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Critical Response - AFI
Greatest Musicals
This list features musicals that have been rated by the American Film Institute as the greatest of all time.
RANK | FILMS | YEAR |
1 | Singin' in the Rain | 1952 |
2 | West Side Story | 1961 |
3 | The Wizard of Oz | 1939 |
4 | The Sound of Music | 1965 |
5 | Cabaret | 1972 |
6 | Mary Poppins | 1964 |
7 | A Star Is Born | 1954 |
8 | My Fair Lady | 1964 |
9 | An American in Paris | 1951 |
10 | Meet Me in St. Louis | 1944 |
11 | The King and I | 1956 |
12 | Chicago | 2002 |
13 | 42nd Street | 1933 |
14 | All That Jazz | 1979 |
15 | Top Hat | 1935 |
16 | Funny Girl | 1968 |
17 | The Band Wagon | 1953 |
18 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | 1942 |
19 | On the Town | 1949 |
20 | Grease | 1978 |
21 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | 1954 |
22 | Beauty and the Beast | 1991 |
23 | Guys and Dolls | 1955 |
24 | Show Boat | 1936 |
25 | Moulin Rouge! | 2001 |
References
American Film Institute. (2025) AFI’s 100 Years of Musicals [online]. Available at: https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-of-musicals/ (Accessed 1 December 2025).
Wikipedia. (2025) AFI’s Greatest Movie Musicals [online]. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_Greatest_Movie_Musicals (Accessed 1 December 2025).
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