The MoFo Top 100 Musicals Countdown

Fantasia was my number 4. I knew it was the one as soon as I saw the posts, and Thursday even messaged me about its legitimacy before I had the chance to embarrass myself by openly asking the question on the thread. Excellent timing.


Young Girls of Rochefort didn't make my ballot, but it came close. I was interested in finally seeing it on one of our official lists, though.

Haven't seen any of these, although I think I've seen most of Fantasia in bits and pieces.


SEEN: 19/66
MY BALLOT: 7/25

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Some of the latest reveals not on my list:

#42 - An American in Paris (1951)
Saw it specially for the countdown. It is just meh, considerably dated.

#40 - Sing Street (2016)
Saw this movie when it came out because it was included in the awards season. It is OK, some nice moments...

#39 - Nashville (1975)
It was briefly on my watch list when I scanned Robert Altman's works about ten years ago. Couldn't get to it.

#36 - The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
I planned to see this film for the countdown but couldn't find it.

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I've only seen like three classic Disney animated movies and all of them because they were nominated in different HoFs. As I've said so many times before, I did not grow up with Disney and only seen those few classics as an adult. I liked them sorta.

Fantasia is great and I would put it with Alice in Wonderland, Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid on a short list of animated Disney films... for my money, that would be worthy of a top 100 musical films list.

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I’ve seen Fantasia, but did not vote for it.

Not seen the other one.

I finally watched The Young Girls of Rochefort for this countdown. I didn't love it but I loved enough about it to give it 2 points.

I'm not crazy about Fantasia.

5. Charlotte's Web (#79)
7. Stingray Sam (#46)
10. The Lure (#51)
14. A Star is Born 2018 (#43)
15. Sing Street (#40)
17. Calamity Jane (#84)
20. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (#66)
21. A Star is Born 1954 (#67)
23. Pink Floyd - The Wall (#41)
24. The Young Girls of Rochefort (#36)
25. 42nd Street (#76)

I said before that Sing Street was the one film I wanted to see for this countdown, but I guess a second one would have been The Young Girls of Rochefort.

I think it's fine to call Fantasia a musical but I just don't like it that much, although I appreciate the attempt to do something a bit different.

The Young Girls of Rouchefort is one that I haven't seen but it certainly looks good, so I'll give it a try one fine day.

Fantasia is one of my favorite films of all-time, Disney or not. The classical music set to wonderful animation was a great idea for a film and I think it totally stands the test of time, like good animation and classical music does. Love it so much that I saw it when it was re-released to the cinemas a few decades ago. Love it so much that I confess that I have a Sorcerer's Apprentice Beanie Mickey setting atop one of my DVD shelves. All that said, I did not vote for it, as, once again, there are no animated movies on my list. Mistake on my part.

So far:
#1. On the Town #93 (list proper)
#6. Easter Parade #78 (list proper)
#10. Gigi #85 (list proper)
#12. Calamity Jane #84 (list proper)
#14. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers #71 (list proper)
#18. The Muppet Movie #45 (list proper)
#25. Neptune's Daughter (one-pointer)

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#42 - An American in Paris (1951)
#41 - Pink Floyd - The Wall (1982)

#40 - Sing Street (2016)
#39 - Nashville (1975)
#38 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
#37 - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)


Wow! I have only seen two of these movies: An American in Paris and Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was on my ballot. An American in Paris was not, because the other one was.
This is my favorite scene from An American in Paris.

36. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) - I haven't gotten around to seeing this yet, although it's an awfully big and enticing target for me to have left alone for such a long time. I really hope and expect it's famous sister film makes the grade further up, and although I'm sure it will I'm still aware of how surprising these countdowns can be.

35. Fantasia (1940) - I've seen Fantasia 2000, so it kind of feels like I have seen Fantasia - but in the end I have to put this down as one I haven't seen - at least fully. It'll be interesting to read everyone's comments on this - I've never been quite sure of what to make of it.

Seen : 42/66

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The Young Girls of Rochefort was #7 on my ballot. Though Umbrellas of Cherbourg will undoubtedly make it higher, I stand by this one as being the superior film.

Fantasia is really good, but it didn't make my ballot.

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4. The Burden
6. Inside Llewyn Davis
7. The Young Girls of Rochefort
8. Top Hat
12. Duck Soup

Phantom of the Paradise was my #4 of 18. Is it really a shock, given everything else I've said so far. Musicals, really not my genre outside a literal handful still. We'll remember you forever Eddy...


Snow White and the Seven Dwarves - A movie I don't really have any interest in seeing as an adult.



Fantasia - I really wouldn't have interpreted as a musical, but I guess contributes to my theory that what people clock as musicals is less the singing and more the dance number or the music heard (be it singing or just rhythm) in some way is centered as being the focus of the story.


The Young Girls of Rochefort - I didn't get to this one. I know it's one of the famous ones and it's somewhere in the S&S top 250 (I think), so it's on the "eventually, watch this," list. However, I didn't feel the urgency for this, as I was kind of mixed to middling for Cherbourg (for when we get to this) and the stills I see of this gives me a sense of a bright and poppy, "fun" movie (not my thing) -but I could be wrong! (Or maybe it'll manage to work despite not being my typical thing). But yeah, didn't manage to build up the energy to watch this.

But I mean, other than "Life At Last" is there really a song you're gonna sing in the car or at a party like one might have from a classical musical in its day or even a contemporary thing like Rocky Horror or Jesus Christ Superstar or more modern like Hedwig?
I submit there is not. Even "Life At Last" would be the least song in Rocky Horror and maybe 5th in Hedwig.
So that puts it in a tough spot.
I mean, I can say without hesitation, that while it is not a great movie, the music in Shock Treatment beats Phanotm's ass to a pulp.

Mine too.

The Young Girls Of Rochefort was my No.16 and is my Demy for this list. I liked the other famous one that we'll certainly see soon a lot but not as much as this.
True story, some nights when I get home late and I'm high, I'll just put on like the first 20 minutes of YGoR and then go to bed.

The opening song, Goodbye, Eddie, Goodbye and Someone Super Like You, which precedes Life At Last often go into the Halloween seasonal music rotation for me. I think some of it just stems from affection of the movie, and that goes for Rocky Horror for me as well. Just for whatever reason, Rocky Horror doesn't really go into my Halloween seasonal movie rotation in the same way Phantom does, and I guess somewhat unsurprisingly, its OST hasn't worked its way in either.

Been meaning to rewatch Fantasia for a long time. I have very strong memories of it, but I'm also sure it could have dragged in places.

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Fantasia is the one with Wizard Mickey and the walking mops/brooms carrying water buckets, right? At least one of the segments.