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Drama > Musical: 147 Films to Buy & Rent

 
Jesus Christ SuperstarJesus Christ Superstar (1973) Aro Favourite
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…
CabaretCabaret (1972) Recommended
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, TheHarder They Come, The (1972) Recommended
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 HabitChange 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 WarOh! What a Lovely War (1969) Recommended
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, TheTrouble 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…
Young Girls of Rochefort, TheYoung Girls of Rochefort, The (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort) (1967) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Francois Dorleac, Gene Kelly
The carrot of love is dangled in Jacques Demy's positively radiant follow–up to UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG: an unbridled, colour–saturated…
I Could Go on SingingI Could Go on Singing (1963)
Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Judy Garland, Dirk Bogarde, Jack Klugman…
A successful singer visits her estranged son while on tour in England. Teary melodrama was Garland's last film and featured arguably her best acting.
Live it Up!Live it Up! (Sing and Swing) (1963)
Dir. Lance Comfort
Feat. David Hemmings
Low–budget, but historically fascinating musical wraps some great mid–60s pop music around its slender plot. Hemmings plays a…
Bells are RingingBells are Ringing (1960)
Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark…
Winning musical rom–com from Vincente Minnelli (MEET ME IN ST LOUIS), with Judy Holliday playing a fictionalised version of real–life…
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