Subgenre Sampler
Musical: 527 Films to Buy & Rent
Chico & Rita (Chico and Rita) (2010)
- Dir. Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba
- A date move with a difference, this sensuous animated tale for adults traces the love affair of a big–dreaming piano player and a gifted singer…
Les Miserables - 25th Anniversary Concert (2010)
- Featuring more than 500 actors this spectacular tribute concert marks the 25th anniversary of “the people’s musical” and reunites the casts…
Starstruck (2010)
- Dir. Michael Grossman
Feat. Danielle Campbell, Sterling Knight, Maggie Castle…
- Dippy tale of a young girl visiting her grand parents in Los Angeles where she bumps into a dreamy teen mega star. Romance ensues.
Undemanding…
Bran Nue Dae (Brand New Day) (2009)
- Dir. Rachel Perkins
Feat. Geoffrey Rush, Magna Szubanski, Rocky McKenzie…
- Lively comedy adapted from the stage musical that follows a teenage Aborigine who runs away from Catholic boarding school in the mid…
Fame (2009)
- Dir. Kevin Tancharoen
Feat. Kay Panabaker, Naturi Naughton, Kherington Payne
- Surprisingly savvy remake of the 1980s original, centered around the passionate young students of the New York Academy of Performing Arts.
Easily…
Glee (TV Series) (2009-2012)
- Feat. Matthew Morrison, Jane Lynch, Lea Michele…
- Gleefully irreverent musical television series following an idealistic Spanish teacher who becomes director of The Glee Club, a musical–choir…
Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)
- Dir. Peter Chelsom
Feat. Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment…
- Musical spin–off of wholesome kids series Hannah Montana sees Miley 'Stewart' (Cyrus) escape to her hometown in Tennessee in order to escape…
Heart and Soul (TV Series) (All the Small Things) (2009)
- Feat. Sarah Lancashire, Neil Pearson, Sarah Alexander
- Novel musical drama set in small town England after her husband – the local choir master – leaves her for choir's soprano, a woman and…
Marc Pease Experience, The (2009)
- Dir. Todd Louiso
Feat. Jason Schwartzman, Ben Stiller, Anna Kendrick…
- Remorseless comedy of the deluded with Schwartzman as a sad–sack limo driver desperate to relive his glory days as a high school music star.…
Moonlight Serenade (2009)
- Dir. Giancarlo Tallarico
Feat. Amy Adams, Alec Newman, Moon Bloodgood…
- A piano player discovers that the lovely girl at the coat–check of a jazz club has the voice of an angel, and persuades her to form a musical…