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- These movie musicals should NEVER be remade. For this list, we’ll be looking at the most notable films that should be left alone, either because they’re already perfect, or because of questionable subject matters. Our countdown includes "The Sound of Music," "A Star Is Born," "Chicago," and more! Which movie musical do YOU think should never be remade? Let us know in the comments!
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Which movie musical do YOU think should never be remade? Let us know below, and be sure to also check out our video of the Top 20 Best Musical Finale Songs - th-cam.com/video/mcgK5Jxbocw/w-d-xo.html
I don’t think White Christmas should be messed with either.
Easter Parade - Judy GaRland, Fred Astair, Peter Lawford and Ann Miller. And no better scene stealer than Francois the waiter and his description of salad. Perfection!
@@kristinewithak3616 Absolutely love that! Jules Munshin stole the movie!
Rocky Horror picture show, Oklahoma, and my fair lady
@@joshrogan4015 I agree about Gone with the Wind
Repeat after me. NEVER REMAKE A GENE KELLY FILM. Especially Singin' in the Rain.
We would have to summon his ghost to stop Hollywood if they even remotely consider it. Gene’s musicals were the epitome of style and had some of the finest choreography ever committed to screen
@@LucyLioness100 absolutely yes I agree with you. Nobody can top the style, the choreography and charisma that Gene had in his films. They are untouchable.
Absolutely true. The man is called a legend for a reason.
Aw, not even "Xanadu"?
though ... Tom Holland's sorta tribute to the dancing in the rain scene on lipsync makes me think he could do it
Singin’ In The Rain is the obvious answer, I really don’t think anyone could replicate Donald O’Connor’s “Make ‘Em Laugh” sequence if they tried
Definitely not. There's not many vaudeville style actors anymore. Unless it's someone who was in Newsies
Joseph Gordon-Levitt did decent take on it on SNL. the episode sucked but his version of Make Em laugh was good
My favorite number in a musical! Nobody can out do Donald O'Connor!
Matthew Morrison and Harry Shum Jr. did their own take in a season 2 episode of "Glee"
Donald O'Connor doesn't get half enough credit for that dance sequence - when you consider that he ended up in hospital for a few weeks after it, it really shows his talent and commitment
The problem with remaking Fiddler on the Roof is Topal played Tevia in a record breaking 14,000 performances he played the character for nearly forty years, he’s irreplaceable.
@Jim Polichak If only they had made a film of it with him in his prime in 1964. By 1971, I think he was already too old, overweight and unhealthy.
No other Tevye ever sounds right to me. I don't much care for Topol at all, and I didn't like the film. John Williams re-orchestrated the lean original score and turned it into a bloated, sugary Hollywood confection.
The woman who played Golda also did a superb job, i thought…..
True story, my Father played the Rabbi in a local production…. Fun, Irish Catholic taking the yarmulka! Great movie, great production!! Shalom!
@Jim Polichak You're right, Zero Mostel, Hershel Bernardi, and of course the great Theodore Bikel who may be the best behind Zero and even better than Topol in the film !
I agree that Topal is irreplaceable.
@Jim Polichak Right. I originally saw Fiddler with Mostel and no one will surpass his performance.
I agree that Singing In The Rain shouldn’t be remade.
Heck ANY Gene Kelly movie shouldn’t be.
NO ONE could dance like him or be charismatic like him
Plus he directed singing in the rain and taught Debbie Reynolds to tap during filming, no one does that anymore
True, His dance moves were flawless....You watch his dance steps above anything else and you will see what I mean.
Meh
@@kerensabirch5214 ... I have to agree with you Kerensa. It's not my favorite musical. Not even my favorite Kelly musical.
I think Donald OConnor stole the show out from all of them, musically, and Jean Hagen otherwise.
As for Debbie Reynolds, she has never been a favorite of mine. Too over the top. Her only starring role I found compelling was in The Catered Affair.
There was this guy named Fred Astaire...
The fact that Julie Andrews comes in twice in this list is sole proof that she’s an exceptional actress
I'm a true julie Andrew's fan because Mary Poppins is one of my ultimate favorite movie and the princesses dairies 1/2 and her role in my fair lady with rex Harrison
I thought they would have "Victor/Victoria" in there, so she'd be in there three times, but hey, I'm not complaining. Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music are my all time favorites!
Julie Andrew's Mary Poppins is described as legendary.
Judy Garland was shown twice too.
Julia garland was mentioned in three films 😁
Even if a current remake tried to keep the original film's period setting, "Singin' in the Rain" (1952) has an authenticity that comes from people who lived through the transition to sound working on the film and sharing their stories. For the people who made the film, the move from silent to talking pictures wasn't too distant a memory. That kind of thing could never be duplicated now.
That and how one of the main characters/actors was a director as well, while also teaching a co actor to dance tap
The musical is great though.
That's one of the reasons i love the film so much. I've forgotten a lot of Hollywood lore so many of the references go right over my head now. It really is a love letter to the early years of the movie musical along with a healthy dose of parody, a bit of satire, and more than a little nostalgia. It is a much wittier film than a modern viewing audience lacking historical context can realize.
You can never, never find anyone who dance like, move as effortlessly as Gene Kelly.
Well said
While I agree with most of your picks, I'll point out that most of them come down to "they got it so right the first time, no one should even try to redo it", and sadly, that rarely stops producers with a "big idea".
So glad you mentioned Seven Brides for Seven Brothers such an underrated classic!! Another classic not mentioned Calamity Jane with Doris Day and Howard Keel
7 Brides was absolutely wonderful choreography!🙂
You just mentioned 2 of my favorite musicals! Love Howard Keel in both!
Trust me bro if they remade seven brides for seven brothers today they'd turn one of the brothers gay🙄
I love both of those movies!
They mentioned it was because it's problematic
Could never be another "ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW' without Tim Curry.
Absolutely!!!!
I love that movie.
