Vulture's 50 Best Foreign-Language Musicals
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"For the purposes of this list, the films and the songs therein really do have to be in a language other than English. (The South African musical Sarafina!, which is in English, with songs mostly in English, was not eligible for that reason.) Also, we excluded musical documentaries, animated films, and filmed operas, the latter due to the fact that it’s really a genre unto itself. (But a film that references opera is okay, so: no to U-Karmen, but yes to Karmen Gei.) We also decided not to give any one single director more than two spaces on this list — otherwise it would have been too easy to turn it all over to such pivotal names like Jacques Demy and Carlos Saura." - Bilge Ebiri
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Tsirk
1936 — a.k.a. The Circus, in 1 top list Check -
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Le million
1931 — a.k.a. Le Million, in 8 top lists Check -
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Les demoiselles de Rochefort
1967 — a.k.a. The Young Girls of Rochefort, in 12 top lists Check -
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Une femme est une femme
1961 — a.k.a. A Woman Is a Woman, in 4 top lists Check -
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Sholay
1975 — a.k.a. Embers, in 11 top lists Check -
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French Cancan
1955, in 9 top lists Check -
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Om Shanti Om
2007, in 3 top lists Check -
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Al-massir
1997 — a.k.a. Destiny, in 2 top lists Check -
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Crna macka, beli macor
1998 — a.k.a. Black Cat, White Cat, in 4 top lists Check -
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Der Kongreß tanzt
1931 — a.k.a. Congress Dances, in 5 top lists Check -
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On connaît la chanson
1997 — a.k.a. Same Old Song, in 3 top lists Check -
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Golden Eighties
1986, in 1 top list Check -
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Viktor und Viktoria
1933 — a.k.a. Victor and Victoria, in 2 top lists Check -
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3 Idiots
2009, in 3 top lists Check -
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Operetta tanuki goten
2005, in 2 top lists Check -
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Et maintenant on va où?
2011 — a.k.a. Where Do We Go Now?, in 2 top lists Check -
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Allá en el Rancho Grande
1936 — a.k.a. Out on the Big Ranch, in 1 top list Check -
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Katakuri-ke no kôfuku
2001 — a.k.a. The Happiness of the Katakuris, in 2 top lists Check -
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Zolushka
1947 — a.k.a. Cinderella, in 1 top list Check -
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Oshidori utagassen
1939 — a.k.a. Singing Lovebirds, in 1 top list Check -
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8 femmes
2002 — a.k.a. 8 Women, in 2 top lists Check
Last updated on Oct 28, 2015; source