwig & the Angry Inch (2001)
33. Swing Time (1936)
34. 42nd Street (1933)
35. Phantom of the Opera (2004)
36. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
37. Gigi (1958)
38. Hairspray (2007)
39. Dreamgirls (2006)
40. La La Land (2017)
41. Rent (2005)
42. Annie (1982)
43. West Side Story (2021)
44. Hair (1979)
45. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)
46. Carousel (1956)
47. Oklahoma! (1955)
48. Funny Face (1957)
49. Fame (1980)
50. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
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First posted 11/4/2023. | 
