Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Musical: 225 Films to Buy & Rent
Oliver! (1968)
- Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Mark Lester
- Perfect screen adaptation of the 1960 stage musical by British writer and composer Lionel Bart, based on Charles Dickens' timeless tale. For a…
One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, The (1968)
- Dir. Michael O'Herlihy
Feat. Walter Brennan, Buddy Ebsen, Lesley Ann Warren…
- A rambunctious Disney musical in which the large Bower family band sets off to the 1888 Democrat Party convention in St. Louis to support Grover…
Star! (1968)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Michael Craig…
- A commendably lavish biopic of the stage–comedienne Gertude Lawrence, who wooed the British stage in the first half of the 20th…
Sweet Charity (1968)
- Dir. Bob Fosse
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Ricardo Montalban, John McMartin…
- Neil Simon's Broadway version of Fellini's NIGHTS OF CABIRIA makes a smashing musical film thanks to the director's razzamatazz, late 60's chic, and…
Camelot (1967)
- Dir. Joshua Logan
Feat. Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero…
- This King Arthur musical was a disastrous, expensive–looking flop. Good performances though.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
- Dir. David Swift
Feat. Robert Morse, Michele Lee, Rudy Vallee
- Skillfully treading the line between silliness and satire, this adaptation of the lauded Broadway musical sees Morse play an ambitious young window…
Young Girls of Rochefort, The (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort) (1967)
- 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…
Frankie and Johnny (1966)
- Dir. Frederick de Cordova
Feat. Elvis Presley, Donna Douglas, Harry Morgan…
- The King and Donna 'Elly May' Douglas (of The Beverly Hillbillies) hitch up in Mississippi, only for a wily seductress (Kovack) to crach their party.…
Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, A (1966)
- Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. Zero Mostel, Buster Keaton, Jack Gilford…
- Wild spoof–musical set in Roman times, is somewhat spotty but still generates plenty of comic gas courtesy of some old pros. Mostel plays a…
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
- Dir. Michael D. Moore
Feat. Elvis Presley, James Shigeta, Suzanna Leigh…
- A touristy musical that sticks to the Elvis Presley formula of songs and romance with the added bonus of lush tropical scenery.