The Bodyguard is also an all time fave of mine but doesn't really feel like a musical in the same way others are. The stage musical is glorious, possibly the best that I have ever seen :wub:

 

I loved The Muppets when it was released! There's some great songs in it and it's just a lot of fun!

The plot of High School Musical 2 wasn't as strong as the first movie but I actually prefer the song selection of the second one, I put on that soundtrack as a pick-me-up from time to time *.*

25. Into the Woods
| 2014 | 085 pts | Biggest lover: 9th (Jahq) |

Josh's Song Highlight: "Agony" (performed by Chris Pine and Billy Magnussen)



Into the Woods is a film adaptation of the stage show that first premiered in 1986. It became a massively popular show due to the blending of multiple fairytales including the likes of "Little Red Riding Hood", "Cinderella", "Jack and the Beanstalk", and "Rapunzel".

The film did decently for a musical at the box office making $213.1 million worldwide but I'm sure Disney had hoped for slightly more due to the star studded cast and the recent success of the live-action fairytale remakes they had been making too. It was also nominated for three Oscars including Meryl Streep's 19th acting nomination for her portrayal as the Witch (where she lost to Patricia Arquette at the Oscars, Golden Globes and SAG awards).

I did rather enjoy this movie and how it brings together a lot of my childhood favourite characters in to one story but I did get really bored towards the end. If it was a short film and ended halfway through after Cinderella marries the prince then I would have massively enjoyed it but then the giants start getting involved and it becomes really dull and the songs become less good too :(

I've gone for "Agony" as my song highlight but more just because it's so fun to see two gorgeous men camping it up in the actual film. In terms of the songs themselves that are featured in the film then I would say that I listen to "Last Midnight" the most, we all know Meryl Streep can sing and it's such a dramatic moment *.*

Apart from 'Agony', 'Into The Woods' was horrendous for me. I found the songs nauseating to listen to. So monotonous and samey. Bleurgh. Overrated af.

Apart from 'Agony', 'Into The Woods' was horrendous for me. I found the songs nauseating to listen to. So monotonous and samey. Bleurgh. Overrated af.

I thought it had some pretty fab songs! :o "Agony" is amazing because of the sheer campiness of it all but "Into the Woods" is a fab little opener, "Your Fault" is a fun track too and the Meryl solo songs are amazing because they're by Meryl of course *.*

 

The word 'bleurgh' is pretty bang on for the film itself though in my opinion :')

24. Mary Poppins
| 1964 | 085 pts | Biggest lover: 1st (Chez Wombat) |

Josh's Song Highlight: "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (performed by Julie Andrews & Dick Van Dyke)



Whilst poor The Sound of Music flopped in at #74 in the countdown, another Julie Andrews classic manages to make the top 25. I'm not sure why there is such a disparity between the two in the votes here as I feel like they both appeal to a similar sort of target audience but I guess Mary Poppins is likely to be more of a part of people's childhoods so perhaps more Buzzjackers have seen it. The film was based on the famous books written by P. L. Travers about a nanny who stays with a family in London and helps them to become much closer.

The film was a HUGE success both financially and critically, scoring a whopping 13 Oscar nominations and winning an impressive five of those (Best Actress for Andrews, Best Film Editing, Best Original Music Score, Best Visual Effects, and Best Original Song for "Chim Chim Cher-ee")!

I have seen this but not in a long, long time. I remember being really impressed at the mixture of live-action and animation when I was kid but I really need to re-watch this soon to jog my memory a bit more as I'm sure I would love it. I am a little disappointed that The Sound of Music didn't too great here though because the songs are even better in my opinion and I watch it much more frequently than I watch this.

There can really be no other choice for song highlight apart from "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". There are some other lovely songs but made-up words don't get much more iconic than the signature Mary Poppins catchphrase. The song is super chirpy and happy and never fails to put a smile on my face :wub:

23. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
| 2007 | 087 pts | Biggest lover: 3rd (Josh!) |

Josh's Song Highlight: "The Worst Pies in London" (performed by Helena Bonham Carter)



Sweeney Todd has been a massive stage show success since it first debuted in 1979 and it was finally adapted into a film in 2007 with a rather star-studded cast including Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen and Alan Rickman. It may sound a little bonkers but the story is about a serial killer who teams up with a local baker to put human meat into pies :lol:

This is probably one of Johnny Depp's most popular and well-known roles in his entire career and he was even nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for the role where he lost to Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood". Helena Bonham Carter was also nominated at some of the precursor awards (including the Golden Globes) but was eventually snubbed at the Oscars :(

As you can see by me ranking it third, this is one of my all-time favourite musicals. It has the perfect balance of campy/hilarious storyline, incredibly memorable characters and some really fun songs too which just make the film such a laugh to watch. I can't really recommend this enough if you haven't seen it before, you know you're in for a fun time when watching it :lol:

