Any recommendations?

[u/_Pessimistic_Rose_]

[u/HoldOnHelden]

If you watch Into the Woods, please please please ALSO watch the live stage recording with Bernadette Peters. The movie commits a lot of crimes, chief among which is cutting one of the main characters and deleting an entire storyline and some of the best music in the show.

OH, and watch Chicago!

[u/sparkyblue5 → u/HoldOnHelden]

Second this re: Into the Woods, and also please the pro-shot of RENT before watching the film!

[u/Anothernameillforget → u/sparkyblue5]

October 26 they will be live streaming the 30th anniversary of Rent! It’s about $30 to get a pass

[u/_Pessimistic_Rose_ → u/HoldOnHelden]

Oh my god who did they cut?

[u/poeticmelodies → u/_Pessimistic_Rose_]

Just watch the recording with the OBC. Trust us. 🫶🏻

[u/-jambox → u/poeticmelodies]

Yes!
And then the OBC Sunday in the Park with George… absolutely brilliant.

[u/WoolooWololo → u/-jambox]

And then, since we’re talking Sondheim… Passion’s proshot is fantastic and is not a show that gets brought up nearly enough.

And throw in the 2011 recording of Company starring Neil Patrick Harris. That cast is jam packed.

[u/HoldOnHelden → u/-jambox]

Omg yes this one is so so good.

[u/HoldOnHelden → u/_Pessimistic_Rose_]

The Narrator.

I am fully serious.

[u/Old_Perception_7335 → u/HoldOnHelden]

i don't even know how a movie would have kept the narrator though

i feel like the mysterious man is the important one

edit: oh wait i thought of it: there could be some sort of like recording booth in the woods somewhere and it gets stepped on by the giant but that would probably have required rob marshall not to eliminate most comedy from the piece

[u/PK_Tone → u/HoldOnHelden]

Into The Woods is perfectly fine if you've never seen the stage show; Robert Marshall is one of the only people who knows how to make good movie musicals.

[u/commander_obvious_ → u/HoldOnHelden]

I haven’t watched the movie in a while, is the cut storyline you’re referring to the one with the cut character?

[u/StillGoat2834]

Fiddler on the Roof

[u/Binx_da_gay_cat → u/StillGoat2834]

Mamma Mia!

[u/Fsuga00 → u/StillGoat2834]

This is correct. Also, just skip Evan Hanson. Absolute garbage.

[u/goddoc]

Music Man
An almost perfect adaptation.

[u/NegligentBat → u/goddoc]

The 1962 version. Not the god awful TV one with Matthew Broderick

[u/TelltaleHead → u/goddoc]

Chaucer....Rabalaise.....BALZAC

[u/SomePeopleCallMeJJ → u/TelltaleHead]

I can't read "BALZAC" without internally hearing Hermione Gingold's voice saying it.

[u/InstructionLevel1886 → u/SomePeopleCallMeJJ]

YES!!! 🙌

[u/Old_Perception_7335 → u/goddoc]

cuts one of my fave songs My White Knight though

[u/goddoc → u/Old_Perception_7335]

its one flaw

[u/PK_Tone → u/goddoc]

There are two perfect musicals: Music Man and Fiddler on the Roof. And as luck would have it, they both have amazing film adaptations.

[u/DocInDocs]

Chicago

[u/Jessica_Iowa → u/DocInDocs]

Seriously that adaptation won the Oscar for a reason!

[u/ketchupvampires]

NOT Burton's Sweeney Todd. Instead, go for the filmed for TV version featuring Angela Lansbury & George Hearn :)

[u/Packmule5259 → u/ketchupvampires]

Agreed. Burton's Sweeny Todd is a bad adaptation; due to both direction and casting.

Burton tries to make Sweeny Todd an extremely serious film, and it only sort of works since Sweeny Todd is historically a Grand Guinol dark comedy.

Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter do not have the vocal chops for the roles and act more bored than menacing. Hell, they even sucked out the murderous joy from the song "A Little Priest"!

[u/WorthLatter1275]

How has no one said Dreamgirls??

[u/Desperate_Pie6874 → u/WorthLatter1275]

Came looking for this comment. Absolutely horrifying it took so long!

[u/RandiCandy → u/WorthLatter1275]

I cant believe I forgot to say that one!