The made for tv live production just doesn't have the same gusto that the OG has. Tim Curry brought a type of charisma to Frank-N-Furter that you cannot reproduce. Sweet Transvestite was performed on Glee and by Laverne Cox respectively, and neither did the OG justice. As a matter of fact the Rocky Horror Glee episode was terrible, especially including "Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me" into the episode, what the hell was Ryan Murphy thinking?! You just simply cannot recreate the perfection that is Rocky Horror.
Is White Christmas a musical? Because I think it deserves at least an honorable mention.
It is. That movie is good the way it is & does not a need a remake.
My reaction as well. White Christmas has the perfect casting. Definitely deserved recognition.
@@julianclement8776 Actually "White Christmas" is a sort of remake of "Holiday Inn", which the latter is, in my opinion, a much better movie.
Already a remake (Holiday Inn) and it borrows heavily from the success of the title song: Made big during WWII when GIs dreamed of getting home for Christmas, the 2nd half takes place in a hotel (kinda?) etc.
Good evening all 👍 I was 5 year old when I saw Holiday Inn in Scranton Pa was up their to spend Christmas with my Aunts and Uncles mom and decided to go to the movie when we came out it was snowing change the name to white Christmas 🏞 my mom bob and I met the real Marion Vontrap in Stowe Vermont had lunch at the Lod5
I would've added Victor/Victoria to this list, Julie Andrews AGAIN and Robert Preston are an iconic duo! Can't be replicated
I would have added the King and I "I could have Danced al Night"
“My Fair Lady” was perfect in the original and should never be remade.
By far the best musical ever made.
...Agree completely. Music Man should be un here, but they already destroyed n that abysmal remake.
Another one that belong on this list.
Thank you, Love your comment. "My Fair Lady" is my all time favorite musical
The movie should have been made with Julie Andrews.
This list just shows how amazing Judy Garland was and how powerful her legacy is in the musical world.
Yes, and she not only gave us great singing and acting, she also gave us Liza.
@@Yowza78 I was thinking that too.
Judy was top of the heap but sadly paid the price for her stardom. Garland sang with the best of them and always came out on top. Sinatra, Crosby, Martin, Darrin. Striesand, Minnelli, Bennet,- Peggy Lee, Ethel Merman etc. - and in even earlier days with the fabulous Deanna Durbin & show-stopping Al Jolson...& still she held her own...That's how great she was...!!!
The Wiz was a pretty good remake of Wizard of Oz, though, for its time. Somehow, Toto, I don't think we are in 1939 any more
And how horribly she was treated during the making of Wizard of Oz
Totally, while "West Side Story" had a Brilliant remake, some other musicals hold up well as they are, especially "The Sound of Music." Nothing could possibly eclipse the 1965 classic.
I loathe _Sound of Music_ with a burning passion.
The remake is trash
@@Jeremiah_Rivers76 so does my dad. My grandmother took him to see it in the theater when he was 6.
@@sygendron as a New York Puerto Rican, I enjoy the remake much more. The original subtly portrayed the Puerto Rican community as the villains, the brown shoe polish on everyone’s faces including Rita Morano was insulting, and quite frankly so was Natalie Wood as Maria.
@@herminadepagan3407 Thoughts of the script of the West Side Story 2021 version?
I think I would’ve put The Music Man up here, but YES Singin’ in the Rain, Wizard of Oz, Fiddler on the Roof, Sound of Music-love them all. There’s just something authentic about those age of musicals that musicals nowadays are just kind of missing. This classics will never get old. I’ve actually only seen the stage adaptation of An American in Paris with Robbie Fairchild and Leanne Cope, and I loved that one, but I want to watch the Gene Kelly version!
I agree about the Music Man. I cannot hear any of the songs without thinking of Robert Preston. There was no Fred Astaire, but he always danced with somebody. I would add Swing Time today even though no one under 40 today fails to understand the tribute to Bill Robinson and the blackface number.
Thank you for including "Fiddler on the Roof" which is my favorite musical of all because in addition to some great songs that are very catchy, it's about a culture. I admit, I tear up every time for Tradition, To Life, the Bottle Dance and the whole wedding scene and I laugh when I hear If I Were a Rich Man. Thanks for 7 Brides because ya got the incredible Howard Keel and all of the dancers, especially the barn raising scene. Two notables that I love that would not work today because they were a product of their time and I loved them, "Camelot" and "Paint Your Wagon". With Camelot, it's just such pure fantasy with some of the best costumes which a lot was modeled after 1960's fashion. Not gonna lie, I still get chills when I hear "Where am I goin', I don't know. Where am I headin', I ain't certain. All I know is I am on my way, from Wagon, not to mention when Harve Presnell sings They Call the Wind Mariah. A quick note, the same costumer designer, John Truscott, designed for both of these films which shows his talent. They are as opposite as you can get. Have a lovely day!
I will always defend Seven brides forever. The whole point of the Movie is that the men never had a female in their life so when one does come she teaches them how to respect them, and how to be gentlemen. Which is something I think my generation should see, just because it has women being kidnapped isn’t problematic, it would be if it was played as not serious. But they are berated and tossed out by the Female Protagonist and they have to earn the women’s forgiveness. People can be too sensitive sometimes, which can make them miss the bigger picture
Amen
Take a look at Stormy Weather, the "race" film from the 1940s. It's filled with the best Black music of its' time, Lena Horne's singing and The Nicholas Brothers performing what most people -- including Fred Astaire -- consider the greatest dance sequence in movie history.
YES! It’s one of favorite movies of all time!
This is a great classic black film amazing!
Wonderful. And ahead of its time.
Mikki Baker. .Don't forget CAB CALLOWAY.
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it cuase all other movies to be delayed because the others stars would come and watch the performers rehearse.
"Gigi" and "seven brides for seven brothers"....you had to choose two songs taken completely out of context?!
