Musicals I've Always Loved (in no particular order, of course!)

The best movie Prince ever made, without a doubt. Groundbreaking songs, and in my opinion, cool storyline. The title song is one of my all time favorites. I know the movie itself isn't popular amongst some folks, but I love it.

I've loved "Grease" ever since I was a little girl. My friends and I watched the movie one summer on TBS (I think it was the first time they saw it, but it was the 1,000,000th time for me), and we went outside afterward and sang all the songs from the movie. I grew up hoping high school would be just like how it was in the film. :)

This movie is the embodiment of the Golden Age of Hip Hop. Kurtis Blow, The Fat Boys, Run-DMC, The Beastie Boys, Russell Simmons made a cameo, and even LL Cool J's cute little teenaged face kept popping up in random scenes. I even liked Sheila E's role.

Hands down, "Jailhouse Rock" was one of Elvis' best movies, if not the best.

Some folks call this film the Hip Hop equivalent to "Purple Rain," and in a way, it pretty much was (don't kill me). Both movies were semi-autobiographical, and told the stories of young entertainers trying to make their mark in the music industry. Despite the fact that "Purple Rain" is one of my favorite movies as well as favorite musicals, the acting and overall script of "8 Mile" far surpassed it, and the epic rap battles throughout the film cemented my love for Hip Hop music."

Really and truly, this movie also should've been included in my "Movies I Love That Most Folks Hate" list, but I forgot all about it. This movie is hilarious, and the scenes where Sly had to sing for Dolly Parton's hometown were gold!

"Bride & Prejudice" was my introduction to Bollywood, and I throughouly enjoyed the movie. I can still remember the words to most of the songs they sang in the film!

This one is another childhood favorite. Steve Martin cracked me up as the dentist. If you watch closely, you'll see a young Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold (aka Gina and Pam from "Martin") playing two of the chorus singers.

The title song and "Oh! What a Beautiful Morning" are so legendary.

Yep, this movie is a musical! Aside from the movie being extremely funny (it features a young Jim Carrey as well as young Damon Wayans), but the songs were pretty doggone good! My favorite one was Julie Brown's "Cuz I'm a Blonde."

After watching the biopic "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge," I was really interested in seeing this film. When I finally did, I was floored. You'd never know the song numbers were dubbed by opera singers; the actors are that convincing. Actually, I'm still suprised they used opera singers. Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte were great vocalists. Let's not forget how gripping the plot was! Great movie!

I LOVE the original "Hairspray." I haven't even bothered to watch the remake yet. The original is too flawless.

This is one of those movies that you never get tired of watching. I fell in love with this film when I was in 5th grade, and I still adore it to this day.

Love story, check. Beatles songs, check. Beautiful cinematography, check. What else could you ask for?

I watched this one the same time I watched "The Sound of Music," and once again, I fell in love with it. I so wanted Anna and the King to get together!

This movie is the bomb. First off, Jonathan Rhys Meyers is playing the lead role. I love JRM. Secondly, the lead character is based off David Bowie's life between 1966-1973, and they filmmakers got the hairstyles and costumes down pat (as we southerners say)! Third, all the music is beautiful. Jonny even sang three of the songs himself (and that guy can really sing)! Great f'n movie.

Back when I was 7, my elementary school played this as the Friday afternoon "good movie." Now, when I was 7, my attention span lasted all of five minutes, so if a movie held my interest back then, it had to be damn good. This movie close to two hours long, and I was glued to the screen the entire time. I got the pleasure of watching this movie again for my college Music of the Western World class, and I had almost forgotten how timeless it was. I recommend this movie to anyone that likes musicals.

He'd make a plan and follow through, 'cause that's what Brian Boitano would do. LOL. Ah, the good 'ol days when "South Park" was actually funny.

Lena Horne in her prime, The Nicholas Brothers put on a show, and all the other musical numbers are classics.

This movie was phenomenal. The sets, the costume designs, the plot, the acting, the songs...everything was top notch. Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy deserved their Golden Globe and Oscar wins.

This movie scared the holy hell out of me when I was 14 (mind you, my early teens were my "stupid years," and I got freaked out when Tim Curry hacked up Meat Loaf...the singer, not the food :D ), but I gave it another chance in my late 20's, and I found myself crackin' up at it! My favorite song has to be "Sweet Transvesite."

Y'all know this had to be on the list. There's only one person I know that hates this movie, and he can barely follow an episode of "Yo Gabba Gabba" (he's pushing 50, by the way).

Growing up as a young African-American girl, I had to watch "The Wiz," and I loved it. It's basically "The Wizard of Oz" with soul. Diana Ross and Michael Jackson's performance of "Ease on Down the Road" was great, and when Mike sang "You Can't Win," his vocal talent gives you goose bumps.

Most folks think this movie is corny, but I thought it was a really beautiful story. I loved just about all the music in it, and Jonny was so cute and sweet in it. Plus, it has one of my favorite things...a love story.