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AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals

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1. Singin' in the Rain (1952)

1953 - Nominated Oscar - Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Jean Hagen; Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

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2. West Side Story (1961)

1962 - Won Oscar - Best Actor in a Supporting Role - George Chakiris; Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Rita Moreno; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color; Best Cinematography, Color; Best Costume Design, Color; Best Director - Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins - For the first time a directing award is being shared; Best Film Editing; Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Picture, Best Sound

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3. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

1940 - Won Oscar - Best Music, Original Score; Best Music, Original Song

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4. The Sound of Music (1965)

1966 - Won Oscar - Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment; Best Picture, Best Sound

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5. Cabaret (1972)

1973 - Won Oscar - Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Joel Grey; Best Actress in a Leading Role - Liza Minnelli, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, Best Director - Bob Fosse, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation, Best Sound

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6. Mary Poppins (1964)

1965 - Won Oscar - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Julie Andrews, Best Effects, Special Visual Effects, Best Film Editing; Best Music, Original Song; Best Music, Substantially Original Score

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7. A Star Is Born (1954)

1955 - Nominated Oscar - Best Actor in a Leading Role - James Mason; Best Actress in a Leading Role - Judy Garland; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color; Best Costume Design, Color; Best Music, Original Song; Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

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8. My Fair Lady (1964)

1965 - Won Oscar - Best Actor in a Leading Role - Rex Harrison; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color; Best Cinematography, Color; Best Costume Design, Color; Best Director - George Cukor; Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment; Best Picture, Best Sound

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9. An American in Paris (1951)

1952 - Won Oscar - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color; Best Cinematography, Color; Best Costume Design, Color; Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Picture, Best Writing, Story and Screenplay

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10. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

1945 - Nominated Oscar - Best Cinematography, Color; Best Music, Original Song; Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture; Best Writing, Screenplay

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11. The King and I (1956)

1957 - Won Oscar - Best Actor in a Leading Role - Yul Brynner; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color; Best Costume Design, Color; Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture; Best Sound, Recording

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12. Chicago (2002)

2003 - Won Oscar - Best Actress in a Supporting Role -Catherine Zeta-Jones; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration; Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Picture, Best Sound

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13. 42nd Street (1933)

1934 - Nominated Oscar - Best Picture; Best Sound, Recording

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14. All That Jazz (1979)

1980 - Won Oscar - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing; Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score

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15. Top Hat (1935)

1936 - Nominated Oscar - Best Art Direction, Best Dance Direction, Best Music, Original Song, Best Picture

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16. Funny Girl (1968)

1969 - Won Oscar - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Barbra Streisand; Tied with Katharine Hepburn for The Lion in Winter (1968)

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17. The Band Wagon (1953)

1954 - Nominated Oscar - Best Costume Design, Color; Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture; Best Writing, Story and Screenplay

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18. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

1943 - Won Oscar - Best Actor in a Leading Role - James Cagney; Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture; Best Sound, Recording

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19. On the Town (1949)

1950 - Won Oscar - Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

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20. Grease (1978)

1979 - Nominated Oscar - Best Music, Original Song

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21. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

1955 - Won Oscar - Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

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22. Beauty and the Beast (1991)

1992 - Won Oscar - Best Music, Original Score; Best Music, Original Song

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23. Guys and Dolls (1955)

1956 - Nominated Oscar - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color; Best Cinematography, Color; Best Costume Design, Color; Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

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24. Show Boat (1936)

1996 - Won National Film Registry

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25. Moulin Rouge (2001)

2002 - Won AFI Film Award - AFI Composer of the Year

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SINGIN' IN THE RAIN TOPS AFI's LIST OF 25 GREATEST MOVIE MUSICALS OF ALL TIME OTHER HONOREES INCLUDE WELL-LOVED MUSICALS WEST SIDE STORY, THE WIZARD OF OZ, SOUND OF MUSIC AND CABARET

On September 3, 2006, AFI revealed the top 25 movie musicals of all time in The Big Picture — AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals, a one night only presentation produced by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association in cooperation with AFI. A jury of over 500 film artists, composers, musicians, critics and historians selected the Gene Kelly song-and-dance classic SINGIN' IN THE RAIN as the most memorable movie musical of all time.

Rounding off the top 10 were movie musicals from the 1930s to today, including: WEST SIDE STORY (#2); THE WIZARD OF OZ (#3); THE SOUND OF MUSIC (#4); CABARET (#5); MARY POPPINS (#6); A STAR IS BORN (#7); MY FAIR LADY (#8); AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (#9); and MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (#10).

Spanning a century of film music and counting down from 25 to number one throughout the evening, Director John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra performed excerpts from each of the winning musicals, many of them accompanied by favorite movie scenes shown on the Bowl's big video screens. While television broadcasts have announced the previous nine installments of AFI's 100 Years... series, following the success of last year's AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores, this is now the second time an AFI countdown was revealed before a live audience.

Source: American Film Institute