Best musicals 1971 – 1980 - Charts
Best musicals 1971 – 1980
1. Hair (1979)
USA / West Germany, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: Miloš Forman
Cast: John Savage, Treat Williams
2. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
USA, Musical / Drama
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Cast: Chaim Topol, Norma Crane
3. Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
USA, Musical
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Cast: Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson
5. Brillantine (1978)
USA, Musical / Romance
Directed by: Randal Kleiser
Cast: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John
7. Long Live Ghosts! (1977)
Czechoslovakia, Family / Comedy
Directed by: Oldřich Lipský
Cast: Dana Vávrová, Jiří Procházka
8. Jack and the Beanstalk (1974)
Japan / USA, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Gisaburō Sugii
Cast: Peter Jeffrey, 市村正親
10. A Night at Karlstein (1973)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Zdeněk Podskalský st.
Cast: Vlastimil Brodský, Jana Brejchová
11. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
UK / USA, Musical / Sci-fi
Directed by: Jim Sharman
Cast: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon
12. The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
UK, Comedy / Music
Directed by: Julien Temple
Cast: Sid Vicious, Steve Jones
13. Les Frères Blues (1980)
USA, Action / Comedy
Directed by: John Landis
Cast: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd
15. That's Entertainment! (1974)
USA, Documentary / Musical
Directed by: Jack Haley jr.
Cast: Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby
16. Allegro Non Troppo (1976)
Italy, Animation / Musical
Directed by: Maurizio Nichetti, Bruno Bozzetto
18. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
USA, Family / Musical
Directed by: Mel Stuart
Cast: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson
19. The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976)
UK, Adventure / Romance
Directed by: Bryan Forbes
Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Hordern
20. Veronica (1972)
Romania, Musical / Family
Directed by: Elisabeta Bostan
Cast: Lulu Mihaescu, Cornel Patrichi
22. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
USA, Documentary / Musical
Directed by: Gene Kelly
Cast: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly
24. Queen of the Gypsies (1975)
Soviet Union / Moldova, Drama / Musical
Directed by: Эмиль Лотяну
Cast: Svetlana Tomová, Григорий Григориу
25. Charlotte's Web (1973)
USA, Animation / Family
Directed by: Charles Nichols, Iwao Takamoto
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde
26. Impossible! (1975)
Soviet Union, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Leonid Gaidai
Cast: Mikhail Pugovkin, Evgeniy Zharikov
27. Ballad for a Bandit (1978)
Czechoslovakia, Musical / Romance
Directed by: Vladimír Sís
Cast: Miroslav Donutil, Petr Maláč
28. 1776 (1972)
USA, Drama / Musical
Directed by: Peter H. Hunt
Cast: William Daniels, Howard Da Silva
29. Red Psalm (1972)
Hungary, Drama / Musical
Directed by: Miklós Jancsó
Cast: Andrea Drahota, Gyöngyi Bürös
30. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
USA / UK, Adventure / Animation
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson
32. A Little Night Music (1977)
USA / West Germany, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Harold Prince
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Rigg
35. 200 Motels (1971)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Frank Zappa, Tony Palmer
Cast: Theodore Bikel, Ringo Starr
36. Journey Back to Oz (1974)
USA, Adventure / Animation
Directed by: Hal Sutherland
Cast: Milton Berle, Herschel Bernardi
38. That's Show Business (1975)
France, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: Jean Yanne
Cast: Jean Yanne, Robert Hirsch
39. Přijela k nám pouť (1973)
Czechoslovakia, Family / Musical
Directed by: Věra Plívová-Šimková
Cast: Renata Mašková, Yvetta Kornová
40. The Wiz (1978)
USA, Adventure / Fantasy
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson
41. Lisztomania (1975)
UK, Fantasy / Comedy
Directed by: Ken Russell
Cast: Roger Daltrey, Ringo Starr
42. Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Fantasy (1976)
USA, Adult / Fantasy
Directed by: Bud Townsend
Cast: Kristine DeBell, Bucky Searles
44. At Long Last Love (1975)
USA, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Cybill Shepherd
45. The Boy Friend (1971)
UK / USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Ken Russell
Cast: Twiggy, Max Adrian
46. Movie Movie (1978)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Stanley Donen
Cast: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere
48. The Muppet Movie (1979)
UK / USA, Family / Comedy
Directed by: James Frawley
Cast: Jim Henson, Charles Durning
49. Funny Lady (1975)
USA, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: Herbert Ross
Cast: Barbra Streisand, James Caan
50. The Blackmoor of Peter the Great (1976)
Soviet Union, Musical / Romance
Directed by: Aleksandr Mitta
51. Tom Sawyer (1973)
USA, Adventure / Musical
Directed by: Don Taylor
Cast: Johnny Whitaker, Celeste Holm
53. The Little Prince (1974)
UK / USA, Musical / Fantasy
Directed by: Stanley Donen
Cast: Steven Warner, Bob Fosse
54. Русалочка (1976)
Soviet Union / Bulgaria, Family / Fantasy
Directed by: Vladimir Bychkov
Cast: Mikhail Pugovkin, Lev Potěmkin
55. Can't Stop the Music (1980)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Nancy Walker
Cast: Ray Simpson, David Hodo
56. Let Him Face the Music! (1977)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Ladislav Rychman
Cast: Luděk Sobota, Helena Vondráčková
57. Sgt. Pepper (1978)
USA, Musical / Adventure
Directed by: Michael Schultz
Cast: Peter Frampton, Tina Turner
58. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
UK, Family / Musical
Directed by: William Sterling
Cast: Fiona Fullerton, Michael Jayston
59. Xanadu (1980)
USA, Fantasy / Musical
Directed by: Robert Greenwald
Cast: Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly
60. Hey Babe! (1980)
Canada, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Rafal Zielinski
Cast: Vlasta Vrana, Buddy Hackett
61. Huckleberry Finn (1974)
USA, Adventure / Musical
Directed by: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Jeff East, Paul Winfield
63. Solovey (1979)
Soviet Union, Fairytale / Musical
Directed by: Nadiezhda Kosheverova
Cast: Sergey Filippov, Marija Barabanova
64. Popeye (1980)
USA, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Robert Altman
Cast: Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall
65. Muzika pro dva (1979)
Czechoslovakia, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: Zdeněk Míka
Cast: Zlata Adamovská, Václav Sloup
66. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: John De Bello, Karen Peterson
Cast: David Miller, Sharon Taylor
67. A Star Is Falling Upwards (1974)
Czechoslovakia, Musical
Directed by: Ladislav Rychman
Cast: Karel Gott, Jitka Molavcová