Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Musical: 146 Films to Buy & Rent
- Rent (2005)
- Dir. Chris Columbus
Feat. Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Anthony Rapp
- An ambitious and mostly comfortable adaptation of the 1990s Broadway update of Puccini's LA BOHEME, in which a multi–racial mixture of New York…
- U-Carmen Ekhayelitsha (2005)
- Dir. Mark Dornford-May
Feat. Pauline Malefane
- An inspired contemporary rendition of George Bizet's classic opera, with events relocated to the rich cultural hotbed of modern day South Africa.…
- Walk the Line (2005)
- Dir. James Mangold
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Patrick
- Better–than–expected biopic of iconic American country singer Johnny Cash (Phoenix), especially focusing on his intense relationship with…
- De-Lovely (Delovely) (2004)
- Dir. Irwin Winkler
Feat. Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce
- Refined and dandy musical biopic of legendary tunesmith Cole Porter, who composed some great music while leading a gay double–life during his…
- Phantom of the Opera, The (2004)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Gerard Butler, Minnie Driver, Miranda Richardson…
- An opulently kitschy version of the amazingly successful Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, in which the shadowy, disfigured 'phantom' (Butler) tries to…
- Wayward Cloud, The (2004)
- Dir. Ming-liang Tsai
Feat. Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen
- Eye–popping musical numbers burst forth from this outré Tsai Ming–liang offering, which couples the Taiwanese director’s usual…
- Kal Ho Naa Ho (Tomorrow May Never Come) (2003)
- Dir. Nikhil Advani
Feat. Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta
- Sporting a string of hit songs and featuring a troika of India's most popular stars, this giddy swirl of romantic comedy, musical, family melodrama…
- Saddest Music in the World, The (2003)
- Dir. Guy Maddin
Feat. Mark McKinney, Isabella Rossellini, Maria de Medeiros…
- Another stunning tableaux from dir. Maddin's ongoing series of fantasies inspired by the musty, spectral qualities of early cinema, this time setting…
- Singing Detective, The (2003)
- Dir. Keith Gordon
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Robin Wright, Jeremy Northam…
- A not unthoughtful remake of Dennis Potter's iconic 1980s TV Series, in which a psoriasis–afflicted crime writer hallucinates mystery plots and…
- Chicago (2002)
- Dir. Rob Marshall
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere…
- A screen adaptation of Bob Fosse’s 1970s smash hit stage musical that measures up to the legendary director–choreographer’s exacting…