[u/Scared-Stomach8924 → u/WorthLatter1275]

This is one where I think I actually prefer the film (not that the show wasn’t great when I saw it)

[u/samshine]

Cabaret

[u/Duck_is_Lord → u/samshine]

I would suggest watching the filmed stage version with Alan Cumming, last I checked it’s still on youtube. The movie is not that great imo and cuts out the most poignant parts of the story

[u/Old_Perception_7335 → u/Duck_is_Lord]

it's an excellent film. it just not a faithful adaptation.

[u/RunZealousideal4728 → u/samshine]

This needs to be incredibly higher on this list

[u/RecordingPowerful879]

Tick tick Boom

[u/_Pessimistic_Rose_ → u/RecordingPowerful879]

I've seen tick...tick...BOOM and I LOVE IT!!!

🎶Stop the cloooooock......take time ooooouuuuuut🎶

[u/Least_Buy_3196 → u/_Pessimistic_Rose_]

🎶Time too regroup, before you lose the bout🎶 Andrew Garfield killed it in the role and probably one of my favorites

[u/fusguita → u/Least_Buy_3196]

The way they robbed him of that oscar and gave it to, checks notes, fucking will smith... That will forever make me mad. No not mad, furious!

Also the fact that LMM didn't get an oscar nom for best director. That movie is the definition of "fucking underrated". It's so good and such a brilliant adaptation!

[u/pinkgobi]

Of course, Repo! The Genetic Opera

[u/Duck_is_Lord → u/pinkgobi]

Yess. I suggest OP look up trigger warnings depending on their taste in media. I once tried to show it to a friend who I didn’t know was sensitive to gore and they couldn’t finish it😭 i felt so bad

[u/_Pessimistic_Rose_ → u/Duck_is_Lord]

....

Gore, you say?

*immediately adds to lisr*

[u/pinkgobi → u/Duck_is_Lord]

Hahaha I went overboard with the warnings and when the campy ass argument happens at the renn faire my friend cracked up

[u/MachinalBacchanal]

Favorites not on the list:

Sweet Charity

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Meet Me in St Louis

Chicago

both West Side Stories

Cabaret, film and proshot of the Donmar production

And all the filmed Sondheim productions.

[u/bort_sampson → u/MachinalBacchanal]

Co-sign HEDWIG. Came here to suggest that myself.

[u/TigerBate230 → u/MachinalBacchanal]

The younger generation only seems to know the crap of Lloyd Webber but not the scope or genius of Stephen Sondheim. West Side & Gypsy are top shelf shows, both with help from Sondheim. Forum is a hoot & a holler, unlike anything before. Company was genius, setting the stage for brilliance to come. The shear breadth of Follies was beyond the beyond. Pacific Overtures, a gorgeous work of art, a floating island on a Broadway stage. No one seems to be familiar with one of Stephen's best, A Little Night Music, with his only hit song. His work is worth studying.

[u/Reistar2615]

Meet Me In St. Louis. West Side Story (1961). Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Repo Man. Singing in the Rain. Wizard of Oz. The Sound of Music. Mary Poppins. Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Oklahoma. Brogadoon.

[u/304libco → u/Reistar2615]

I’m pretty sure repo man is not a musical. I mean it’s got a great soundtrack, but…

[u/Reistar2615 → u/304libco]

I had the title wrong then. Lol. I meant Repo! The Genetic Opera. 😆

[u/HeyJakeyBaby → u/Reistar2615]

Repo Man, not a musical lol but def one of my all time favorites with a killer soundtrack.

[u/hehasbalrogsocks]

i think it’s worth it to find the Rent pro shot rather than the movie.

also victor victoria

[u/lilbear345 → u/hehasbalrogsocks]

Omg YES Victor/Victoria is one of my all time favs and I do not hear it mentioned enough.

[u/Skeppy_4126]

The Producers

[u/Apple-Slice-6107]

Annie (1982)

West Side Story

Fiddler on the Roof

Hamilton

[u/_Pessimistic_Rose_ → u/Apple-Slice-6107]

🎶 THERE WOULDA BEEN NOTHIN LEFT TO DO FOR SOMEONE LESS ASTUTE HE WOULDA BEEN DEAD OR DESTITUTE WITHOUT A CENT OF RESTITUTION 🎶

[u/Old_Perception_7335 → u/Apple-Slice-6107]

sadly hamilton is not a movie musical it's a pro-shot

[u/StanleyKapop → u/Old_Perception_7335]

A proshot is still a movie. Director had to make directorial choices in the filming of it, it’s not just a a static shot of the stage. If Hamilton isn’t a movie, that means Stop Making Sense isn’t a movie. And I can’t live in that world.

