The best musicals nominated for Oscars

Somehow, someway, one of the best musicals of all time, only scored two Oscar noms: Best Supporting Actress for Jean Hagen and Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture. Nothing for classics like "Make 'Em Laugh" and "Good Morning?" or Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds' performances? An outrage!

Nominated for four awards, and winning the now-defunct Juvenile Award for Outstanding Child Actress for Margaret O'Brien's portrayal of Tootie, the story of the Smith sisters enjoying the World's Fair and their adventures in life and love is one for the ages.

Nominated for 9 Oscars and winning five, including Best Actor for Yul Brynner, the film boasts a number of redeeming qualities like famous songs including "Getting to Know You" and being the main reason for knowing Thailand used to be known as Siam.

The comeback movie for Eddie Murphy ended up being a star-making film for Beyonce and Jennifer Hudson who took home Best Supporting Actress. Of the film's seven other nominations, three came in the Best Original Song.

Another classic musical that was only nominated for a Best Original Score, Willy Wonka is a favorite of many and includes arguably the finest performance of Gene Wilder's career.

A Gene Kelly and Vincente Minnelli classic, it won six Oscars off eight nominations, including Best picture and Best Music, Scoring of a Motion Picture. Gene Kelly's "I Got Rythm" sequence is one of Hollywood's all-time musical moments.

With Marlon Brando as Sky Masterson and Frank Sinatra as Nathan Detroit, "Guys and Dolls" was one of the most star-studded musicals of all time. However, it only notched four Oscar nominations without taking home any statues.

Receiving ten nominations, The Sound of Music took home five Oscars, including Best Director for Robert Wise and Best picture. The movie's a certified classic, unlike the live version NBC aired, and chances are you've watched it with your family at one point in your life.

"Purple Rain" is one of the best musicals of all time and contains some of Prince's best work. It only won the one Oscar for Best Original Score, but it stands head and shoulders above most movie musicals.

"Fame" won two Oscars for Best Score and Best Song for "Fame," and was nominated for four other awards. The story of the students at a The School of Performing Arts is as classic a musical as any on this list and a true classic of the form.

The South Park movie was only nominated for Best Original Song for "Blame Canada," but the movie is chock full of great songs like "Mountain Town" and "What Would Brian Boitano Do?" If any movie on this list deserves a sequel, it's this one.

The story of a con man coming to a small town and ending up having a change of heart is a story as old as time. "The Music Man" has been parodied in a number of ways since, perhaps none as memorable as on "The Simpsons." It was nominated six times and won for Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment.

Perhaps the greatest of the Disney musicals, it was the first animated movie to be nominated for Best Picture, securing six nominations in total. The film had three separate entries in the Best Original Song category alone, winning for the title track. It also won for Best Music, Original Score.

"Beauty and the Beast's" chief competitor for best Disney musical, "The Little Mermaid" has numerous classics like "Under the Sea," "Kiss the Girl," and "Part of Your World." It won best song for "Under the Sea" as well as Best Original Score, on top of two other nominations.

"Les Miserables" is one of the most popular musicals of all-time and finally received the lush big-screen adaptation it deserved earlier this decade. It received eight Oscar nominations with Anne Hathaway winning for Best Supporting Actress.

Nominated for 13 Oscars, Mary Poppins won five, including Best Song ("Chim Chim Cher-ee") and Best Actress for Julie Andrews.

Baz Luhrmann's best movie is full of memorable songs and sequences like "Your Song" and "Because We Can." The film was nominated for eight awards and won Oscars for Art Direction and Set Design.

With only one nomination, "Damn Yankees" is one of the least recognized musicals on this list. Nonetheless with classics like "Heart" and "Whatever Lola Wants," "Damn Yankees" is one of the most popular musicals on this list.

Set in pre-Nazi Germany, "Cabaret" is the story of a nightclub entertainer falling for two men in the years before WWII. It won eight Oscars, off ten nominations, including Best Actress for Liza Minelli and Best Director for Bob Fosse. As one of of the biggest Oscar winners ever, it's frequently been the subject of remake rumors.

On the strength of songs like "I Could've Danced All Night," "My Fair Lady" was nominated for 12 Oscars, and ended up winning eight, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Rex Harrison. It's amazing that Audrey Hepburn wasn't nominated all, but her performance is well-regarded today.

The classic story of an older star helping a new one find fame has been adapted a number of times. But the 1954 classic is the one that's received the most Oscar attention. The film was nominated for six awards, but did not win.

The last big musical winner at the Oscars, "Chicago" was nominated for 13 awards, winning six including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress for Catherine Zeta-Jones.

"West Side Story" was nominated for 11 Oscars and won a staggering 10, including Best Picture, Best Director (Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins), Best Supporting Actor (George Chakiris) and Best Supporting Actress (Rita Moreno). The film's numerous classic songs and evergreen story of lovers finding each other affiliated with opposing gangs make it one of the more memorable musicals ever put to film.

What's there to say about "The Wizard of Oz?" It was nominated for six Oscars, winning for Best Original Song for "Over the Rainbow" and Best Original Score. A lucky win for the film since "Over the Rainbow" was nearly cut before the movie's release for being too sad. 

"Grease" is quite possibly the most popular movie musical of all-time and arguably the gateway musical for tons of musical theater fans. "Hopelessly Devoted to You" was nominated for Best Original Song, but the other songs in the film have gone on to become classics in their own right. What even won best Original Song that year anyway? Why "Thank God It's Friday" from "Last Dance" of course. Last Dance? Exactly.