Gigi...young girl who learns to grow up and fall in love with her best friend who's several years older than her. And the song you chose to show is an old man singing about how thankful he is for the innocence of young girls before society gets ahold of them and makes them snobs. (Especially in the context of the movie)
Seven brides...a lady marries a man who has 6 other brothers. She changes these men to see that women aren't things to grab and make babies with. They learn to respect and love the women they like. (and honestly what woman wouldn't want a rugged man over the snoody mamas boys in the town.) The song you chose is where the older brother convinces the others to go into town and kidnap all the girls they like. When they get them home the older brothers wife kicks all the men out, including her husband, and forces them all to see the error of their ways.
Definitely do NOT remake these beautiful classics!!
Well said 👏
Agreed. The two movies have their issues, yes, but the problems are dealt with within the script and still stand as masterpieces in their own right.
Are you kidding me? Gigi is about a girl being groomed to be a mistress by her own female family members. Stop trying to sugar coat it.
And recognizing that is not the life she wants to have and refusing to settle for less than she desires
@@alizahalon it's take place in a time when courtesans were a proper lifestyle. She is groomed by her family to be one but once she finds out what it is she decides she doesn't want that life. At the same time the ML realizes he doesn't want that life any more and comes to actually love her.
They both find that love is more important than being the height of society and living with all the "graces" of the time.
Is it perfect? No...but they both come to see what's more important and both come out as winners in the end.
I never missed seeing
a musical - but never saw a better dance routine, than the barn dance in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. The choreography was absolutely brilliant, as were the dancers. However, I recently saw the opening scene of La La Land and was so impressed. How they were able to do that amazing scene and get everyone to finish in unison at the end, was really quite amazing. So, I have to say that these were my favorites of all the hundreds of routines I've seen on film.
Compared to American in Paris,the ballet it's hard to see 7 Brides. Barn dance was better. 2 completely different styles. But 7 Brides had men dancing in a masculine style that was groundbreakingly different. As did Oklahoma's " Up to date in Kansas City".. My 2 favorite female dancers are Cyd Charisse and Ann Miller . And nobody is as influential as Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire.!!
I think adding “A Star Is Born” to this list was a weird one. Every version of “A Star Is Born” is different and sort of encapsulates the decade in which it came out. Not to mention that there HAVE been remakes, so…it doesn’t really belong on this list, does it, Watchmojo?
What also makes it weird is the fact that the 1954 version was itself a remake but what can you expect from a site that classes the musical theatre song music of the night as an opera song.
@@alicegoolden7499 Excellent point!
@@alicegoolden7499 Right, the original 1937 version had nothing to do with singing. It took place in the MOVIE industry.
I'm sick of remaking A Star is Born. I never liked it the 1st time around (the musical version).
Amelia, point well taken
Gene Kelly is the man. He's in at least two. I will always be my favorite. And there any real triple threats in Hollywood that can REALLY sing, act, and dance, besides Hugh Jackman? I'm talking full on dance and not just good movers, ie La La Land(shivers).
Edited: Ariana DeBose is a true triple threat. I started watching her on SYTYCD and then to Broadway (Hamilton/The Bullet), and Westside Story (Anita). Like days of old when they trained to do all three.
The Sound Of Music should NEVER be remade
Agreed. But of course some reprobate fool will think they an remake and surpass the perfection of that lovely work, like what they tried to do with West Side Story.
It was remade as a TV movie with Carrie Underwood as Maria Von Trapp. It was. Okay.
@@donnabernd6688 that wasn’t a remake it was another adaptation of the stage musical
I actually love that "A Star is Born" has been made 4 times, with each movie being a perfect time capsule of its generation. Clearly your favorite is the Judy Garland version, which was a remake itself. Just because your favorite is Judy's doesn't mean they should not have made the 2 that followed or that the original with Janet Gaynor shouldn't have been made at all. I look forward to the next remake 10-20 years from now.
Actually it has been remade three times not four. You can't count the original as a remake.
@@milliemouse6525 I meant to write made not remade. I understand the meaning of a remake. Sorry my mistake in grammer offended you & that's all you gleaned from what I was saying.
@@jeden75 love the way you decided I was offended by your comments 😂! Certainly don't agree with you since like the narrator I believe Judy's version is the top that can't be beat, but besides that fact why in the world would you want to see the same story done a million times by a million different people? It's not theater where you can only see the great performance of a particular actor for a limited time. Film allows you to see perfection even a hundred years from now. Why did what ain't broke 🤔😂?
@@milliemouse6525 I didn't say anything about you being offended by my comment. I don't mind debating with people about film & television & I welcome differing opinions. What I didn't like was your reply being about using an erroneous word when it was simply a mistake when I was rewriting a sentence. I don't like when people do that to anyone's comments, mine or others. If you were here to disagree with my take, that's fine. Everyone's entitled to their own opinions & I don't expect theirs to always match mine. I just don't think it's necessary to correct a person's grammer because we all make mistakes in that department.
@@milliemouse6525 Actually the Janet Gaynor version of A Star is Born may well be considered a remake of an earlier movie which was essentially the same story with a different title "What Price Hollywood?"
My additions to this list would be Damn Yankees for the performances of Gwen Vernon and Ray Walston and Guys and Dolls for Frank Sinatra and the surprising Marlon Brando. Iconic.
Agree - don't forget Stubby Kaye as Nicely Nicely!
disagree with Guys and Dolls....perfect for a remake.
Really agree on "Guys and Dolls." Perfectly cast, great musical numbers, and a lot of humor. "Your Eyes Are the Eyes of a Woman in Love," "If I Were a Bell," "Luck, Be a Lady," "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat" ...
Luck be a lady tonight
I literally saw "Singing in the Rain" with my daughter yesterday at the theater near my home (70th Anniversary Celebration).
I last saw it many years ago, and I had forgotten how truly spectacular it was.
Fun list, definitely agree that anything with Julie Andrews and Gene Kelly should never be touched!
Also, I loved 7 Brides for 7 Brothers! You guys need to cool it with the politically correct comments all the time about classic movies made a long time ago that are still beloved.
"Social justice" warfare is rotting Hollywood from the inside.
No.
My jaw dropped the first time I saw.. Cabaret and the fabulous Liza Minelli singing and dancing on stage!