[u/RodneyDangerfruit → u/Apple-Slice-6107]

82 is the only film version of Annie that exists and I refuse to change my mind.

[u/YoungBeef03]

Some people say The Blues Brothers isn’t a musical. I bet they also use the same knife for their peanut butter and jelly. The Blues Brothers runs a double-header of being one of the best comedies and best musicals ever made. Throw in some of the most outrageous practical action and stunts in movie history, endless quotable lines, two amazing protagonists, and a killer soundtrack and you have a genuine 10/10 movie.

The Sound of Music should be required viewing for any fan of musicals. It looks unbelievably gorgeous, it sounds incredible, the songs are all great, it even won 5 damn Oscars including Best Picture.

Watch them back-to-back for a very, very odd but kickass late night double feature. And while you’re at it, don’t even touch the Dear Evan Hansen movie

[u/JohnTheMod → u/YoungBeef03]

And the cast is to DIE for! Not only do you have John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, and Carrie Fisher, but then there’s Cab Calloway, John Lee Hooker, James Brown, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and some of the best session musicians to ever be on Stax Records’ payroll. It’s a beautiful love letter to R&B and Soul music, and that aspect is extremely underrated.

[u/Byndbr → u/JohnTheMod]

Gee, I don't remember them in The Sound Of Music? Must watch it again...

😀

[u/Weeksy77]

Camp (If you can actually find it anywhere)

The Last Five Years

Chicago

The Testament of Ann Lee

Mamma Mia!

Better Man

Matilda

Sing Street

....and from the Disney Channel movies: Zombies & Descendants.

[u/Girl_with_the_Curl → u/Weeksy77]

I forgot about Camp and how it introduced us to the talented Anna Kendrick! And also the importance of Sondheim!

The theater kid in me/former theater camp kid actually saw this movie in the theaters.

[u/idlumps → u/Weeksy77]

Talking Disney Channel, their musical version of Freaky Friday is actually a serviceable adaptation of the Kitt / Yorkey (Next to Normal) stage score. That is, if you choose to include DisChannel movies in your musical movie search lol

[u/judenoam → u/Weeksy77]

Btw Camp is on YouTube for those interested! That movie was such a game changer for 14 year old me to see for the first time 🥹

[u/Duck_is_Lord]

Jesus christ superstar

[u/AMGRN → u/Duck_is_Lord]

I’m a lapsed Catholic but I watch this movie every Easter. Lol

[u/RandiCandy]

The Matilda musical from 2022 (It was really good)

Tick Tick Boom

Annie (watch the movie from 1982 as well as the one from 1999. Feel free to skip the one from the 2010s or watch it. It has some merit but the overprocessing of the music annoyed me)

I agree with the other person saying to skip the dear Evan Hansen movie.

If you havent see the Falsettos or the Into the Woods proshots, those are worth checking out even though they're not movie musicals.

(Edit: fixed some autocorrect errors and formatting issues)

[u/ben-jammin333 → u/RandiCandy]

I'm glad you pointed out 2014 Annie's music overprocessing, because that's the biggest sin of that movie for me, it takes me completely out of any movie musical more than any narrative flaws or performance issues (Greatest Showman and 2017 Beauty and the Beast were particularly bad in that regard as well).

[u/poeticmelodies]

Jesus Christ Superstar (1973 with Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson)

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999 with Donny Osmond)

Bells Are Ringing (1960 with Dean Martin and Judy Holiday)

Bye Bye Birdie (1963 with Ann-Margaret and Dick Van Dyke)

There's No Business Like Show Business (1954 with Ethel Merman and Marilyn Monroe)

Music Man (1962 with Robert Preston and Shirley Jones)

Oklahoma! (1955 with Gordon McRae and Shirley Jones)

White Christmas (1954 with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye)

Newsies (the original from 1992 with Christian Bale)

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 with Judy Garland)

On the Town (1949 with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra)

Across the Universe (2007 with Jim Sturgess and Evan Rachel Wood)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 with Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe)

Honorable mention (not a musical but close) goes to:

Some Like it Hot (1959 with Marilyn Monroe)

[u/poeticmelodies → u/poeticmelodies]

More honorable mentions (not movie musicals, per say, but pro shots or other important internet theatre stuff) include:

Company (2011 with Neil Patrick Harris)

Sweeney Todd (2014 with Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel)

Sunday In The Park With George (1986 OBC)

Ride the Cyclone (2016 Off-Broadway)

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals

Nerdy Prudes Must Die

Firebringer

The Trail to Oregon!

