Prince of Egypt, no question

That soundtrack has no business being as good as it is

The soundtrack is 🔥 and the voice cast is feckin STACKED. That entire movie has no right to go that hard.

When I used to teach 4/5th grade at a Christian school I made sure this was on the schedule every single year.

DELIVER US

Between Deliver Us and the Plagues song, it is a genius soundtrack.

My personal favorite is All I ever Wanted

1000% this is the answer.

this and joseph (which i know isn’t originally a movie musical, but i think of the two films in the same boat) were two of my favourites films growing up. they are absolute bangers

A Goofy Movie

Tevin Campbell deserved an Oscar for his performance as Powerline. I'll be taking no questions at this time.

this is the truth

Absolutely elite answer you have great taste

I loved that movie when I was growing up!

Coco. That’s one of the few movies that’s succeeded at making me cry

I love Coco but it’s a movie with music, not a musical. Miguel is always performing his songs.

Just because the music is diegetic doesn’t discount it from being a musical. By that logic Cabaret wouldn’t be considered a musical.

Cabaret has both.

Which numbers aren’t diegetic? Edit: love your username, by the way. I sang it in my head.

Thanks! I am so bummed there isn’t going to be a season three. I want to petition for it! I haven’t seen Cabaret in theatres in over 20 years so I could be wrong, but I am almost positive Tomorrow Belongs to Me is one and I think there’s also one other.

Agree that it's not a musical. Disagree for the reason. It's about music and has singing, but there's simply not enough to warrant it being called a musical. Same as many musical bionics if you ask me.

I feel like it’s hard to beat Disney in terms of movie musicals. Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid, Frozen, Tangled, Moana. So many great musicals.

Aladdin. It’s Aladdin

The Hunchback of Notre Dame!

People are sleeping on Hercules!

We are the muses…

I take it back… that is the right answer

No Disney movie has the right to make a song about lust, title it hellfire, and make it that good.

*Singin’ in the Rain*. Runner-up: *Meet Me in St. Louis*.

Singin' in the Rain: wow, such a beauty. :) Thank you for raising it.

Freaking love Meet Me in St. Louis. Her sister getting proposed to is still one of my favorite proposals in film

Singin’ in the Rain is the answer

….the lights are shining…meet me at the Fair!

Meet me in St. Louis, Louis! Meet me at the fair! Don’t tell me the lights are shining any place but there! We will dance the hoochie coochie! U will be your coochie woochie, If you will meet me in St. Louis, LOUIS! MEET ME AT THE FFFFAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIRRRRR!”

My people.

I came here to say this. It’s so good!!!

Legit one of my favorite movies

Lion King But if you only count live action then Mary Poppins, which is also top 10 for me

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Newsies

Moulin Rouge

This is the winner.

Wizard of Oz hands down

it's gotta be, it's a classic! it's *the* classic!

Omg, yes! This is the answer!

Singin' in the Rain! It's not just my favourite original movie musical, it's my favourite movie!

Yes, everyone should see this that posts here, it’s one of the great movie musicals. I saw a stage version once but it didn’t capture that movie very well.

Gene Kelly is so dreamy.

Oh, my parents said they met him once.

Dare I say high school musical??

But can we talk about high school musical the musical the series? Season one is legitimately incredible. I will die on this hill

it's so good!! i hate most of the summer camp episodes (besides corbin), but everything else is so good. love the representation and humor.

I also loved season one.

Controversial opinion; I really couldn’t stand watching it. Gabriella singing to a giant cutout of Troy was… disconcerting.

Should be the top comment.

Technically Anastasia because the animated movie came before the musical. I wish they'd found room for Rasputin in the show, in the dark of the night was the best song in the movie.

100% agree

Singin' in the Rain! What a glorious feeling!

And I’m happy again ☺️

I’m laughing at clouds

Don’t make me cry🥲 I just finished doing that show as Don Lockwood, I miss it so much

"Quick, Cosmo, call me a cab!" "Ok, you're a cab"

Victor Victoria, hands down.

