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Rental > Drama > Musical: 137 Films to Rent on DVD
New York, New York (1977)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Robert De Niro, Liza Minnelli
- This imaginative yet famously abrasive tribute to the Hollywood musicals of the 1940s focuses on the tumultuous relationship between a saxophonist…
A Star Is Born (1976)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Frank Pierson
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Paul Mazursky…
- The third screen version of an eminently watchable story, this time set in the fickle rock music scene with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson…
Nashville (1975)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Lily Tomlin, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin…
- An American classic, 70s watermark and widely considered Altman's masterpiece. Story of 24 characters gathered for a political rally in the country…
American Film Theatre - Lost in the Stars (1974)
- Dir. Daniel Mann
Feat. Brock Peters, Melba Moore, Raymond St. Jacques…
- The innovative 1930s musical collaboration between Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill was ambitiously adapted in this American Film Theatre…
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson
- A screen adaptation of Lloyd–Webber's stage musical which retains the original score but adds an extra sheen of kitsch to the much maligned…
Cabaret (1972)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Bob Fosse
Feat. Liza Minnelli, Michael York
- Scintillating musical with Liza Minnelli as the American showgirl caught up in the phony glitter of pre–war Berlin. Eight–time Oscar…
Harder They Come, The (1972)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Perry Henzell
Feat. Jimmy Cliff, Carl Bradshaw
- A classic that has found lasting significance as a music film, political film, and above all as a unique, authentic product of Jamaica. A young,…
Change of Habit (1969)
- Dir. William A. Graham
Feat. Elvis Presley, Mary Tyler Moore, Barbara McNair…
- Elvis Presley's final acting role was this musical drama in which he plays a doctor who falls in love with Mary Tyler Moore, playing one of three…
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. John Rae, Corin Redgrave, Maurice Roeves…
- Powerful anti–war musical adapted from the play by Charles Chilton, which depicts the mass blunder of WWI through the experiences of the poor…
Trouble With Girls, The (1969)
- Dir. Peter Tewksbury
Feat. Elvis Presley, Marlyn Manson, Nicole Jaffe…
- Behind the misleading title, this atypically quirky late Elvis movie sees him running a 1920s travelling circus sideshow, with an excellent…