In 2006, as part of the AFI 100 Years… series, the AFI unveiled its Greatest Movie Musicals list of the top musicals in American cinema. In a change to the majority of AFI lists in this series only the top 25 films are shown. It’s hard to question the placings on this list with Singin’ in the Rainm placed at no. 1, not just the greatest musical ever made but arguably one of the greatest films ever made.
| 1 | Singin’ in the Rain | 1952 | MGM |
| 2 | West Side Story | 1961 | United Artists |
| 3 | The Wizard of Oz | 1939 | MGM |
| 4 | The Sound of Music | 1965 | 20th Century Fox |
| 5 | Cabaret | 1972 | Allied Artists |
| 6 | Mary Poppins | 1964 | Disney |
| 7 | A Star Is Born | 1954 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | My Fair Lady | 1964 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | An American in Paris | 1951 | MGM |
| 10 | Meet Me in St. Louis | 1944 | MGM |
| 11 | The King and I | 1956 | 20th Century Fox |
| 12 | Chicago | 2002 | Miramax |
| 13 | 42nd Street | 1933 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | All That Jazz | 1979 | 20th Century Fox |
| 15 | Top Hat | 1935 | RKO |
| 16 | Funny Girl | 1968 | Columbia |
| 17 | The Band Wagon | 1953 | MGM |
| 18 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | 1942 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | On the Town | 1949 | MGM |
| 20 | Grease | 1978 | Paramount |
| 21 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | 1954 | MGM |
| 22 | Beauty and the Beast | 1991 | Disney |
| 23 | Guys and Dolls | 1955 | MGM |
| 24 | Show Boat | 1936 | Universal |
| 25 | Moulin Rouge! | 2001 | 20th Century Fox |
AFI’s 100 Years – 100 Movies (CBS Television Special)
AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Stars: American Film Institute (CBS Television Special)
[(AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Songs: America’s Greatest Music in Movies)] [Author: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation] published on (March, 2007)
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