She was absolutely incredible.
NEVER remake the Cabaret movie! Primarily because NO ONE can come close to the amazing Joel Grey's performance.
Rocky Horror Picture Show should NEVER had been remade, and yet, it was done as a live action show a few years ago. Nothing against Miss Lorraine Cox as Dr Frank N. Furter, Tim Curry, having been in the original live play, then in the movie, MADE his character the iconic role that it is.
I wish Hollywood would STOP screwing with perfection.
I will never forget the interview where Tim Curry tried to get into a sold-out viewing and was denied entrance because they refused to believe that he was Frank N Furter. He said he snuck in the back entrance in order to see it. SO FUNNY!
I agree that Rocky Horror should never have a movie re-make, but it could at least be released for the community stage, not just the professional.
The closest I got was playing the narrator as introduction for a couple of the songs during a concert.
I did though, play the emcee in a production of Cabaret, I was allowed to play him in the style of Joel Grey, my late cousin played Frenchie.
@@treadingtheboards2875 I've seen multiple community theatre productions of Rocky Horror. 🤷🏻♀️
@@ambiguous974 Hmm, interesting, one of the companies that I am part of has tried for it was told it is not available for community theatre,
That was only a year or so ago and in Australia.
Edit: I have just looked online and got the message that performance rights are currently withdrawn.
Perhaps things have changed recently.
Alan Cumming was terrific in the Broadway remake a few years ago, of course they included Liza Minnelli's song from the movie, "Maybe This Time". I saw the original Joel Grey but I enjoyed the Alan Cumming version more--- of course, we sat at actual café tables drinking champagne.
The King and I musical film should be added to this list because of its wonderful story about a teacher, Anna Leonowens, who traveled to Siam to be a British governess to the King's children. It's a classic musical.
Yes I agree, I loved the Yul Brynner version, however the Jody Foster version was just heart braking and an exceptional movie.
Oh yes, that film is a CLASSIC! Yul Brynner was simply amazing!
Most definitely, Porgy and Bess based on George Gershwin's 1935 play. The movie cast includes Sidney Poitier, Dorthy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Diahann Carroll, Pearl Bailey and directed by Otto Perminger. Also, Carmen Jones based on Bizet's Carmen starring Dorthy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Diahann Carroll, Pearl Bailey produced and directed by Otto Preminger deserved to be mentioned.
It should be remade as the 1958 version is almost impossible to find due to copy right issues.
"Porgy and Bess", is an opera with no dancing! It is classically American composed by an American musical icon- George Gershwin!
NO ONE can tap like Gene Kelly! None of the golden age musicals should ever be remade!
West Side Story was remade and it turned it well (it may win best picture later this month).
Derek Hough gives him a run for his money!
@@deannacolemere1132 no he doesn’t
hes great!! but i believe Eleanor powell was tops..
Have you never heard of Fred Astaire?
I absolutely adore Seven Brides for Seven Brothers!!! It’s my favorite musical and one of my all time favorite movies of all time! I agree the subject matter is problematic, but the movie itself is so light and entertaining it’s still fun to watch
I love seven brides for seven brothers as well
The Barn Dance alone makes it wonderful.
Agreed! 💜 one of my favorite musicals.
I agree I love that film even though sobbin women (the song) is a very very sexist song it is amazing
@@tallulahbrown5864 it is but it's so dang catchy lol. But in all seriousness, it is a problematic storyline but Millie teaches them why what they did was so wrong and by the end of the movie they have learned and grown from it
I think it's obvious that none of the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers musicals could ever be remade with a different cast.
Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins, she’s a musical legend just like Barbra Streisand. She’s perfect in every way
I agree!
Plus she sang the songs of My Fair Lady for Audrey Hepburn.
@@starcorpvncj Marni Nixon
she is sister Sophia I think in Sopund of Music and the only time you get to see here... but she was also in King and I and other musicals
@@starcorpvncj Sorry, that was Marnie Nixon.
@@judyheide4456 Oh, really? Thank you for the correction. Cheers.
Singing in the Rain has been a favorite since I was a kid. I wish more of the younger generations would appreciate good movies of every era. My children will certainly know them.
I totally agree with your selection!
Other movies that should NEVER be remade…
Anything choreographed by Bob Fosse
White Christmas
Bye Bye Birdie (as much as they tried, but hell no!)
Royal Wedding (especially the dancing on the walls part)
ANY other Gene Kelly movie
Gigi
Guys and Dolls
I agree, Guys and Dolls and Bye Bye Birdie have ICONIC casting choices, Who could compete with Brando, Ann Margaret and Old Blue Eyes?
@@avaughn828 Exactly! There are many musicals that have, as you mentioned, “ICONIC casting”, so, as a viewer, others just don’t do it for you. I can’t picture another Sinatra, Brando, Ann Margret, Gene Kelly, Astaire, Bing, etc. And yet, there are some musicals that will change things around. I wasn’t sure about West Side Story at first. I did the “oh noooo” eye roll, but after watching it twice, the new one made sense, so much more than the original.
And, I forgot to add, Rocky Horror Picture Show. NO ONE will ever compare to Tim Curry. They tried with Laverne Cox, and I liked her in the remake, but to me, it was another movie, not as campy as the original, yadda yadda yadda.
@@avaughn828 YES!!! Loved Brando in Guy's and Dolls. One of my favorite movies.
Judy Garland was wonderful in anything .
I did not like her in “The Pirate” ; a terrible film anyway.
@@davidallen508 Beat me to it, David.
That movie was HORRIBLY stagey and fake looking.
Ironically, when it was made, Hollywood columnists berated "The Wizard of Oz" for not reusing the script and songs from the then-still fondly remembered 1902 stage version, and suggested Fred Stone reprise his role as the Scarecrow. Stone was 62 at the time, and was no longer in any shape for such a physical role. "The Wizard of Oz" had also been made as a silent movie two or three times, and a cartoon a few years earlier, but the 1939 version made everyone forget even the book it was based on.
