Top 20 Greatest Musicals of All Time (The Ultimate List)
The movies on this list are ranked according to their success (awards & nominations), their popularity, and their true greatness from a directing/writing standpoint. To me, accuracy when making a Top 10/Top 100 all time list is extremely important. My lists are not based on my own personal favorites; they are based on the true greatness and/or success of the person, place, or thing being ranked. If you guys would like to view my other Top 10/Top 100 lists, feel free to check out my YouTube page and/or my IMDb page at "ChrisWalczyk55."
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- DirectorsStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyDonald O'ConnorDebbie ReynoldsA silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 2
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 2 - DirectorsJerome RobbinsRobert WiseStarsNatalie WoodRichard BeymerRuss TamblynTwo youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.Oscars: 10
Oscar Nominations: 11
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 5 - DirectorsVictor FlemingGeorge CukorNorman TaurogStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 6
BAFTA Awards: N/A
BAFTA Nominations: N/A
Golden Globes: N/A
Golden Globe Nominations: N/A - DirectorRobert WiseStarsJulie AndrewsChristopher PlummerEleanor ParkerA young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.*****
Oscars: 5
Oscar Nominations: 10
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 2
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 - DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsGene KellyLeslie CaronOscar LevantThree friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.Oscars: 6
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 3 - DirectorGeorge CukorStarsAudrey HepburnRex HarrisonStanley HollowayIn 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make a crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.Oscars: 8
Oscar Nominations: 12
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 2
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 5 - DirectorRob MarshallStarsTaye DiggsCliff SaundersCatherine Zeta-JonesTwo death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention.*****
Oscars: 6
Oscar Nominations: 13
BAFTA Awards: 2
BAFTA Nominations: 10
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 8 - DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsGerard ButlerEmmy RossumPatrick WilsonA young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House.*****
Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 3
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 3 - DirectorTom HooperStarsHugh JackmanRussell CroweAnne HathawayIn 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who, for decades, has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.Oscars: 3
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: 4
BAFTA Nominations: 9
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 - DirectorBob FosseStarsRoy ScheiderJessica LangeAnn ReinkingDirector/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid career of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer.*****
Oscars: 4
Oscar Nominations: 9
BAFTA Awards: 2
BAFTA Nominations: 6
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 1 - DirectorBob FosseStarsLiza MinnelliMichael YorkHelmut GriemA female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.*****
Oscars: 8
Oscar Nominations: 10
BAFTA Awards: 7
BAFTA Nominations: 11
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 9 - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGordon MacRaeGloria GrahameGene NelsonIn Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 4
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 0 - DirectorCarol ReedStarsRon MoodyShani WallisOliver ReedAfter being sold to the mortician Sowerberry, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by their elderly mentor Fagin in 1830s London in this musical based on Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist.Oscars: 5
Oscar Nominations: 11
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 8
Golden Globes: 2
Golden Globe Nominations: 5 - DirectorRandal KleiserStarsJohn TravoltaOlivia Newton-JohnStockard ChanningGood girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 1
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 5 - DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsMickey RooneyJudy GarlandCharles WinningerA group of vaudevillians struggling to compete with talkies hits the road hoping for a comeback. Frustrated to be left behind, all of their kids put on a show themselves to raise money for the families and to prove they've got talent, too.*****
Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 2
BAFTA Awards: N/A
BAFTA Nominations: N/A
Golden Globes: N/A
Golden Globe Nominations: N/A - DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsKathryn GraysonAva GardnerHoward KeelThe daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairy tale romance is threatened after his luck turns sour.Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 2
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 0 - DirectorStanley DonenStarsHoward KeelJeff RichardsRuss TamblynWhen a backwoodsman in 1850s Oregon brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 5
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 0 - DirectorsGeorge AbbottStanley DonenStarsDoris DayJohn RaittCarol HaneyAn Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who was hired by the factory boss to deny the workers' demand for a pay raise.Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 0
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 0 - DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsGene KellyVan JohnsonCyd CharisseTwo Americans on a hunting trip in Scotland become lost. They encounter a small village, not on the map, called Brigadoon, in which people harbor a mysterious secret, and behave as if they were still living two hundred years in the past.Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 3
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 1 - DirectorGene KellyStarsBarbra StreisandWalter MatthauMichael CrawfordMatchmaker Dolly Levi travels to Yonkers to find a partner for "half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder, convincing his niece, his niece's intended, and his two clerks to travel to New York City along the way.Oscars: 3
Oscar Nominations: 7
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 3
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 5
