Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama > Musical: 14 Films to Rent
- Annette (2021)
- Dir. Leos Carax
Feat. Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg…
- A magnificent musical–drama which marks the English language debut of French director Leos Carax (HOLY MOTORS).
Adam Driver gives another…
- Respect (2021)
- Dir. Liesl Tommy
Feat. Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans…
- Musical biopic starring Jennifer Hudson as singer Aretha Franklin in the first two decades of her life, culminating with the recording of her…
- Judy (2019)
- Dir. Rupert Goold
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock
- Renee Zellweger's thoroughly committed and well–researched portrayal of Judy Garland elevates this biopic set in 1968 during the last year of…
- Rocketman (2019)
- Dir. Dexter Fletcher
Feat. Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden…
- Musical biopic with Taron Egerton playing Elton John, capturing the flamboyant and troubled extremes of his life. Set in his early years when he was…
- A Star is Born (2018)
- Feat. Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott…
- Bradley Cooper debuts impressively as director while sparking the right chemistry in front of the camera with real–life pop…
- Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
- Dir. Bryan Singer
Feat. Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Ben Hardy…
- A stonking, irrepressibly popular chronicle of Freddie Mercury and the band Queen's ascension to popular music royalty through the years leading up…
- Greatest Showman, The (2017)
- Dir. Michael Gracey
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams…
- Unashamedly cheesy and infectious musical with Hugh Jackman leading an all–star cast. Inspired by the story of P.T. Barnum (Jackman), the…
- La La Land (2016)
- Dir. Damien Chazelle
Feat. Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Rosemarie DeWitt…
- The wunderkind director of WHIPLASH fashions another bold, contemporary love letter to the Jazz age, this time as a widescreen, technicolor romantic…
- 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…
- 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…
- Dreamgirls (2006)
- Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy…
- Dazzling musical numbers and sassy performances jive in this acclaimed Motown musical charting the rise of fictional girl group, 'The Dreamettes', in…
- Amadeus (1984)
- Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham
- Academy–award winning biopic of Mozart's illustrious but brief existence that spawned much of the greatest music ever written. A humourous yet…
- Quadrophenia (1979)
- Dir. Franc Roddam
Feat. Phil Daniels, Michael Elphick, Ray Winstone…
- Brilliant portrait of alienated youth, inspired by The Who's concept album, focuses on a young Mod's personal crises and his gang's violent agenda…
- Red Shoes, The (1948)
- Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Anton Walbrook, Moira Shearer, Marius Goring…
- Beloved dance classic is a strikingly realised story of a young ballerina who, in an echo of the Hans Christian Andersen story, becomes torn between…