There are loads of great songs on the soundtrack, some of my favourites being "A Little Priest", "By the Sea" and "The Contest" but I've gone for "The Worst Pies in London" for being such a great introduction to the character of Mrs. Lovett. I love Helena Bonham Carter anyway but I really think this is probably my favourite role of hers ever and I like the personality she injects into the lyrics. I've seen videos of Emma Thompson, Imelda Staunton and Angela Lansbury all in the role in the stage show too and they all killed it so I must say that Mrs. Lovett is one of my favourite musical characters ever :wub:

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22. Enchanted
| 2007 | 091 pts | Biggest lover: 4th (HarryEzra) |

Josh's Song Highlight: "Happy Working Song" (performed by Amy Adams)



Of ALL the films I haven't seen on this list, I think this is the one that I would most like to see next. It just seems like the sort of film that would be right up my street and I'm ashamed at myself for still not seeing it yet. It stars Amy Adams and Susan Sarandon who are two of my favourite actresses ever and James Marsden is a bit gorgeous as well so I really need to sort it out and watch this over the Christmas period.

The film is jam packed full of good songs, even managing to score THREE Original Song nominations at the Oscars with "Happy Working Song", "So Close" and "That's How You Know". I'm not overly familiar with the songs aside from "Happy Working Song" which is in a couple of my playlists and I like listening to it when getting ready so I've gone for that as my song highlight :lol:

21. Bugsy Malone
| 1976 | 110 pts | Biggest lover: 3rd (Jade) |

Josh's Song Highlight: "My Name Is Tallulah" (performed by Jodie Foster)



Bugsy Malone is set in New York City and follows the story of two rival gangs. The film version was made with an all children cast and used weapons such as splurge guns and custard pies rather than the arms that would have been used in reality as the film is loosely based off notorious gangsters such as Al Capone and Bugs Moran.

I have seen this because I was part of a drama club and we did this as a show once and we watched the film once before rehearsals as a treat but I was probably about nine at the time so I don't remember it all that greatly. I'm really fond of the show, story, characters etc. though so I ought to re-watch it soon too - I'll add it to the LONG list :lol:

There are some utter classic songs in here that I still love listening to including the likes of "Bugsy Malone", "Fat Sam's Grand Slam", "Bad Guys" and "So You Wanna Be a Boxer?" but ever since I first performed in my little drama club stage show version, I absolutely adored the character of Tallulah and therefore her solo moment has always been my favourite on the soundtrack :wub:

Recap time before we head into the top 20 !! :cheer:

40. Beauty and the Beast (48 pts)
39. Dreamgirls (48 pts)
38. Evita (51 pts)
37. Sing Street (51 pts)
37. Sister Act (51 pts)
35. Jersey Boys (54 pts)
34. Sing (54 pts)
33. Blues Brothers (60 pts)
32. Trolls (61 pts)
31. Muppets Christmas Carol (68 pts)
30. Dirty Dancing (69 pts)
29. The Bodyguard (73 pts)
28. Moana (75 pts)
27. The Muppets (80 pts)
26. High School Musical 2 (83 pts)
25. Into the Woods (85 pts)
24. Mary Poppins (85 pts)
23. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (87 pts)
22. Enchanted (91 pts)
21. Bugsy Malone (110 pts)

ARGH so close to the top 20! I absolutely adore Bugsy Malone, like you Josh I was involved in a production of it so there's lots of nostalgia involved! At a similar age as well as I was in year 4 so would've been about 8 :lol: My role was to sing 'I'm Feeling Fine' so no pressure doing that in front of the whole school. :kink:

 

The soundtrack is killer from start to finish *.* 'Fat Sam's Grand Slam' being my favourite <3 really need to re-watch it at some point.

20. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
| 1968 | 117 pts | Biggest lover: 4th (Chez Wombat) |

Josh's Song Highlight: "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (performed by Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes)



I was under the impression that Mary Poppins was by far the most popular musical starring Dick Van Dyke but it seems Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is even more popular here on Buzzjack. It tells the story of an inventor who creates a flying car and travels to the faraway land of Vulgaria with his family in order to rescue their grandfather.

The film is loosely based on a novel written by Ian Fleming (of James Bond fame) called 'Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car'. The music was also written by The Sherman Brothers who also worked on the aforementioned Mary Poppins music too. The film was the tenth most popular at the US box office in 1969 and has become a childhood classic ever since.

I have seen this but I was super little when I did (probably like five years old?) so I don't really remember much of it all. The song "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" itself though is obviously iconic and I feel like everyone knows how it goes so that seems the right song highlight choice here.

Yes to Enchanted and Bugsy Malone especially I adore both of them films :heart:

 

I also do like Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!

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19. Pitch Perfect 2
| 2015 | 118 pts | Biggest lover: 7th (UltraReputation & Jahq) |

Josh's Song Highlight: "Flashlight" (performed by Jessie J)



As far as I can tell, the Pitch Perfect films are the only A cappella musicals to make the top 40 so it's nice for them to provide a bit of variety in the countdown. Pitch Perfect 2 sees the Barden Bellas enter an international A cappella competition in order regain their status as one of the best after a humiliating performance where Fat Amy ended up showing off a bit more skin than expected.

