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25 Memorable Movie Musicals

Hits to keep the rain off your parade

By Michael Quinn,  Newser User

Posted Apr 8, 2008 9:52 AM CDT
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(Newser) – With Sweeney Todd now out on DVD, Entertainment Weekly rounds up the mag's 25 favorite movie musicals. Some you've surely seen (West Side Story, Grease, the Sound of Music) but here are 10 you may have missed.

  1. Funny Girl (1968)
  2. Swing Time (1936)

  1. Love Me Tonight (1932)
  2. Gigi (1958)
  3. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
  4. On the Town (1949)
  5. Chicago (2002)
  6. Once (2006)
  7. A Star Is Born (1954)
  8. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
Click the link below for the complete list.

Grease, with Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta
"Grease," with Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta   (Archive Photos)
The kids from South Park can sing, too.
The kids from "South Park" can sing, too.
Cartman of South Park belts out a tune.
Cartman of "South Park" belts out a tune.
Glen Hansard, center, and Marketa Irglova, left, perform Falling Slowly from the movie Once during rehearsals for the 80th Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, Feb. 22, 2008.
Glen Hansard, center, and Marketa Irglova, left, perform "Falling Slowly" from the movie "Once" during rehearsals for the 80th Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, Feb. 22, 2008.   (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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AFI's 100 years of musicals list
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Chicago • list • musical • movies • The Wizard of Oz • West Side Story • Mary Poppins • South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut • A Star Is Born • Once • On the Town • A Hard Day's Night • Gigi • Love Me Tonight • Swing Time • Funny Girl

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