Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Musical: 147 Films to Buy & Rent
God Help the Girl (2014)
- Dir. Stuart Murdoch
Feat. Emily Browning, Olly Alexander, Hannah Murray…
- Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch writes and directs this 60s–inspired musical set in Glasgow about an emotionally troubled young woman whose…
Into the Woods (2014)
- Dir. Rob Marshall
Feat. Anna Kendrick, Meryl Streep, Chris Pine…
- Stephen Sondheim's exuberant musical gets the gleaming big screen treatment from dir. Rob Marshall (CHICAGO, NINE), with Meryl Streep as the witch…
That Day We Sang (2014)
- Dir. Victoria Wood
Feat. Michael Ball, Imelda Staunton, Christopher Jordan
- TV adaptation of the beloved musical written and composed by Victoria Wood, who also directs.
Set in 1969 and based on a true story, the plot…
Romeo and Juliet: A Love Song (2013)
- Dir. Tim van Dammen
Feat. Derya Parlak, Christopher Landon
- The Bard's most iconic play is performed with colloquial gusto in this inventive musical transposing of the tale of star–crossed lovers to an…
Sunshine on Leith (2013)
- Dir. Dexter Fletcher
Feat. Antonia Thomas, Peter Mullan, Jason Flemyng…
- Bouncing off the solid catalogue of hits from died–in–the–wool Scots popsters The Proclaimers, this jubilant musical inspires with…
Imaginaerum by Nightwish (2012)
- Dir. Stobe Harju
Feat. Marianne Farley, Quinn Lord, Francis X McCarthy
- Based on the album of the same name by Finnish metallers Nightwish. A coma sends an old man into his childhood's sinister fantasy world, where he…
Joyful Noise (2012)
- Dir. Todd Graff
Feat. Dolly Parton, Queen Latifah, Keke Palmer…
- Bright, uplifting show choir musical from the dir. of CAMP concerns the rivalry between two big–voiced divas (Parton and Latifah) who must work…
Les Miserables (2012)
- Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway…
- Victor Hugo's classic novel set during the French revolution receives its latest big screen musical adaptation courtesy of dir. Tom Hooper (THE…
Smash (TV Series) (2012)
- Feat. Debra Messing, Jack Davenport, Anjelica Huston…
- A superior, adult–minded alternative to GLEE, this focuses on the creative talent both on–stage and behind–the–scenes of a…
Beloved (2011)
- Dir. Christophe Honore
Feat. Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Ludivine Sagnier…
- An expressive, cosmopolitan musical about the life and loves of a mother and daughter spanning four decades, played by the Real McCoy, Catherine…