If these are movie musicals -- not the same as musicals -- almost anything is better than the film version of "Guys and Dolls" (I exclude The Wiz and the Beegees Sgt. Pepper). Many wonderful musicals are crappy movies -- e.g. Gypsy (Rosalind Russell!??); West Side Story (gee, both have Natalie Wood!); and Carousel (Shirley Jones, hand me my airsick bag, Gordon), among them.

Cabaret and Top Hat are probably the best, they are so beautifully crafted.

yours,

Peter T.