Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama > Music: 140 Films to Rent
Drumline (2002)
- Dir. Charles Stone III
Feat. Nick Cannon, Zoe Saldana, Orlando Jones
- Depicting the journey of a talented street drummer from Harlem into the world of big–time stadium marching bands, this is short on story moves,…
Garage Days (2002)
- Dir. Alex Proyas
Feat. Pia Miranda, Maya Stange, Kick Curry…
- A young garage band in Sydney look for their big break, while coping with love, drugs and everyday life, in a frisky though oddly–toned…
Laurel Canyon (2002)
- Dir. Lisa Cholodenko
Feat. Frances McDormand, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale…
- Dropping in on the LA music scene, the writer–director of HIGH ART returns to her pet theme of conservatism yielding to a bohemianism, but…
Down and Out With the Dolls (2001)
- Dir. Kurt Voss
- Based around the rise and fall of an all–grrl goth–rock band in early 1990s Portland, Oregon, this packs enough scene authenticity to…
Glitter (2001)
- Dir. Vondie Curtis Hall
Feat. Mariah Carey, Max Beesley
- Set in the early 1980's, pop idol Mariah Carey plays a teenage(!) girl who, unsurprisingly, is eager to become a famous pop–singer. Of course…
Hysteria - The Def Leppard Story (2001)
- Dir. Robert Mandel
- Of interest to fans of the British heavy metallers who hit the big time in the 1980s, and anyone else who had ‘Pyromania’ or…
One Night the Moon (2001)
- Dir. Rachel Perkins
Feat. Paul Kelly, Kaarin Fairfax, Kelton Pell
- A unique short feature, which tells the story of a true 1930s mystery using the songs of Paul Kelly, who also stars.
A young girl disappears one…
Strictly Sinatra (Cocozza's Way) (2001)
- Dir. Peter Capaldi
Feat. Ian Hart, Brian Cox, Kelly MacDonald
- Smalltime Scottish crooner Ian Hart has a thing about Frank Sinatra and like his idol flirts a little too closely with the criminal element. This…
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- Dir. Cameron Crowe
Feat. Billy Crudup, Jason Lee, Kate Hudson…
- The best music drama yet committed to film (SPINAL TAP was a comedy), this is a vibrant and bracingly assured portrait of rock music fanaticism in…
Hendrix (2000)
- Dir. Leon Ichaso
Feat. Wood Harris, Billy Zane
- TV–Movie biopic of the rock guitarist and 60s icon Jimi Hendrix (Wood Harris) that pushes all the predictable buttons: psychedelic drug…