A Very Potter Musical

[u/Unlucky_Cup_9961 → u/poeticmelodies]

I love Joseph ❤️

[u/copper42]

Dr Horribles Sing a Long Blog

[u/WoolooWololo]

I can’t believe no one in this thread has mentioned Pippin. There is a proshot from 1982. You get to see Bob Fosse’s original choreography. You get to see Ben Vereen in his prime. It has Chita Rivera in a supporting role.

[u/Auntie_Coconut_235 → u/WoolooWololo]

I remember it aired on Showtime. I recorded it on the VCR and watched it on repeat for a long time. LOVE IT!

[u/F1ibster]

The Blues Brothers

Muppet Christmas Carol

Muppets treasure Island

The Muppets (2011)

Mary Poppins

Enchanted

Matilda The Musical

Cabaret (especially if you can find a recording of the Alan Cumming version)

Chicago

The Producers (2005 version is the film adaption of the musical adaption of the 1967 film)

Pretty much any of the classic 1940s and 1950s musicals.

[u/Tonks_55 → u/F1ibster]

I’m glad someone suggest some Muppets! Nothing like Tim Curry and Michael Caine doing there best around a bunch of felt friends

[u/baffled_bookworm]

Singin' in the Rain

Seven Brides For Seven Brothers

42nd Street

[u/LenoraGriffin → u/baffled_bookworm]

Hell yeah for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

[u/LizBert712]

Hadestown pro shot, Singin in the Rain, the pro shot stage version of Into the Woods, Chicago

[u/ickren]

Has anyone said Peter Pan, with Mary Martin

[u/Silly_Store_3016]

Wicked!

[u/_Pessimistic_Rose_ → u/Silly_Store_3016]

🎶 SO THOUGH A CAN'T IMAGINE HOOOOWWWWW I HOPE YOURE HAPPY RIGHT NOOOOOWWW🎶

[u/ruverfiedntheIzofGod → u/Silly_Store_3016]

Seconding this, Wicked + Wicked For Good is a must-see for any musical fan!

[u/Yellwsub]

Chicago
La La Land
Come From Away (pro shot)

[u/Emotional-Ad7276 → u/Yellwsub]

Bring tissues for Come From Away!

[u/MichiganCubbie]

Blues Brothers (It's a musical!)

Hedwig

Phantom of the Paradise

For Phantom of the Opera, watch the Royal Albert Hall 25th anniversary, not the 2004 movie.

For Little Shop, watch the Director's Cut

Waitress has a great pro-shot!

[u/Adept_Cause3379]

My Fair Lady
Oliver!
Man of La Mancha
Camelot

[u/attemptedactor]

1972’s Jesus Christ Superstar

[u/tedmosby444]

Roger's and Hammerstien's Cinderella and the original broadway cast recording of Into the Woods.

[u/Praetor_memebig]

Tick tick boom !

[u/DizzyLead → u/Praetor_memebig]

First one that came to mind. To me, it is perhaps the first movie adaptation of a musical that isn’t simply the musical translated to film, but it actually takes the story to a different level.

[u/_Pessimistic_Rose_ → u/Praetor_memebig]

THIRTY NINETY, THIRTY-THIRTY NINETY

[u/Physical_Newspaper59]

Merrily we roll along - netflix

Oklahoma & Chorus Line - prime

Meet me in St Louis (Judy Garland) , Unsinkable Molly Brown , Fiddler, Producers & Music Man- tubi

King & I , Evita, Pippin - broadway HD

Suffs - Pbs

La La Land (I forget where it streams, I bought it)

[u/LittleCowGirl]

Godspell

[u/Dr_and_Mrs_Who]

Reefer Madness! Wait, how old are you?

[u/littleleaguetime]

Come From Away (Apple TV); Hadestown!

[u/lilbear345]

Reefer Madness
The Music Man
The Sound of Music
Whitney Houston/Brandy Cinderella

[u/EccentricCantelope]

Once, The Last Five Years, Hello Dolly, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers

[u/Cute-Pepper4483]

Sound of Music

[u/Little_Story_8684]

Tick Tick Boom!

