142 Films of Ale: Musicals
Most of these are feature-length, "traditional" (i.e., Hollywood-type) musicals, both because as an American I've been most exposed to them, and because I really love the classic Hollywood form of the genre. But I do keep trying to expand my knowledge, and hopefully one day Hollywood won't dominate as strongly as it does now (2018). I'm certainly interested in seeing more films from India, Egypt, Hong Kong and France, among the major world cinemas that have produced significant numbers of musicals.
I've excluded completely animated films from the list as well; I've also generally excluded many comedies - such as the Marx Brothers' early films and the Hope and Crosby "Road" films - that have a fair amount of singing but are really not primarily musicals. There are some operettas and dance-films but I believe only two films - Mammame and The Red Shoes - that have few or no sung numbers. There will be made-for-TV and video works, but no single episodes of continuing TV series - the "Buffy the Vampire" episode Once More With Feeling would surely qualify, but much of it's power and quality derives from it's placement in the larger story-arc of the series; as a stand-alone work I don't feel it belongs.
Top 45 in order, the rest will be listed chronologically.
I've excluded completely animated films from the list as well; I've also generally excluded many comedies - such as the Marx Brothers' early films and the Hope and Crosby "Road" films - that have a fair amount of singing but are really not primarily musicals. There are some operettas and dance-films but I believe only two films - Mammame and The Red Shoes - that have few or no sung numbers. There will be made-for-TV and video works, but no single episodes of continuing TV series - the "Buffy the Vampire" episode Once More With Feeling would surely qualify, but much of it's power and quality derives from it's placement in the larger story-arc of the series; as a stand-alone work I don't feel it belongs.
Top 45 in order, the rest will be listed chronologically.
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