Interesting to note that Stone was a contract player at MGM at the time and had worked with Garland before she made Oz.
you know how kids will watch a single movie over and over and over and over again? the Sound of Music was that for me. then I didn't watch it for a number of years, and watched it again as an adult - and was BLOWN AWAY by how much of the story I'd missed as a child. also - Maria Von Trapp herself makes a blink and you'll miss it cameo in the film.
You guys got this video spot on. Mary Poppins, The Wizard of Oz, Singing in the Rain and Meet me in St Louis are just perfect the way they are.
Mary popping got a sequel that nobody asked years later which is even worse
@@J.P.Robles The Wizard of Oz got a Sequel back in 1985 called Return to Oz, which felt more like a reverse sequel. Judy Garland's Dorothy was a teenager in the first film, and Fairuza Balk's Dorothy was a little kid. That to me didn't make any sense. However if Hollywood decides to do another Wizard of Oz, they should call it The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which is more faithful to the original books, and Dorothy having the Silver Slippers instead of the Red Slippers.
One other thing I forgot to add, there was an animated Sequel to the Wizard of Oz in the 60s, and Liza Minnelli voiced Dorothy.
@@omarcogle1965 I know all this about Wizard of Oz you should be telling K Martin not me
@@J.P.Robles I'm sure K Martin will see it in the post.
Indeed I am. But I didn't know there was a sequel to the wizard of oz.
Nailed with Singing in the Rain.
Singing in the rain is my favorite, I've written many essays on it 😂. It just can't be redone because of how unique the circumstances were! Even if it was redone it wouldn't feel authentic
One of my favorites that wasn't listed is My Fair Lady - so many great songs done perfectly!
I hope there aren't any more remakes of Annie! The original with Carol Burnett is too awesome!
It's too bad that the 2014 remake of Annie was horrible.
Completely agree Diana!
Two remakes and a sequel is enough.
Agreed! The original with Carol Burnett cannot be matched. Stop the remakes. Just stop.
The 2nd version with Audra McDonald as Grace is probably the best.
Their will never be another Gene Kelly, so Singin' In The Rain is a definite no no for a remake 👍😂
I agree. Anything by Gene Kelly is a no no for remake. The animation in Anchors Aweigh was stunning, and in my opinion better than in Mary Poppins.
@@kestag2110 I absolutely adore Gene Kelly! He was gorgeous and one of the greatest dancers of the Golden Era along with Fred Astaire ❤️ He was magic on screen that nobody now can duplicate 👍
@@SamanthaN92 Who would win a tap dance battle if they were alive and still in their prime? Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire?
@@omarcogle1965 Wow! Thats a hard one! My money is on Gene Kelly after that scene in Singin' in the Rain; Moses Supposes 👍 Fred Astaire would beat Gene Kelly in ballroom dancing though 😂😂😂
@@SamanthaN92 And you know who would be the wild card, because he can match with the best of them, Donald O'Connor.
When I saw Donald O’Conner dance to “Make em laugh, Literally couldn’t stop laughing. 60 years later, nothing can compare to his comic genius!
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Calling Gigi creepy is silly and ignorant
Gigi really was creepy
Gigi is a triumph of good over evil. Gigi will not accept the for second place she is only interested marriage. Powerful women.
Agreed! Please explain why the story of a girl who is being prepared for life as a courtesan but ends up marring the man she loves should be considered creepy.
11:50 I swear, if you don't tear up during The Sound of Music when the festival audience starts singing along to Edleweiss, you miiiight not be human
I'm sorry, how do you show Rocky Horror in the opening clips and then not even give it an honorable mention. WatchMojo, you are hereby forbidden from doing the time warp again!
00:43 Cabaret (1972)
01:56 An American In Paris (1951)\\
03:19 Moulin Rouge (2001)
04:35 Chicago (2002)
05:58 Mary Poppins (1964)
06:58 A Star Is Born (1954)
08:19 Fiddler On The Roof (1971)
09:35 The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
10:44 The Sound Of Music (1965)
12:09 Honorable Mentions
12:12 Grease (1978)
12:23 Meet Me In St Louis (1944)
12:42 Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (19:54)
13:06 Gigi (1956)
13:18 Oliver (1968)
13:47 Singing In The Rain (1952)
Tons of money was thrown into 'Brigadoon' as it was considered to be hit in the making. However, the little movie 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' flew past it.
I’d be so curious to see your list of the top 10 musicals that DO need a remake!!
Cats needs to be redone and redone correctly. It might be interesting to see if Song of the South could be redone in such a way to remove all the racism, but I doubt it can be. Maybe Popeye could be tried again as a live action movie.
I would be happy with a first movie of wicked.
Into the Woods with more dark side this story, of course Cats, Man of La Mancha (one of the favourite soundtrack but movie is bad), Camelot (?), Dear Evan Hansen - I saw this twice and it's full package od bad decisions and maybe new version of The jazz Singer (original used black face). New Jesus Christ superstar because it again and again have new stage versions. I think Cabaret with new/modern version like London version from this year maybe it's good idea too. La La land without Ryan Gosling (i'm sorry but it's not my favourite choice for main cast and dance scenes). New Javert - but I love every other detail from Les Miserables 🔥
That's what I'd like to know. Maybe The Wiz or Hair deserved a movie remake too
Once and Phantom of The Opera desperately needs a remake! I’d love to see Amy Lee as Christine and Luke Evans as the Phantom! And I would love to see Mia Goth and Ronan Keating in Once!
I don’t want to see a remake of The Sound of Music; however I sometimes wish there would be a sequel. I believe people need to have their eyes opened to what happened next and very few people want to read the book.
Maybe you should’ve made this into a top 20 list.
Include Funny Girl as well as the King and I.
I can't stand Barbra Streisand. I know her voice is amazing, but...
Indeed. Yule is KING and Debra was the perfect foil.
I would add Hans Christian Andersen with Danny Kaye, White Christmas, Brigadoon, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and Top Hat.
Couldn't agree more!
