My Top 20 Favourite Musicals of All Time

As you all know quite well, the musical genre could be my favourite genre of film. However, I've not been able to make a list like this until I saw more of the essentials of the genre. Well, I have, and I have decided to make the list, including my top 5 favourite songs from each musical. Some of these have not been adapted to film yet and some have, hence why I'm not entitling this "My top 20 favourite movie-musicals of all time". Well, enjoy!

*animated musicals will go on a list of their own eventually*

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

An American in Paris, The Wizard of Oz,  and La Cage Aux Folles

20. Annie (1977, 1982, 1998, 1999, 2012)

1. You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile

2. Easy Street

3. Tomorrow

4. NYC

5. Hard Knock Life

19. Mamma Mia (1999, 2001, 2008)

1. Our Last Summer

2. S.O.S

3. Waterloo

4. Honey Honey

5. I Have A Dream

18. Evita (1979, 1996, 2011)

1. And The Money Kept Rolling In

2. Good Night and Thank You

3. Eva and Magaldi/Eva Beware of the City

4. Peron's Latest Flame

5. Rainbow High

17. Moulin Rouge (2001)

1. Come What May

2. Prologue/There Was A Boy

3. Fly Away

4. Elephant Love Medley

5. El Tango De Roxanne

16. Little Shop of Horrors (1982, 1986, 2003)

1. Skid Row

2. Mean Green Mother From Outer Space

3. Dentist

4. Feed Me

5. Some Fun Now/Act II Intro

15. Dreamgirls (1981, 1987, 2001, 2006)

1. Love You I Do

2. Steppin' to the Bad Side

3. Move

4. It's All Over-Listen (two-way tie)

5. I Meant You No Harm/Jimmy's Rap

14. The Rocky Horror (Picture) Show (1973, 1975, 2000)

1. In Just Seven Days I Can Make You A Man

2. Science Fiction Double Feature

3. Dammit Janet

4. Sweet Transvestite

5. Touch-a Touch-a Touch-a Touch Me

13. The Sound of Music (1959, 1965, 1998)

1. I Have Confidence

2. Eidelweiss

3. How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria

4. Sixteen Going On Seventeen

5. The Lonely Goatherd

12. West Side Story (1957, 1960, 1961, 1980, 2009)

1. Tonight (quintet and duet)

2. Something's Coming

3. Jet Song

4. America

5. Cool

11. Hairspray (2002, 2007)

1. You Can't Stop The Beat

2. Welcome To The Sixties

3. Without Love

4. The New Girl In Town

5. Good Morning Baltimore

10. Into The Woods (1987, 2002, 2013?)

1. Ever After

2. Agony (original and reprise)

3. Moments in the Woods

4. Giants in the Sky

5. On The Steps of the Palace

9. Jesus Christ Superstar (1971, 1973, 1977, 2012)

1. Heaven on their Minds

2. Trial Before Pilate/Superstar

3. This Jesus Must Die

4. Judas' Death

5. Pilate's Dream

8. Cabaret (1966, 1987, 1998, 2012)

1. Two Ladies

2. Money

3. Tomorrow Belongs To Me

4. Cabaret

5. Wilkommen

7. Chicago (1975, 1996, 2002)

1. Cellblock Tango

2. We Both Reached For The Gun

3. Mister Cellophane

4. When You're Good To Mama

5. Razzle Dazzle

6. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979, 1982, 1989, 2005, 2007)

1. Epiphany

2. Johanna Quartet

3. A Little Priest

4. The Ballad of Sweeney Todd

5. My Friends

5. Wicked (2003)

1. Defying Gravity

2. Dancing Through Life

3. No One Mourns The Wicked

4. The Wizard and I (normally sung by a woman, but I really really like this one)

5. The Wicked Witch of the East (meh quality, but it's not on the soundtrack so what can I do)

4. The Phantom of the Opera (1986, 1987, 2004, 2011)

1. Masquerade

2. Think of Me

3. The Mirror/Main Theme

4. All I Ask Of You

5. The Point of No Return

3. Singin' in the Rain (1952, 1985)

1. Singin' in the Rain

2. Make 'Em Laugh

3. Moses Supposes

4. Fit As A Fiddle

5. Good Mornin'

2. My Fair Lady (1956, 1964, 1976, 1981)

1. On The Street Where You Live

2. The Rain in Spain

3. Why Can't The English Teach Their Children How To Speak?

4. I Could Have Danced All Night

5. An Ordinary Man

1. Les Miserables (1985, 1987, 1995, 2006, 2010, 2012)

1. One Day More

2. ABC Cafe/Red and Black/Do You Hear The People Sing (6:46 in)

3. Prologue

4. In My Life

5. The First Attack/The Final Battle (0:00 to 5:13 and 13:05 to end)