This is pretty much on par with the first one for me so I'm a bit shocked at how far apart they have come in the countdown (the first one is still a little way off being revealed) but I suppose the first one was just a bit fresher as the first A cappella comedy musical to hit screens in a long time (ever? :lol:).

I've been a bit cheeky and gone for a song that isn't technically performed in the film as my song highlight. I've always really liked "Flashlight" as a song and appreciate that Jessie reined it in a bit with the vocals but I found Hailee Steinfeld really annoying in this film and therefore didn't like her version of the song in the actual film, oops :drama:

Absolutely adore 'Pitch Perfect 2'. Loooove 'Sweeney Todd' too anx really like 'Chitty...' and 'Enchanted' a lot too.

18. Beauty and the Beast
| 1991 | 120 pts | Biggest lover: 7th (Chez Wombat) |

Josh's Song Highlight: "Beauty and the Beast" (performed by Angela Lansbury)



Beating out the 2017 remake by 22 positions, the 1991 animated version of Beauty and the Beast sneaks into the top 20 and ranks as the third highest animated musical in the countdown. It tells the story of a young woman whose father has been imprisoned in a castle by a beast. She offers to take his place and eventually finds herself falling in love with the personality behind the terrifying exterior.

Beauty and the Beast is one of the most well-known Disney animated films of all-time and it has been a huge success ever since it was first released. It scored an incredibly impressive SIX Oscar nominations and became the first ever Animated movie to be nominated for Best Picture where it ended up losing to The Silence of the Lambs. However, it did win two Oscars on the night, those being best Original Score and Best Original Song for "Beauty and the Beast"

The soundtrack is probably the strongest of any Disney animated movie in my opinion and there are so many tracks I listen to frequently now including "Be Our Guest", "Belle", "Gaston" and "Something There" but I've gone for "Beauty and the Beast" as my song highlight as I feel like that is the most recognisable song in the movie and is excellently sung by Angela Lansbury who injects that extra bit of love and warmth into the lyrics with her voice :wub:

17. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
| 1971 | 125 pts | Biggest lover: 10th (Chez Wombat & Jonjo) |

Josh's Song Highlight: "Pure Imagination" (performed by Gene Wilder)



Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is the first film adaptation of the 1964 novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" written by Roald Dahl. The film tells the story of a young boy named Charlie who finds a golden ticket in his chocolate bar and is invited to a magical chocolate factory created by Willy Wonka himself.

Gene Wilder was even nominated for a Golden Globe that year for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical where he lost to Chaim Topol in Fiddler On the Roof (another classic musical that didn't make the cut here :(). It was nominated for Best Score at the Oscars where it also lost to Fiddler On the Roof which became John Williams' first Oscar of FIVE so far!

It has a few lovely songs and I almost picked "Oompa Loompa" as my song highlight for being so much fun but I've gone with "Pure Imagination" which I feel is a bit more of a respectable choice :lol: It has become a huge part of popular culture and has been referenced and covered in so many things since the film first premiered.

Catch up part 1:

 

Wtf is dreamgirls doing so low? :( one of my favourite films ever, the cast are incredible and all the songs are so good (AIATYING, listen, move, one night only, I am changing and love you I do are all 11/10's <3)

The 2016 musical holy trinity (Sing-Trolls-Moana) all making it <3 Faith and you're welcome are my faves over the ones you chose but ofc I agree on the wonderful fun anthem GBUA for Trolls ❤️

The muppets *.* such an incredible reboot and musical <3 me party and life's a happy song are my faves, I low-key find man or kipper overrated oops

Yassss HSM2 and anthem of life fabulous both appearing *.* iconic film 💗

Into the woods is good but a lil too high in my opinion!

Mary popping, enchanted (I see Idina omitted from the actors you mentioned there Josh 😮) and the animated B&TB are allclassics <3 I'm shocked the latter didn't come higher!

Adore pitch perfect 2 and I'm so glad it made the top 20 <3 flashlight is my highlight also *.*

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16. West Side Story
| 1961 | 130 pts | Biggest lover: 3rd (HarryEzra) |

Josh's Song Highlight: "America" (performed by Rita Moreno & George Chakiris)



West Side Story is one of the oldest musicals to appear in the countdown, it was released in 1961, four years after the musical first debuted on Broadway. It tells the story of two people in rival gangs who fall in love as tensions begin to rise between the two violent groups.

It won 10 Academy Awards that year making it the musical film to win the most Oscars in history (La La Land who?). Those wins included major categories such as Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for George Chakiris, Best Supporting Actress for Rita Moreno and Best Director (which is special because it became the first film to have the directing award being shared).

I actually watched the stage show of this before seeing the film but after watching it live, I rushed to HMV during my next shopping trip to pick up a copy of the DVD to watch at home. I think the film is even stronger and it's not hard to see why it was such a massive critical success. There are some real gut-punches to the story, the ending especially made me jaw drop completely the first time I witnessed it.

I guess "I Feel Pretty" is probably the most iconic song from the soundtrack but "America" is the one that I enjoy listening to the most so that is my choice for song highlight. It has some really cheeky lyrics which are a lot of fun but the choreography is also brilliant and a real joy to watch over and over again :wub: