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Or fillums if, like me, you're from Glasgow.

Inspired by my son's purchase of "The Wall" on DVD for my Christmas. ( I'm going to force him to watch it tonight)

Mine would be . . . .

The Blues Brothers
Slade In Flame
Quadrophenia

Over tae youz . . . . . Nae Disney.

In reply to coinneach:

I'm not sure my top three, but I know my absolute favourite film song (and codpiece)

youtube.com/watch?v=k8qs16mAU0s&

I also highly rate the dentist song in Little shop of horrors. So maybe I have odd taste

In reply to coinneach:

The Wickerman springs to mind.

In reply to nastyned:

It may well do . . . . But top threes only please.

In reply to coinneach:

Hmmm...it's going to be scraping the barrel getting three. OK, we've got TheWickerman. Then I suppose there's Bugsey Malone... and ... er ... that Buffy episode where they sing.

In reply to coinneach:

Rocky Horror Picture Show
Sound of Music
West Side Story

In reply to coinneach:
The Happiness of the Katakuris by Takashi Miike - brilliant movie
youtube.com/watch?v=XDfMXwRapNc&

In reply to coinneach:

Tommy was pretty amazing. An extraordinary period piece.

In reply to coinneach:

"West Side Story" - game changer. Leonard Bernstein applies operatic techniques to musical theatre and film.
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"An American in Paris". Gene Kelly at the height of his powers. Revolutionised the portrayal of dance on film. Fabulous Gershwin score.

"The Bandwagon". Another emphatic statement of the new approach. Kelly unavailable so Fred Astaire steps in and shows the post-war crowd he can still cut it in his fifties. Cyd Charisse devastating.

In reply to coinneach:

The Nightmare Before Christmas
Dancer In The Dark

Don't think I like any other musicals.

In reply to coinneach:

Pink Floyd The Wall

In reply to coinneach:

Spinal Tap, My Fair Lady, The Last Waltz

In reply to Gordon Stainforth:


So was McVicar although I appreciate it wasn't a musical. The soundtrack was pretty damned good.

My favourite 3 are.

The Blues Brothers
Sound of music
Fiddler on the roof!

In reply to coinneach:

I only have a top one.

" I do believe Marcellus my husband, your boss, told you to take me out and do whatever I wanted. Now, I want to dance, I want to win and I want that trophy, so dance good."

Cue one of the best dance scenes ever, to the music of one of rock's best exponents.

In reply to coinneach:

Head
Magical Mystery Tour
The Great Rock n Roll Swindle

In reply to coinneach:

Rude Boy
Hard Days Night
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

In reply to Andy Long:

I can never decide which is better;
the green dress routine in Singin' in the Rain or the red dress routine in Band Wagon. Either way, she's the tops.

For get up and go you can't really beat America from West Side Story. Witty lyrics, too.

And I can't not mention Kiss Me Kate. Lovely songs, humour, glamorous women and 3D to boot.

In reply to coinneach:

Now it got an award for best comedy/musical movie should The Martian not be on the list

In reply to Mikkel:

Put it on yours if you like.

In reply to coinneach:

The Sound of Music
Grease

Not sure of another

In reply to coinneach:

Spinal Tap
Eat the Rich
Blues Brothers

or, more seriously, Rigoletto in Mantova, fantastic Opera production where they perform Rigoletto in settings all over Mantova (the music was recorded in the opera house).

CB

In reply to cb294:

As an addendum to my original post. I linked the TV to my hi-fi for the showing and he nearly shat himself when the first chord went off.

His critique ?

"Well it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be"

In reply to coinneach:

not a musical film as such, but a film with a great soundtrack - Pulp Fiction

In reply to coinneach:

Singing in The Rain
High Society
An American in Paris

In reply to coinneach:

The Last Waltz
Yellow Submarine
200 Motels

In reply to coinneach:

Little Shop of Horrors.

In reply to coinneach:

I'm not really a big fan of musical films, I love a good soundtrack though.

A good one that has not been mentioned yet is Phantom of the Paradise.

Directed by Brian De Palma it is a rock opera reworking of Phantom of the Opera crossed with Faust and The Picture of Dorian Gray. I've not watched it for over twenty years but I remember the music being better than the film.

In reply to coinneach:

Only two for me (both from the same team):
South Park the movie.
Team America, world police.

Often catch myself singing tunes from each in the car.