Top 10 Movies
Genre: Musical
1. The Wizard of Oz
When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy (Judy Garland) and her dog,
Toto, are whisked away in their house to the magical land of Oz. They
follow the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to meet the Wizard,
and en route they meet a Scarecrow (Ray Bolger) that needs a brain, a
Tin Man (Jack Haley) missing a heart, and a Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr)
who wants courage. The wizard asks the group to bring him the broom of
the Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton) to earn his help.
Why, anybody can have a brain. That's a very mediocre commodity.
Every pusillanimous creature that crawls on the Earth or slinks
through slimy seas has a brain. Back where I come from, we have
universities, seats of great learning, where men go to become
great thinkers. And when they come out, they think deep thoughts
and with no more brains than you have. But they have one thing
you haven't got, a diploma.
2. Mary Poppins
When Jane (Karen Dotrice) and Michael (Matthew Garber), the children
of the wealthy and uptight Banks family, are faced with the prospect
of a new nanny, they are pleasantly surprised by the arrival of the
magical Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews). Embarking on a series of
fantastical adventures with Mary and her Cockney performer friend,
Bert (Dick Van Dyke), the siblings try to pass on some of their nanny's
sunny attitude to their preoccupied parents (David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns).
You know, you *can* say it backwards, which is "docious-ali-expi-istic-fragil-cali-rupus"
- but that's going a bit too far, don't you think?
3. The Sound of Music
A tuneful, heartwarming story, it is based on the real life story of the
Von Trapp Family singers, one of the world's best-known concert groups in
the era immediately preceding World War II. Julie Andrews plays the role
of Maria, the tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey who becomes a
governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children,
and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
Maria, these walls were not meant to shut out problems.
You have to face them. You have to live the life you
were born to live.
4. West Side Story
A musical in which a modern day Romeo and Juliet are involved
in New York street gangs. On the harsh streets of the upper
west side, two gangs battle for control of the turf. The
situation becomes complicated when a gang members falls in
love with a rival's sister.
Boy, am I a victim of disappointment in you.
5. Meet me in St. Louis
"Meet Me in St. Louis" is a classic MGM romantic musical comedy that focuses on four sisters
(one of whom is the nonpareil Judy Garland) on the cusp of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
The film spotlights the sisters' education in the ways of the world, which includes, but isn't
limited to, learning about life and love, courtesy of the prototypical boy next door. In the
end, love -- accompanied by song, dance and period costumes, all in glorious Technicolor --
conquers all.
Meeting him across the lawn for the first time would be so ordinary. I don't want to be just
introduced to him. I want it to be something strange and romantic and something I'll always
remember.
6. My Fair Lady
In this beloved musical, pompous phonetics professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) is so sure
of his abilities that he takes it upon himself to transform a Cockney working-class girl into
someone who can pass for a cultured member of high society. His subject turns out to be the
lovely Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn), who agrees to speech lessons to improve her job
prospects. Higgins and Eliza clash, then form an unlikely bond -- one that is threatened
by an aristocratic suitor (Jeremy Brett).
The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she is treated.
7. The Phantom of the Opera
From his hideout beneath a 19th century Paris opera house, the brooding Phantom (Gerard Butler)
schemes to get closer to vocalist Christine Daae (Emmy Rossum). The Phantom, wearing a mask to
hide a congenital disfigurement, strong-arms management into giving the budding starlet key
roles, but Christine instead falls for arts benefactor Raoul (Patrick Wilson). Terrified at
the notion of her absence, the Phantom enacts a plan to keep Christine by his side,
while Raoul tries to foil the scheme.
But Christine - fear can turn to love. You'll learn to see, to find the man behind the monster,
this... repulsive carcass who seems a beast but secretly dreams of beauty secretly... secretly.
Oh, Christine.
8. Les Miserables
After 19 years as a prisoner, Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is freed by Javert (Russell Crowe),
the officer in charge of the prison workforce. Valjean promptly breaks parole but later uses
money from stolen silver to reinvent himself as a mayor and factory owner. Javert vows to
bring Valjean back to prison. Eight years later, Valjean becomes the guardian of a child
named Cosette after her mother's (Anne Hathaway) death, but Javert's relentless pursuit
means that peace will be a long time coming.
To love another person is to see the face of God.
9. Grease
Experience the friendships, romances and adventures of a group of high school kids in the 1950s.
Welcome to the singing and dancing world of "Grease," the most successful movie musical of all time.
A wholesome exchange student (Olivia Newton-John) and a leather-clad Danny (John Travolta)
have a summer romance, but will it cross clique lines?
Men are rats, listen to me, they're fleas on rats, worse than that, they're amoebas on fleas on rats.
I mean, they're too low for even the dogs to bite. The only man a girl can depend on is her daddy.
10. Oklahoma!
There's a box social coming up, and Curly (Gordon MacRae) asks Laurey (Shirley Jones) if she'll be his date.
Trouble is, Laurey thinks he's waited too long, and in a fit of pique accepts an offer from the boorish
Jud (Rod Steiger) instead. Meanwhile, Laurey's friend Ado Annie (Gloria Grahame) is also torn between two
men: a cowboy named Will (Gene Nelson) and a foreign peddler, Ali Hakim (Eddie Albert). Both women struggle
to know their own hearts before it's too late.