My favourite Musicals are Camelot with Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero. And Seven Brides For Seven Brothers and Easter Parade. When there no longer exists real talent like Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Vera Ellen and Gene Kelly and Ann Miller then just forget it... Any desired outcome to redo any of these films apart from the relatively modern ones like Chicago or Moulin Rouge, just isn't possible...
Love Camelot.
I'm not sure how a remake of Carousel would work, given the subject matter. The same is true of Oklahoma. But Shirley Jones is incredible! :)
I think Godspell is perfect--except a remake might include all the songs! :)
The movie "Oklahoma" always STUNS me - when you consider the line "where the Wind comes racing.." and then remember that the show was written less than a decade after Oklahoma turned into the Dust Bowl... There are so many layers to that Musical that we lose because we are so far removed from it.
ALSO Oklahoma was "Indian Territory" with NOT A SINGLE Native American... Problematic doesn't BEGIN to describe it!
@@michaelodonnell824 Broadway not long ago did a re-imagining of "Oklahoma" where Ado Anne (the "girl who can't say no") was played by an actress in a wheelchair, and one of the romantic couples was played by 2 performers who were openly transgender. (Some wits dubbed the show "Woke-lahoma", but that wasn't even the real problem.) I saw a local production of this by the same director, which skipped the stunt casting but had some scenes performed in total darkness, others with stark green overhead lighting for no apparent reason. Worst of all, the whole cast was onstage throughout, including scenes with only a couple of active characters. The dormant actors, instead of getting the hell offstage, sat motionless in lunchroom chairs, by rows of lunchroom tables, staring into space like robots that were de-activated until needed. Spoiler alert, at the end the "good guy" groom murders his rival in cold blood, and the cast sings "Oklahoma" as the bride stands aghast, her whole dress and face spattered with blood. It was non-sensical, and hideous. I "get" the temptation to "modernize" a play from 1952, but this was the worst. And by the way --STILL no Native Americans.
Fiddler on the roof, seven brides for seven brothers, and sound of music are a few of my favorites. I'm surprised that Brigadoon with Gene Kelly isn't on there
Or On the Town
Paint Your Wagon. There's not a singer on the planet who could improve on that movie's version of "They Call the Wind Mariah".
As a child, I thought 7 Brides for 7 Brothers was AWFUL! (Not the music, just the storyline) Then I found the story in the Bible during my Backgrounds to Literature class at University. I think that made it worse in my mind...that culture from thousands of years ago was still seen as something acceptable.
@@dorindagrandbois7847 There are many things from the bible that are still seen as acceptable, such as domestic abuse of spouse and children.
New list idea: Top Ten Gene Kelly Musicals That Should Never Be Remade.
Missed off some classics that should NEVER be remade - Rocky Horror, Little Shop of Horrors, Willy Wonka etc etc
Little Shop of Horrors is already in the process of being remade
@@PAZO2FAN doesn't mean it 'should' be remade... LOL
Time will tell I guess!
@@PAZO2FAN It was canceled couple months ago
Too late for ‘Willy Wonka’ since Tim Burton decided to remake that & oh God it cringes 😖😖😖 okay the Burton one isn’t really a musical, but I think it counts a bit since they used the original book’s songs
@@PAZO2FAN The only thing though is no matter how many singers try, no one will ever touch Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene's rendition of Suddenly Seymour.
I saw couple days ago Cabaret and it's one of the best movie (not only musicals) I ever saw but I heard about Plans for new version with Eddie Redmayne. So many "classic" musicals have incredible cast, emotions, interesting montage, colours and powerful music. Singing in the rain, Meet me in St Louise and mamy others - and something like magic. Perfect for quiet evening or to watch with family ♥️
You may have miss heard about the current Cabaret Revival going on in the West end. Eddie Redmayne is in it and they may be talking about filming the stage version like they did with Hamilton. He's apparently spectacular as the Emcee.
I saw Eddie in the Cabaret revival in London, he was simply amazing! I was slightly underwhelmed in the first half by Jessie Buckley, but boy she blew me away with her final song! I actually think a redo of cabaret using this cast would be amazing!
@@aislingopal7802 he's unfortunately ended his run as the emcee now.
Chicago, Moulin Rouge are my favorites. But I love so many of the other ones.. I feel that people should leave them all alone. My Fair Lady is one of my favorites also. Funny Girl is another.
Briadoon. Again, another Gene Kelly picture. But also Syd Charisse was a gem in that one too. White Christmas, High Society.
Cud Charisse was, in my opinion, the most perfect woman ever and a fabulous dancer as well.
With every improvement that Spielberg made to West Side Story (making New York City a main character first & foremost) I still wish he would have left it alone. As much as I enjoyed the re-imagining of Jerome Robbins' choreography (changes that must have been a legal headache), and the stellar vocal performances, it still lost something in the translation. I will continue to recommend the original.
As a result I agree with your entire list. Just because we can refresh classics doesn't always mean we should. Spielberg did it for his dad, so I'll cut him some slack.
One of your better videos ladies.
And never should’ve been remade. Jerome Robbins choreography in the original is a national treasure. There was no need for the movie to be remade.
@@jonnarobinson7541 As I said, Steven Spielberg reimagined WSS for his dad. Considering the wealth of entertainment Mr Spielberg has given us over his career, I'd say we allow him this far more personal project.
There WAS a reason why it was made, but not everything is about you or me.
Jerome Robbins choreograhy remains the only steps you will see in stage productions (of which I've seen dozens of variants over the decades). I agree that I would have prefered it not being re-made, but at least it was remade by an acomplished film maker with real love for the source material.
You could add pretty much every movie Gene Kelly ever made to this list! As you said, if it ain't broke don't even ::try:: to fix it. Cause you can't!
I think West Side Story should have been included in this list. You could probably make this a list of the top 50 or 100 movie musicals 🎼 and still have missed a few. 😁
Thanks for this list. I really enjoyed it. 👏👏👏
Thank you for including Fiddler on here I've heard rumors of a remake and I don't know I think the movies perfect the way it is can we just leave this one alone
My Fair Lady, Holiday Inn, and White Christmas
The only one I have a discrepancy with is "The Wizard of Oz" not being #1. It could not nor should not be touched.
