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16. Oklahoma! (1955)
Yep I’m an old softy but I tend to think that good musicals are the ones we really love. How can you not love Oklahoma!? It’s just darn good fun! With such great songs as “I’m just a girl who can’t say no” or “Surrey with the Fringe on the Top” and the title song “Oklahoma” this one definitely belongs on the list of the best ever. The score is great, the plot simple and fun and the characters are as memorable as any in film, musical or not.
Add a few great names (and singers) like Shirley Jones as Laurey, Gordon MacRae as Curly, fantastic character actors like James Whitmore as Mr. Carnes, Eddie Albert as Ali Hakim and one of the great villains of all, Rod Steiger, as Jud Fry and you have one of the most re-watchable films, ever!