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EW's list of the top musicals of all time. These musicals have great numbers and sing-along moments. For the full article and photo gallery go to: http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20041669_20041686_20164491_1,00.html

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Rank   Name Release Directed by Genre(s) Actor(s)
  1. 1
    Meet Me in St. Louis EW.com's Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time Film picture

    Meet Me in St. Louis

    1944
    Vincente Minnelli
    Musical, Romance Film
    Tom Drake, Mary Astor, Henry H. Daniels Jr., Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Harry Davenport, Leon Ames, Hugh Marlowe, Margaret O'Brien, Marjorie Main, June Lockhart, Joan Carroll More
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  2. 2
    Love Me Tonight EW.com's Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time Film picture

    Love Me Tonight

    1932
    Rouben Mamoulian
    Comedy, Black-and-white, Musical, Romance Film, Romantic comedy, Pre-Code More
    Blanche Friderici, Charles Ruggles, Elizabeth Patterson, Charles Butterworth, Myrna Loy, Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier, Aubrey Smith, Ethel Griffies, Joseph Cawthorn, Bert Roach More
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  3. 3
    An American in Paris EW.com's Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time Film picture

    An American in Paris

    1951
    Vincente Minnelli
    Musical, Romance Film
    Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Nina Foch, Gene Kelly, Georges Guétary
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  4. 4
    Swing Time EW.com's Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time Film picture

    Swing Time

    1936
    George Stevens
    Black-and-white, Musical
    Betty Furness, Harry Bernard, Victor Moore, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Georges Metaxa, Eric Blore, Helen Broderick, Frank Jenks More
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  5. 5
    On the Town EW.com's Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time Film picture

    On the Town

    1949
    Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
    Musical
    Jules Munshin, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett, Vera-Ellen, Frank Sinatra, Florence Bates, Alice Pearce, Gene Kelly More
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  6. 6
    Grease EW.com's Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time Film picture

    Grease

    1978
    Randal Kleiser
    Comedy, Musical, LGBT, Romance Film, Romantic comedy, Teen
    Adrian Zmed, Jeff Conaway, Maxwell Caulfield, Annette Charles, Didi Conn, Frankie Avalon, Olivia Newton-John, Michael Tucci, Kelly Ward, Lorenzo Lamas, Michael Biehn, Eve Arden, Dinah Manoff, John Travolta, Jamie Donnelly, Stockard Channing, Lorna Luft, Joan Blondell, Michelle Pfeiffer More
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  7. 7
    Hairspray EW.com's Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time Film picture

    Hairspray

    2007
    Adam Shankman
    Comedy, Musical, Romance Film, Parody, Cult
    Christopher Walken, Jerry Stiller, George King, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, Amanda Bynes, Elijah Kelley, Taylor Parks, Nick Loren, Nikki Blonsky, Allison Janney, Paul Dooley, John Travolta, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, James Marsden, Jayne Eastwood More
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  8. 8
    A Star Is Born EW.com's Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time Film picture

    A Star Is Born

    1976
    Frank R. Pierson
    Drama, Musical, Romance Film, Indie, Romantic drama
    M.G. Kelly, Clydie King, Joanne Linville, Oliver Clark, Sally Kirkland, Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey, Venetta Fields, Marta Heflin More
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  9. 9

    The Busby Berkeley Disc

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  10. 10
    The Sound of Music EW.com's Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time Film picture

    The Sound of Music

    1965
    Robert Wise
    Drama, Family, Musical, Romance Film, Biographical film, Roadshow theatrical release More
    Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Angela Cartwright, Daniel Truhitte, Maria von Trapp, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Ben Wright, Eleanor Parker, Debbie Turner, Heather Menzies, Nicholas Hammond, Charmian Carr, Norma Varden, Kym Karath, Bill Lee, Duane Chase, Doris Lloyd, Marni Nixon, Gilchrist Stuart, Evadne Baker More
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  11. 11
    Funny Girl EW.com's Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time Film picture

    Funny Girl

    1968
    William Wyler
    Musical
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  12. 12
    Beauty and the Beast EW.com's Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time Film picture

    Beauty and the Beast

    1991
    Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
    Costume drama, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Musical, Music, Romance Film, Children's More
    Robby Benson, Richard White, Brian Cummings, Kimmy Robertson, David Ogden Stiers, Kath Soucie, Frank Welker, Paige O'Hara, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, Bradley Pierce, Jesse Corti, Rex Everhart, Jo Anne Worley, Hal Smith, Tony Jay, Mary Kay Bergman, Alvin Epstein, Alec Murphy More
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  13. 13
    Gigi EW.com's Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time Film picture

    Gigi

    1958
    Vincente Minnelli, Charles Walters
    Comedy, Musical, Romance Film, Romantic comedy
    Eva Gabor, Corinne Marchand, Jacques Bergerac, Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Isabel Jeans, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold, Edwin Jerome, John Abbott More
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  14. 14
    The Music Man EW.com's Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time Film picture

    The Music Man

    1962
    Morton DaCosta
    Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance Film
    Pert Kelton, Paul Ford, Harry Hickox, Shirley Jones, Peggy Mondo, Timmy Everett, Buddy Hackett, Charles Lane, Sara Seegar, Ron Howard, Susan Luckey, Monique Vermont, Robert Preston, Hermione Gingold, Mary Wickes, Jesslyn Fax, Adnia Rice More
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  15. 15
    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers EW.com's Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time Film picture

    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

    1954
    Stanley Donen
    Drama, Comedy, Musical, Adventure
    Russell Simpson, Virginia Gibson, Ian Wolfe, Marc Platt, Nancy Kilgas, Ruta Lee, Jane Powell, Julie Newmar, Russ Tamblyn, Matthew Moore, Norma Doggett, Howard Petrie, Dick Rich, Jacques d'Amboise, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Matt Mattox, Tommy Rall, Betty Carr, Marjorie Wood More
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  16. 16
    Once EW.com's Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time Film picture

    Once

    2006
    John Carney
    Drama, Musical, Romance Film, Indie, World cinema, Romantic drama
    Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Marcella Plunkett, Geoff Minogue, Bill Hodnett, Hugh Walsh, Danuse Ktrestova, Darren Healy, Niall Cleary, Alaistair Foley, Gerard Hendrick, Mal Whyte More
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