The 25 best movie musicals of all time

The American Film Institute picks the best song-and-dance stories ever put on film.

21. 'Cabaret'

Actress Liza Minnelli plays nightclub star Sally Bowles in Bob Fosse's 1972 film. Sally works at a club in Berlin in 1931 as the Nazi Party is growing stronger.

The filming for the movie took place entirely in Germany, often in Berlin itself. In the original 1966 Broadway production, Joel Grey played the Emcee. He had the same role in the movie.

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