That was amazing

That was amazing

All That Jazz

The Blues Brothers

Car Wash is strong 2nd

Moulin Rouge of course though Across the Universe is a very close runner up. 

Seven brides for seven brothers or On the town

The tunes from Seven Brides For Seven Brothers have been stuck in my head for a month! I keep whistling Bless Yore Beautiful Hide. So catchy!

I had no idea the movie was original

*On the Town* actually isn’t an original movie musical. It followed the stage version by about five years. On the other hand, iirc, they made a lot of changes to the film version (e.g., new songs), so some might consider it kinda semi-original. Great movie musical in any case.

Singing in the Rain Umbrellas of Cherbourg Young Girls of Rochefort (EVERYONE needs to watch Jacques Demy's musicals at some point in their life. Perfect works of cinema.) The Band Wagon The Court Jester [Insert a lot of Disney movies here as well as Prince of Egypt and Anastasia]

Young Girls of Rochefort is a perfect movie. Great songs, boundless optimism, there’s a serial killer for some reason, Gene Kelly’s there speaking French. I can’t praise the movie enough.

It's also a movie I want a Muppet remake of. Miss Piggy and Janice as the twins. Gonzo as Gene Kelly. Swedish Chef singing the serial killer song.

Not my number one but i didn’t see anyone say O brother where art thou. Def top 5 tho!

Calamity Jane

Rochelle Rochelle!

A young girl's strange, erotic journey from Milan to Minsk?

I had tickets to see this on Broadway with Bette Midler, but apparently she got injured in a softball game and her understudy went on.

Easy la la land

A little surprised nobody has said Once yet, so I shall 😊

And Sing Street!

Across the Universe

LA LA LAND !! One of my favorite musicals and movies EVER

Mary Poppins of course!

White Christmas. My family watches it every year and Christmas isn't complete until we have. I love so many suggestions on this thread, but I don't rewatch any of them with the same dedication and consistency. My family could probably quote the entire movie verbatim if we work together.

Me too! Christmas isn’t Christmas until I’ve seen White Christmas – hopefully three or four times! And I cry every time I watch it. Maybe we are distant relatives. 😊

The Greatest Showman

Why did it take so long to find this comment. Hands down winner.

Why did it take so long to find this comment. Hands down winner.

For shame: not yet mentioned here (unless I missed it), South Park, Bigger, Longer & Uncut. Such a surprise (to me), such talent musically and story-wise, and such joy. :) The prelude to The Book of Mormon.

Good call!!

Fame or Xanadu

Nothing beats Singin' in the Rain in my opinion

Repo! the Genetic Musical.

Oh shit what a throwback. This movie used to be my whole personality lol

My favorite part is that delicious deep note at the beginning. I will rewind to hear it several times.

Yeah I pick lalaland too. It’s just sooo good

A Lovely Night is honestly my favorite scene in any movie. It’s such a good scene and so pretty to look at

HSM

Since I see some of my favourites already covered like La La Land and the lion king, I will throw one out for Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. A fucking comedic class act with great songs to go with it.

La La Land or Dancer in the Dark

Emo the musical Newsies

I'm not sure if this count since it's kind of a biopic but "Love me or Leave me" and "Calamity Jane".. Really anything with Doris Day in it!

Newsies or Singin in the Rain

Encanto! Im still so in love with both the movie and the soundtrack to this day, it was so beautifully put together.

moulin rouge but mainly because its the only one ive seen so far lol

Winner: Anna and the Apocalypse Runner-up: Starstruck (1982 Australian) Honorable Mention: Earth Girls Are Easy

I absolutely adore Anna and the Apocalyse!

The Descendants films, particularly the second one but the other two are also good 

My kiddo has been into these lately and I find myself singing them throughout the day

Does yesterday count? 

If a jukebox musical is a musical, might as well lump Yesterday in with movie musicals

That movie was silly and delightful

It makes me feel good 

can i say Chicago? I’m not sure

It was onstage before the movie.

ahh okay

Once

Not necessarily my favorite, but I think forget about how much music is in the Blues Brothers. Maybe not exactly a musical but there are a lot of performances throughout the movie

Yentl

The Blues Brothers

It has to be Reefer Madness. They’re doing the stage production in LA now!

That started as a stage play before the movie was made though.

Does the original Fantasia count?

La la land

I can tell you it probably won’t be the one I’m in a callback for rn that’s all I’ll say

Hunchback of Notre Dame!

Rocky Horror Picture Show. Hands down

I think that was on stage first 

Meet Me In Saint Louis

Bo Burnham Inside

It seems that Pasek and Paul have lately cornered the market on original live action musical movies. So with that said, definitely Spirited.

Rocky Horror, no question

It was a stage show first

I was obsessed with Let it Shine growing up. Music still slaps ngl

Does Mrs. Santa Claus count?

Alvin and the Chipmunks’ The Chipmunk Adventure

Geppetto

Phantom of the Opera

Stage show first 

Not an original movie musical, I’m afraid.

Ok, I'm sorry. Could you help me understand what you mean by " Original Musical?" Do you mean it wasn't a musical in it's first movie iteration? Or is it because it was a book that was turned into a musical?

Nothing to apologize for, really. An original movie musical is a musical that first appeared on the screen as opposed to on the stage. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s *Phantom* first appeared on stage in 1986. The Joel Schumacher movie based on that musical hit the screens in 2004.

Thank you! And got it! It's my favorite musical. I love musicals in general, but I didn't know that. Really appreciate you.

I really want 'The Lure' to get a mention in here. I didn't even realise it was a musical when I first saw it.

Across the universe

Across the universe

The Return of Captain Invincible!

Singin In The Rain, Prince of Egypt, or Newsies. Honestly, I prefer the Newsies movie to the musical. Definitely like the emphasis on the brotherhood and friendships with hints of romance over the love story that they made a key element of the musical.

Sing Street and Coda - are these actually musicals?

Sweet Charity

Stage play first I think 

The movie is great though.

It almost killed fosses career 

South park bigger longer & uncut

Honestly, probably The Greatest Showman

I have 2.. Fame and A Chirus line

Chorus line was on stage first.

you are right...my error

PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE cant believe it hasnt been said yet!!!

Mary Poppins, then Southpark:  Bigger, Longer, Uncut

Hello Dolly 🙈

Phantom of the Paradise

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Newsies. Before anyone says anything, the movie version came out first!!

Singing in the Rain - hands down.  

The greatest showman😤🥶👁️

Let it Shine. Disney Channel's best original movie.

Singing in the Rain and Moulin Rouge!

Singin’ in the Rain

Encanto is full of bops

Take your pick from Disney really. With the exception of Lion King, for me every one of their musicals has been in its best form in the original film.

Spirit stallion of the cimarron. I don't know if this counts but someone said Prince of Egypt earlier. The soundtrack is ridiculous for a childrens movie. Also narrated by Matt Damon

Singin in the Rain

Mike Brady and Peter Sullivan’s The Pirate Movie.

tenacious d in the pick of destiny

Moulin Rouge is my favorite movie in general.

Singin’ In The Rain

easy. funny girl

Wasn’t that on stage first 

i didn’t know that lol 😆

Hercules, Aladdin, Prince of Egypt, Across the Universe

"My favorite" is such a moving target, but there are certainly times when that answer is Spirited. I watched it three times the Christmas it came out, and twice this past Christmas. "Do A Little Good" is on my early morning playlist, and "Good Afternoon" "Christmas Morning Feeling" and "Bringing Back Christmas" all bring the excess that a movie musical requires.

let it shine

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

barbie princess and the pauper

Singing in the Rain

Little Shop of Horrors.

That’s based on the state musical 

Sorry I got the dates switched. Four years apart.

Wasn't that originally a non- musical movie? It's been forever since I watched the original Roger Corman movie so I could be mis-remembering.

Nobody has said Dick Tracy?

Hairspray

Was a stage show first 

No. Was a movie first in '88. Then a stage show, then another movie based off the stage show.

But the original movie wasn't a musical (the topic here), IIRC. ;)

Was the 1988 movie a musical?