I wanted to marry her when I saw the moonlight shining on the barrel of her father's shotgun.
1. The Wizard of Oz
When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy (Judy Garland) and her dog, Toto, are whisked away in their house to the magical land of Oz. They follow the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to meet the Wizard, and en route they meet a Scarecrow (Ray Bolger) that needs a brain, a Tin Man (Jack Haley) missing a heart, and a Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr) who wants courage. The wizard asks the group to bring him the broom of the Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton) to earn his help.
Why, anybody can have a brain. That's a very mediocre commodity. Every pusillanimous creature that crawls on the Earth or slinks through slimy seas has a brain. Back where I come from, we have universities, seats of great learning, where men go to become great thinkers. And when they come out, they think deep thoughts and with no more brains than you have. But they have one thing you haven't got, a diploma.
2. Mary Poppins
When Jane (Karen Dotrice) and Michael (Matthew Garber), the children of the wealthy and uptight Banks family, are faced with the prospect of a new nanny, they are pleasantly surprised by the arrival of the magical Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews). Embarking on a series of fantastical adventures with Mary and her Cockney performer friend, Bert (Dick Van Dyke), the siblings try to pass on some of their nanny's sunny attitude to their preoccupied parents (David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns).
You know, you *can* say it backwards, which is "docious-ali-expi-istic-fragil-cali-rupus" - but that's going a bit too far, don't you think?
3. The Sound of Music
A tuneful, heartwarming story, it is based on the real life story of the Von Trapp Family singers, one of the world's best-known concert groups in the era immediately preceding World War II. Julie Andrews plays the role of Maria, the tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey who becomes a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
Maria, these walls were not meant to shut out problems. You have to face them. You have to live the life you were born to live.
4. West Side Story
A musical in which a modern day Romeo and Juliet are involved in New York street gangs. On the harsh streets of the upper west side, two gangs battle for control of the turf. The situation becomes complicated when a gang members falls in love with a rival's sister.
Boy, am I a victim of disappointment in you.
5. Meet me in St. Louis
"Meet Me in St. Louis" is a classic MGM romantic musical comedy that focuses on four sisters (one of whom is the nonpareil Judy Garland) on the cusp of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. The film spotlights the sisters' education in the ways of the world, which includes, but isn't limited to, learning about life and love, courtesy of the prototypical boy next door. In the end, love -- accompanied by song, dance and period costumes, all in glorious Technicolor -- conquers all.
Meeting him across the lawn for the first time would be so ordinary. I don't want to be just introduced to him. I want it to be something strange and romantic and something I'll always remember.
6. My Fair Lady
In this beloved musical, pompous phonetics professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) is so sure of his abilities that he takes it upon himself to transform a Cockney working-class girl into someone who can pass for a cultured member of high society. His subject turns out to be the lovely Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn), who agrees to speech lessons to improve her job prospects. Higgins and Eliza clash, then form an unlikely bond -- one that is threatened by an aristocratic suitor (Jeremy Brett).
The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she is treated.
7. The Phantom of the Opera
From his hideout beneath a 19th century Paris opera house, the brooding Phantom (Gerard Butler) schemes to get closer to vocalist Christine Daae (Emmy Rossum). The Phantom, wearing a mask to hide a congenital disfigurement, strong-arms management into giving the budding starlet key roles, but Christine instead falls for arts benefactor Raoul (Patrick Wilson). Terrified at the notion of her absence, the Phantom enacts a plan to keep Christine by his side, while Raoul tries to foil the scheme.
But Christine - fear can turn to love. You'll learn to see, to find the man behind the monster, this... repulsive carcass who seems a beast but secretly dreams of beauty secretly... secretly. Oh, Christine.
8. Les Miserables
After 19 years as a prisoner, Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is freed by Javert (Russell Crowe), the officer in charge of the prison workforce. Valjean promptly breaks parole but later uses money from stolen silver to reinvent himself as a mayor and factory owner. Javert vows to bring Valjean back to prison. Eight years later, Valjean becomes the guardian of a child named Cosette after her mother's (Anne Hathaway) death, but Javert's relentless pursuit means that peace will be a long time coming.
To love another person is to see the face of God.
9. Grease
Experience the friendships, romances and adventures of a group of high school kids in the 1950s. Welcome to the singing and dancing world of "Grease," the most successful movie musical of all time. A wholesome exchange student (Olivia Newton-John) and a leather-clad Danny (John Travolta) have a summer romance, but will it cross clique lines?
Men are rats, listen to me, they're fleas on rats, worse than that, they're amoebas on fleas on rats. I mean, they're too low for even the dogs to bite. The only man a girl can depend on is her daddy.
10. Oklahoma!
There's a box social coming up, and Curly (Gordon MacRae) asks Laurey (Shirley Jones) if she'll be his date. Trouble is, Laurey thinks he's waited too long, and in a fit of pique accepts an offer from the boorish Jud (Rod Steiger) instead. Meanwhile, Laurey's friend Ado Annie (Gloria Grahame) is also torn between two men: a cowboy named Will (Gene Nelson) and a foreign peddler, Ali Hakim (Eddie Albert). Both women struggle to know their own hearts before it's too late.
I wanted to marry her when I saw the moonlight shining on the barrel of her father's shotgun.