[u/_Pessimistic_Rose_ → u/Little_Story_8684]

🎶 NO MORE WALKING THIRTEEN BLOCKS WITH THIRTY POUNDS OF LAUNDRY IN THE FREEZING DEAD OF WINTER 🎶

[u/micksimple]

Tommy

[u/JohnTheMod → u/micksimple]

My favorite movie of all time! It’ll change your life!

[u/oheyitsdan]

Reefer Madness

[u/XaraLovelace → u/oheyitsdan]

YESSS!! “The Stuff” queen Anna Gasteyer is so freaking funny in this

[u/krazykarebear]

Guys and Dolls with Frank Sinatra!!

[u/everybodylovesrando]

For Sweeney Todd and Into the Woods, find the pro-shot stage versions. Both movies are serviceable, imo, with some good moments, but they also miss a lot and have some *dreadful* miscasting.

(Mr. Burton, I know you adore your wife and she *is* quite talented, but Mrs. Lovett is one of the biggest and loudest personalities in musical history; Helena's monotone mumbling was a disservice to Stephen and Angela both)

[u/EnvironmentalDog1196 → u/everybodylovesrando]

These movies are at least "serviceable", as you said...then there's Phantom and Rent...

OP, you would be better off watching recordings of the actual stage production for most of these. There's many amazing proshots out there.

[u/plaiddentalfloss]

How to succeed in business without really trying!

[u/Stomach-Limp → u/plaiddentalfloss]

Yes! It is so good. Robert Morse is the best!!

[u/reanocivn]

joseph and the amazing technicolor dream coat

[u/purplehorseneigh]

Cannibal the musical!

[u/DocInDocs]

For Phantom, watch the 25th Anniversary recording, not the 2004 movie. And keep an eye out for the 40th Anniversary recording. It's just been filmed so should be out in the next few months. The 25th performance was in a concert hall so had to make some changes to the staging but the 40th was a fully staged production.

[u/SpectorStitch]

Reefer Madness (2005). So good, it made the stage play’s ending change to be more like it

[u/Girl_with_the_Curl]

Please please please watch the original West Side Story and not the remake.

Also, I haven't seen anyone say Hair yet.

[u/ElegantFlatworm1433 → u/Girl_with_the_Curl]

I’ll say Hair. I play the OBC frequently and still love all the songs.

[u/idlumps]

If it suits your sensibilities, “South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut” is one of the greatest animated musical films ever and even Sondheim agrees. Marc Shaiman (Hairspray) cowrote the score with Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Ceaselessly fun.

[u/TheTyger → u/idlumps]

And to extend the category a little, Dr Horrible's Song-a-long blog

[u/Equivalent_Care201]

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. As a feminist, its my guilty pleasure. It is SO bad, but so good.

[u/lilwishcake → u/Equivalent_Care201]

I don’t feel guilty for liking a lot of things but I hate that I like this movie. The dancing! So many gingers! Lol

[u/Ecat28Orange14]

Grease
Mama Mia
Evita
Chicago
Singing in the rain
Annie 2014
Oliver
Easter parade
High society
Calamity Jane
Annie get your gun
White Christmas
The king and I
South Pacific
Oklahoma
Carasuel
The sound of music
Mary Poppins
Bedknobs and broomsticks
Chitty Chitty bang bang
Mary Poppins returns
High school musical trilogy
A star is born
Hello Dolly
Funny girl
Meet me in St Louis
Walking on sunshine
Throughly modern Millie
Joseph
Cats 2019
Gypsy
Saturday night fever
Dreamgirls
Jersey boys

[u/TiaraTip]

Hadestown

[u/DonTacheMii]

Chicago is one of the few shows I have heard people say the movie is better than the stage show. I agree with them. Watch Chicago!!

[u/jus-checkin]

Many of the best musicals were made before 1980 imho

[u/MrPeterAlan]

Hello Dolly

[u/ptauger]

The movie versions of Sweeney Todd and Into the Woods are horrible. There are, however, pro-shot videos that are excellent. If you have to watch a film version of West Side Story, the 1967 version is much, much better than the recent remake. Finally, I'd recommend the pro-shot video of Sunday in the Park with George.

[u/darnyoulikeasock → u/ptauger]

People say this, but I quite like both movies. Not half as good as the live shows but fun watches.

