Fiddler on the Roof : NOT on the AFI list of best 25 musicals?!?!

NOT on the AFI list of best 25 musicals?!?!

I posted about this (not that long ago) and I can't believe that it was removed. I must've had at least 50 responses to it.

How on earth can this musical NOT be on the list of the 25 BEST musicals of all time for the American Film Institute (AFI)?
For me, it's in the top 5 of all time and I wonder how it isn't on the list at all but Grease is, Moulin Rouge is. I'm not saying those aren't good musicals, but FOTR is one of the greatest ever.

What is up with AFI? Ever since I saw this, I have stopped being a paying member.
Give me YOUR top five.
Here are my top 5 ones:


1. West Side Story
2. Fiddler on the Roof
3. Sound of Music
4. Singing in the Rain
5. Yankee Doodle Dandy

Here is the AFI list:


FILM TITLE YEAR STUDIO
1 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 1952 MGM
2 WEST SIDE STORY 1961 United Artists
3 WIZARD OF OZ, THE 1939 MGM
4 SOUND OF MUSIC, THE 1965 Twentieth Century-Fox
5 CABARET 1972 Allied Artists
6 MARY POPPINS 1964 Disney
7 STAR IS BORN, A 1954 Warner Bros.
8 MY FAIR LADY 1964 Warner Bros.
9 AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN 1951 MGM
10 MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS 1944 MGM
11 KING AND I, THE 1956 Twentieth Century-Fox
12 CHICAGO 2002 Miramax
13 42ND STREET 1933 Warner Bros.
14 ALL THAT JAZZ 1979 Twentieth Century-Fox
15 TOP HAT 1935 RKO
16 FUNNY GIRL 1968 Columbia
17 BAND WAGON, THE 1953 MGM
18 YANKEE DOODLE DANDY 1942 Warner Bros.
19 ON THE TOWN 1949 MGM
20 GREASE 1978 Paramount
21 SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS 1954 MGM
22 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 1991 Disney
23 GUYS AND DOLLS 1955 MGM
24 SHOW BOAT 1936 Universal
25 MOULIN ROUGE! 2001 Twentieth Century Fox

Re: NOT on the AFI list of best 25 musicals?!?!

In my opinion FOTR is the best musical EVER.

In my opinion Moulin Rouge comes nowhere close.

Re: NOT on the AFI list of best 25 musicals?!?!

You feel me... :)
and I concur with you!

Re: NOT on the AFI list of best 25 musicals?!?!

Hey Rondine, I was one of those 50 responses on the deleted thread. I am still amazed and appalled this was omitted from the AFI list...I so dislike musicals,I can't begin to think of 4 others to make a top 5...but I adore FOTR. It works in all aspects....shameful!!!!

Re: NOT on the AFI list of best 25 musicals?!?!

I know... and they deleted my thread! It's like a fricken conspiracy! LOL!

FOTR is just a very special story with great music. The acting is all around terrific too!

*sigh*

Re: NOT on the AFI list of best 25 musicals?!?!

I just saw Fiddler on the big screen for the first time in many years. An absolute masterpiece. And, yes, the best musical film of all time.

Re: NOT on the AFI list of best 25 musicals?!?!

Well said, MountainGuy! :)
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