Unfortunately there were 2 Sequels to it though. One in the 60s, with Judy Garland's actual daughter, Liza Minnelli voicing Dorothy, and another in the 80s called Return to Oz, with Fairuza Balk as Dorothy.
@@omarcogle1965 Yes I am a fan of both also the 1990 animated series featured on HBO series I watched in real time.
@UCaGpWeDVglGRsuLfX23Xwjw I apologize for that on mentioning Return to Oz, I call that the Reverse Sequel. Did you ever see Tin Man with Zooey Deschanel as Dorothy (DG)?
I do know there are many iterations of this story over the past 123 years atm, Return to Oz being one of my favorites. Being educated on those other adaptions was not the point of my post. I was saying the first film need not be Remade.
@@omarcogle1965 yeah of course anything with the Outer Zone in it and I'm there lol
Delightful. Thank you for this trip down memory land!
Can't beat Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire. Who both worked with the incomparable Judy Garland.
Love this list! My all time favorite musical is actually Singing in the Rain…would watch it over and over all the time.
Gosh dang I love The Sound Of Music. You can’t re-do it you just can’t. The movie was amazing and really puts your in the shoes of how it was back them, despite the humor it ends up tackling a very serious problem with the war. It was amazing I’ve had to watch it at least once a year if not more. It’s amazing and should stay untouched.
The big mistake was Spielberg's "West Side Story" - it should never have been made.
I don't understand why it wasn't on this list, at least as an honorable mention.
Having seen Spielberg's "West Side Story" as well as every Broadway revival of the show, I must vehemently disagree with you.
I hope I never ever see a remake of 'Hello Dolly' from 1969. No one could ever top the stellar cast in that movie musical; Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Danny Lockin, Tommy Tune, Fritz Feld, Marianne McAndrew, E. J. Peaker and Louis Armstrong (whose recording of the title tune had become a number-one hit).
The film won three Academy Awards for Best Art Direction, Best Score of a Musical Picture and Best Sound and was nominated for a further four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
The point of a Star is Born is to recreate it for new generations. That’s the beauty of the story.
Agreed. If you look at the story and period of each remake, they fit perfectly for the time period they represent. I'm looking forward to the next one telling the story set with hip-hop as the genre...which is weird for me because I don't like hip-hop, but my students would love it.
@@dorindagrandbois7847 Yes this is so true! I’m always interested in how a specific story, movie or book can be reimagined for a generation. Like Romeo and Juliet into WESTSIDE Story, or Othello into Basil Dearden’s All Night Long 1962.
I feel like it will be several years until we get Another star is born. Perhaps by then Hip Hop will have evolved entirely, perhaps they’ll be a new craze and it’ll be based on a music that belongs entirely to the future.
I do have an offering which I feel has strong similarities to A Star Is Born. It’s called Love Beats Rhymes 2017.
I think you may enjoy this.
I’m interested in knowing what you teach?
@@lovethefields I'm a HS Lit teacher. For 10th grade Romeo & Juliet, I let kids choose an adaptation on their own, and we watched Warm Bodies in class. My Honors class unit titles: Under-told Stories of Immigration and Migration, Post Colonial African Literature, The Political Machine in Science Fiction. Religious Stories of Imperial China.
Yes, but in a sense, then it's only a remake of the name of a movie. Usually when they're making a 'remake', it's the movie, not the title.
@@dorindagrandbois7847 give All Night Long (1962) a chance I’d love to know the reactions of the students and if they realize they’re watching a reimagining of Othello?
Have a wonderful day
Alan Cumming in Cabaret would be worth seeing. And that particular production had some interesting twists that made it worth seeing, as well.
Full disclosure: In the late 1990s I had house seats and saw him on Broadway in his Tony Award winning performance as the Emcee. In this particular production, when Act II started he walked into the audience and announced "it is the dreaded audience participation time" to nervous chuckles all around. I thought "I hope he doesn't pick me, I hope he doesn't pick me." Guess what, he picked me! My Broadway debut. We danced cheek to cheek for a moment while he cracked some jokes and returned me safely to my seat. But I promise you that doesn't affect my opinion here at all! He was a revelation in the role. Sadly, Natasha Richardson is no longer with us to reprise her role as Sally Bowles.
Still, the association of that project with Liza Minelli is iconic. Any attempts at remake could never equal what she embodied through that film.
I’m surprised you didn’t have the king and I in your top 10. It’s perfect . No one else could play the king better . Yul is the king of Siam !
What about my fair lady?
Great list though 👏
How could you leave out White Christmas? Bing, Danny, Rosemary, and Vera were just great in Irving Berlin's classic. There is also the musical classic Guys and Dolls that would just have today's society up in flames. These are two that came to mind quickly when I saw the video.
If Elvis had agreed to be in the "A Star is Born" remake, it might have saved his life.
3:48 cultural appropriation and lack of diversity. Feck me, love that that is what is considered wrong with the movie. Shocked it didn't get mentioned for every other film on the list as they don't feature equal representations of men, women, black, white, brown, asian lgbqt etc
They were made before we knew we needed quotas to make movies.
It was the lack of diversity that really upset me in fiddler on the roof, and 7 brides for 7 brothers, and don't get me started on Mary Poppins. There was a definite whiteness to The sound of music.
I do miss the days when you could just enjoy movies
Well, there really weren't a lot of Black, Puerto Rican and Asians in Austria during the 1940's.
“Little Shop of Horrors” should get honorable mention.
I think that it would have, if a remake was not already in the works.
Definitely . if not for the setting or plot but for the abuse sub plot on Audrey
Actually there is & it's the 2nd remake .. the original was in 1960, fallowed by the 1986 version.... There's one in the works with Scarlett Johansson.