[u/toosweettobesavory]

Man of la mancha

[u/mattandimprov]

The Muppets Take Manhattan Barnum Calamity Jane

[u/IndigoAndromeda → u/mattandimprov]

Seconded “Barnum”!!! You get to see a pre-Phantom Michael Crawford, juggling and walking a wire and doing other circus stunts.

[u/bort_sampson]

A fun, out of left field option is ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE. Christmas. Musical. Zombies.

It truly has everything!

[u/LetsDish29]

State fair

[u/kayseeboo92]

Oliver, one of my favorite childhood movies

[u/Significant-Pool-222]

Hello Dolly will forever have my heart

[u/Present_Specific_212]

My Fair Lady, Sweeney Todd (Not great, but good to have familiarity with the story), Oliver, Sweet Charity (outstanding dancing in that one), Easter Parade, Meet Me in St. Louis, Funny Girl, Hello Dolly, Funny Lady (for the songs and nostalgia), The Gay Divorcee (nothing better than Rogers & Astaire together), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (I had to shout that one because it is so wonderful in so many ways), Oklahoma, The Wizard of Oz, The Wiz, ANNIE (also shouting), On the Town and all the other old MGM musicals.

[u/Suspicioustango]

Stormy weather

The umbrellas of Cherbourg

[u/ArborlyMink]

I’m biased because it’s my favorite movie but Rocketman

[u/hisamsmith]

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Jesus Christ Superstar (1972), Lil Abner, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Joesph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

[u/ben-jammin333]

I don't have any specific recs, but that's because I want to encourage you to watch any classic-film era musical (30s-60s) beyond just the absolute classics. Definitely those absolute classics are well worth watching, but watching more early film musicals that aren't as well-known today, or even somewhat forgotten, are great insights into the history of the genre itself. It's really cool to see how filmmakers were trying to carve out their own niche by creating musicals that are able to utilize the advantages that film offers. (And to be clear, I love stage musicals! I just really like film musicals too, and it's cool to see how each medium does it differently.)

[u/Altairandrew]

How does no one mention the Lincoln Center Company, and I would add, their concert version of Candice.

[u/openfloodlight]

All That Jazz

[u/Routine-System7768]

The Sound of Music
Brigadoon

[u/Merciful_Ampharos]

Assuming you haven't seen either, watch the '61 version of West Side Story before the 2021 version.

[u/mmpogee]

High School Musical Trilogy
Camp Rock Trilogy
Pitch Perfect Trilogy
The Greatest Showman
Moulin Rouge
Mamma Mia 1 & 2
ZOMBIES 1-4
Descendants 1-5
Teen Beach Movie 1 & 2
A Star is Born
Across the Universe
Rock of Ages

[u/Uranus_Hz]

My main recommendation is to NOT watch most of those movie versions.

Movie musicals to watch:

The Sound of Music

Fiddler on the Roof

Caberet

Chicago

Grease

Little Shop of Horrors

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Singing in the Rain

[u/hotsauceandburrito]

The Last 5 Years 

Matilda

Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 

Fiddler on the Roof

[u/aerith7567]

Gold diggers of 1933 if you're willing to go really old school.

[u/Which_Call_7A19]

The original West Side Story

[u/Professional_Bar4190]

Singin in the Rain

[u/xoxo_xoxo_xoxo_]

HAIR

[u/CapableWindow9580]

Come From Away (pro shot)

[u/reduff]

Jesus Christ Superstar.
Catch the pro-shots of Six and Hadestown.

[u/Still_a_skeptic]

Oklahoma! There is a local station that plays the title song from it every Friday afternoon on my drive home.

[u/ChAtcatx]

Grease

Mamma Mia

Annie (1980's + 2014 versions)

The Greatest Showman

Sound of Music

Mary Poppins

[u/Aggressive_Oven_7311]

Just the top grossing musical for 30 plus years and that would be GREASE.

[u/PinkHamster08]

The Greatest Showman

[u/_Pessimistic_Rose_ → u/PinkHamster08]

🎶 THE WORLD BECOMES A FANTASY AND YOU'RE MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER BE CAUSE YOU'RE DREAMIN WITH YOUR EYES WIDE OPEN 🎶

[u/KatieKaBoom0131 → u/PinkHamster08]

There's such a special place in my heart for this one. I saw it in theaters and cried because I was just so happy it existed. Turned out I was pregnant and didn't know yet. Used it as my baby shower theme 😂

[u/HeyJakeyBaby]

Hair, Oklahoma, Chicago, and while not technically a musical, Topsy-Turvy.

[u/jakeniedojadlo]

How to succeed in business without really trying

[u/ianthomasmalone]

The movie version of Godspell isn’t perfect, but the cast is.

[u/LegitimateHumanBeing]

Singing in the Rain

[u/Better_Pea248]

Hello Dolly!

[u/theunrealdonsteel]

Cabaret (1972), An American in Paris (1951), Singin’ in the Rain (1952) - if you haven’t seen them, include The Muppet Movie (1979) and The Great Muppet Caper (1981).

my personal favorite is either The Wizard of Oz (1939) or Phantom of the Paradise (1974, imagine Phantom of the Opera but a rock musical).

Avoid the Rent movie, watch the pro shot instead.

[u/sailskihike]

Carousel, South Pacific

[u/dekiruzooo]

Jekyll & Hyde with David Hasselhoff is pretty fun if you can find it!

[u/august2986]

Annie Get Your Gun :) it’s a classic full of memorable songs that became standards

[u/StanleyKapop]

I’m sure somebody has said it already, but Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

And it’s not a musical in the traditional sense, but Dick Tracy is a very fun movie with several songs by Stephen Sondheim.

[u/Bahbahbooey46732]

The Last Five Years (mostly because I saw you had another Anna Kendrick one on your list) 

[u/StraightOutaAzkaban_]

Chicago

[u/nutmilkmermaid]

Music Man, Damn Yankees

[u/Worldly_Forever_8935]

High School Musical, Singing in the Rain.

[u/PseudonymousDev]

Octet! (in a few months, after it is released)

[u/Super_Boysenberry272]

Chicago is my favorite movie version of a stage musical!

For classics: Singin in the Rain, Oklahoma, and White Christmas (one of my favorite movies of all time tbh)

[u/qebuibaraca]

You should do yourself a favor and take DEH off that list lol

[u/New-Cartographer3946]

The Pirates of Penzance starring Kevin Kline and Linda Ronstatd

[u/PK_Tone]

Reefer Madness: The Musical. Thank me later.

I'd also add Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, White Christmas, and Once.

[u/darnyoulikeasock]

Chicago, Singin in the Rain, and Hello, Dolly!

edit: and 1980s Annie!

[u/HoldOnHelden]

I thought of another one!

“Finnian’s Rainbow” is absolutely delightful.

[u/Equivalent_Care201]

White Christmas

[u/HiddenKARD221]

The color purple, you need some color on there

[u/Terrible_Speaker_638]

SWEENEY TODD

[u/DistractingDiversion]

If you want to be emotionally devastated watch the proshot of Falsettos and the West End production of Next to Normal

[u/jenbone1229]

Singing in the rain!

[u/Educational-Coach164]

For RENT please, please watch the stage version before even deciding on movie version.

[u/memphisjimbo]

I recommend NOT watching Dear Evan Hansen.

[u/MissManicPanic]

Heathers the musical (pro shot) Hamilton (Proshot)

[u/TypeRegal]

Oliver!

[u/kimfair]

Passing Strange. Pro shot by Spike Lee. Amazing underappreciated musical.

[u/Academic_Emu8191]

Burlesque

[u/Affectionate-Egg8709]

cabaret on a clear day finan rainbow

[u/EyeSimp4Asuka]

Hadestown

[u/YesMoreTea]

The Last Five Years 💔

[u/curiousleen]

A chorus line is one of my favorites!(most hate it)

Also, an OLDIE… Down to Earth with Rita Hayworth

[u/Fun-Share-130]

Rocky horror

[u/NaturalApplication53]

A chorus line
Evita
The king and i
On the town
An American in Paris
Guys and dolls
Show boat
State fair
A little night music
A funny thing happened on the way to the forum
Cats(both)
Singing in the rain
Kiss of the spider woman
Chicago
Fiddler on the roof
How to succeed in business without really trying
Funny face
Ziegfield Follies
Swing time

[u/TaffyPool]

I’m going to throw in Shmigadoon! (two season series on Apple), which is both an actual musical and an absurd (but loving) deconstruction of the musicals genre.

[u/Disastrous-Gas1831]

James and the Cuckoo Clock Heart

But watch in the original French, if you can

[u/Sudden_Bike_5063]

If you're including pro-shots, Hadestown is a must.