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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
    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
  2. 2
    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
  3. 3
    1951
    Vincente Minnelli
    Musical, Romance Film
    Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Nina Foch, Gene Kelly, Georges Guétary
  4. 4
    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
  5. 5
    1949
    Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
    Musical
    Jules Munshin, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett, Vera-Ellen, Frank Sinatra, Florence Bates, Alice Pearce, Gene Kelly More
  6. 6
    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
  7. 7
    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
  8. 8
    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
  9. 9

    The Busby Berkeley Disc

  10. 10
    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
  11. 11
    1968
    William Wyler
    Musical
  12. 12
    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
  13. 13
    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
  14. 14
    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
  15. 15
    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
  16. 16
    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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