Can you name the American Film Institute's 25 greatest movie musicals?

Year	Musical	Actor
1952		Gene Kelly
1961		Natalie Wood
1939		Judy Garland
1965		Julie Andrews
1972		Liza Minnelli
1964		Julie Andrews
1954		Judy Garland
1964		Audrey Hepburn
1951		Gene Kelly
1944		Judy Garland
1956		Yul Brynner
2002		Renee Zellweger
1933		Ruby Keeler

Year	Musical	Actor
1979		Roy Scheider
1935		Ginger Rogers
1968		Barbra Streisand
1953		Fred Astaire
1942		James Cagney
1949		Frank Sinatra
1978		John Travolta
1954		Russ Tamblyn
1991		Paige O'Hara
1955		Marlon Brando
1936		Irene Dunne
2001		Ewan McGregor

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AFI Best Musical Movies Quiz

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Created by: eleni -
Contributed: September 27th, 2009
Published: December 13th, 2009
Category: Movies
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Tags: Actor Quizzes, America Quizzes, Musical Quizzes, afi, institute, greatest, Institute 25, best, film

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	PumpkinBomb:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 04:35 GMT	11 points
	Shame on them for no Oliver!.

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	smartart11:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 05:14 GMT	2 points
	Well I wish I knew DISNEY counted!

	KyleB:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 05:25 GMT	20 points
	No 'Fiddler on the Roof'?

	jamesdickerson:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 05:44 GMT	6 points
	the newsies should be on here

	Anderson:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 05:44 GMT	6 points
	No Blues Brothers?

	silver1881:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 05:48 GMT	7 points
	I tried "A Streetcar Named Desire" for Marlon Brando without thinking. Thanks, Simpsons!

	Sabriel:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 06:31 GMT	2 points
	No White Christmas? Boo. But this is AFI's choices, not the quiz creators. It was fun though. ^^ Made me think of a lot of movies I need to rewatch.

	mouserie:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 06:37 GMT	13 points
	I know some people might completely disagree with me here, but the South Park movie was an excellent musical. The songs in that movie are surprisingly well constructed, though probably way too controversial for this list.

	Zalx:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 10:45 GMT	-4 points
	This is a dreadful list. Obviously not blaming the creator, but the AFI lists are dodgy. No Oliver or Annie (although I hate them both), Rent (personal fave) Rocky Horror Picture Show (massive oversight!)

	thejazzkickazz:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 14:06 GMT	4 points
	My personal list would include Dancer in the Dark and Hedwig and the Angry Inch...but I think those films might be a bit edgy for the AFI.

	ZapRowsdower:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 14:53 GMT	1 point
	The Band Wagon is most missed?! What a great movie!

	Hamburger:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 16:02 GMT	5 points
	Yeah, I was shocked Fiddler on the Roof, Oliver, Rent, and Lion King were not on here.

	bwood1957:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 16:12 GMT	6 points
	Interesting that several of the "actors" listed for the films did not actually sing, but had their voices dubbed over. Natalie Wood, Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando.

	Figment:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 16:13 GMT	1 point
	Not blaming this on the quiz creator as I realize that these are AFI's choices but seriously, no Gigi? Oklahoma? South Pacific?

	jacobf:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 16:20 GMT	4 points
	None of the Beatles films made the list? "A Hard Day's Night," "Help!," "Yellow Submarine," "Magical Mystery Tour"... well, I think we'd all like to forget "Magical Mystery Tour," but the rest were great.

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	radiosilence:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 20:51 GMT	2 points
	@silver1881: I did that too. Heck, I even tried "Paint Your Wagon." (gonna use oil based paint, because the wood is pine!)

	gushuss32:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 22:40 GMT	1 point
	further confirming i am just a high school theater dork. now and forever. so proud. so so proud.

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	Lyn_Marie:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 23:13 GMT	4 points
	I'll bet if the list was expanded to 50, all of these exclusions would be on there. A couple of my personal faves: Jesus Christ Superstar and Hair.

	robc:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 00:37 GMT	0 points
	There are some outstanding Bollywood movies, but I can't remember any titles.

	mattycakes345:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 02:03 GMT	-3 points
	Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a big miss! Donny Osmond in his prime lol

	biondelliot:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 04:09 GMT	-1 points
	what!? no high school musical? :)

	Pixiegnom:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 16:24 GMT	0 points
	yeah it's strange "hair" or "annie" was not included :s But i sat there and tried to remember the name of the umbrella lady... mary poppins of course. Geez

	cmkeller:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 18:19 GMT	6 points
	The exclusion of South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut from this list is an injustice.

	bambam:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 18:32 GMT	1 point
	This quiz is for "movie" musicals-not just musicals which I think accounts for some of the seemingly glaring omissions.

	kthejoker:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 19:04 GMT	5 points
	Marlon Brando pretty clearly sang all of his stuff in Guys and Dolls. As in, it's not exactly great. Annie is a pretty subpar Hollywood musical, especially when compared to the movies on this list. Doubly so for Rent. Great songs != great movie. I am surprised Fiddler on the Roof didn't make it. It kind of strays from the standard "movie musical", but so does Cabaret, and there it is.

	broadwaylover:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 23:24 GMT	-2 points
	Now that you've done this, try my quiz: Name that Movie Musical http://www.sporcle.com/games/broadwaylover/movie_musicals

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	mardot:	Dec 15th, 2009 at 08:16 GMT	1 point
	"Seven Brides for Seven Brother" Really AFI!! Tons of musicals should have made this list instead of this stupid basis for a musical. I'm surprised more Rogers and Hammerstein musicals didn't make the list.