@@86forever Oh yes, I forgot about the 60s film. However, the 1960 film wasn't a musical so I guess that you could count the 1986 film, as the first movie musical film for Little Shop of Horrors.
although the audrey puppets are kinda cool
I haven’t seen all of these movies mentioned but the ones I I did, and love all of them, are all perfect!
I still listen to so many songs that came from these movies and sing right along with them. Absolutely inspiring and my hope is that every present and future generation will have the privilege of seeing them!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! It was fun to see!
Maybe I’m biased but I loved the 2007 Hairspray. I can practically watch and sing that movie any day of the week. It touched on a serious matter of racial justice in the 60s and the cast was exquisite.
You forgot Harvey Girls and The Music Man.
singing in the rain is the platinum, gold, and silver of the musicals. if ppl tried to remake it i hope that hell itself would open up and swallow them.
How can you talk about movie musicals and never mention Fred Astaire!
Couldn't agree more Renee. Band Wagon on par with Sing'n in the rain and American in Paris. And well Astaire is Astaire!
Renee, you are so right! He had a different style than Gene Kelly, but Gene admired Fred and vice versa. Both exceptional dancers.
Easter parade. Irving Berlin music. Garland and Astaire. How do you top that?
Easter Parade is one of my favorites! I make my husband watch it every year!
This list is spot on. Great job!
The wizard of oz is My favorite musical of all time.
My Fair Lady
A Star Is Born _is_ a remake, so nuts to that.
I didn’t understand why they included that since there has been a new version made multiple times already. I don’t see a problem, it seems to been a generational (or two) revision.
@@kestag2110 they also praised the remake with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
There’s no one better than the great Garland
It has been filmed 5 times (1937, 1954, 1976, 2013, 2018) so the Gaga one is a remake of a remake of a remake of a remake.
@@hectorsmommy1717
I think you’re forgetting the 1937 version, the original from which the Judy Garland version is remade. Also the 1951 made-for-TV remake. But hey, nice to see the Bollywood adaptation (2013) get mentioned.
Thank you for exposing all the talent in these films. Stories that touch our hearts will be passed from on and on. ❤️
Oh dear...you forgot my favourite musical..."My Fair Lady".
Wow the sound of music had me feeling really nostalgic! As did Marry Poppins! Surprised to see neither my fair lady nor newsies made the list:(
I hated the remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, just tragic.
Likewise, it was mediocre at best, though it was wonderful to see the legendary Tim Curry on board as the Criminologist.
Yes. I COMPLETELY AGREE!
Fox Network, following what NBC restarted with a live stage production, only hit it out of the park once with Grease. Everything else was meh at best, including Rent, with a airing of the final rehearsal instead of being truly live.
I agree with all the choices listed here (well, perhaps I have my doubts about “A Star is Born”), although not necessarily with the order in which they are listed, but since you DO have an "Honourable Mentions" section, I believe you could have included any of the following: “Evita”; “Godspell”; “Guys and Dolls”; “Hello, Dolly!”; “Jesus Christ Superstar”; “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”; “Kiss Me, Kate”; “Little Shop of Horrors” (the musical version, of course); “Man of La Mancha”; “My Fair Lady”; “Oklahoma”; “Porgy and Bess “; “Show Boat”; “South Pacific”; “The King and I”; “The Music Man”; “The Phantom of the Opera”; “The Tales of Hoffman”; and “Victor/Victoria”. Some of them HAVE been remade, but none of those versions are as good as the classic ones. Still, all in all, a very decent list.
Interesting that you mention Porgy & Bess. From what I understand the Sam Goldwynn estate will not release the rights to this movie so I wonder if they control the rights to a remake???
@@infonut Interesting question. I have never seen the movie, only extracts thereof. Problem is that I don't know (or can't remember) whether some of them were scenes from the film or from some stage version of the opera itself.
Don't think, though, that Goldwyn's estate could prevent a remake: their rights to the story passed away a LONG time ago. They may control the distribution of the 1959 film, but certainly not of the opera, which is still being produced regularly on stage.
I couple of weeks ago I would have said that West Side Story should be high on this list. You never know but it has to have the right director, choreographer/dancers, lead actors and responsible societal/cultural updates.
Totally agree. Me of not-so-long-ago would vehemently say all Golden Age musicals should remain untouched, but as proven by the amazing direction of Stephen Spielberg and some truly incredible performances by Ariana Debose, Mike Faist, and Rachel Zegler (and the nice touch of Rita Morano both being featured and producing!), it can be done in a truly inspired way. With the way Hollywood loves it's remakes lately, that's of course not likely to happen if many of these were attempted, but it's nice to know it IS POSSIBLE! 😁
The remake was incredibly well done: acting, music, sets etc. It is a sad story, therefore not one of my favorites, but Spielberg nailed it.
I actually both loved the original movie and thought it could use a remake because of the weak central performances of Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer. I saw the remake the day it came out in theaters and thought some parts were definite improvements, but some parts were weaker. Guess that’s the risk with every remake.
@@denisesudell2538 I'm opposite. I didn't think that Natalie's role was weak but I did think that this new Maria was weaker. But there's something about Tony's character (maybe its just the writing) that's makes it inherently the weakest role out of the entire movie. I appreciated the expansion of Anybody's character and they tried to expand on Tony's story.
@@fulanideedee8709 I’ve been thinking about the remake tonight because of the Oscars. I think a big problem with the remake is that it has very little joy. In the original movie, the chemistry between Rita Moreno and George Chakiris was joyous-it was easy to believe that they were crazy about each other. The relationship between Tony and Maria was played more somberly, and it was a good contrast. Plus the Jets were largely portrayed as Just Good Old (white) Boys Having Fun. There’s very little joy in the remake. The Anita-Bernardo relationship seems older and more worn down. And “America” starts with an argument that moves out into the street, but Ariana DeBose and David Alvarez never feel to me like they’re genuinely enjoying each other during the number. They’re both dancing, but they’re not dancing *together.* That’s just one example.
All excellent movies, but I would really hate to see a remake of "Top Hat".