Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Music: 148 Films to Buy & Rent
Glitter (2001)
- Dir. Vondie Curtis Hall
Feat. Mariah Carey, Max Beesley
- Set in the early 1980's, pop idol Mariah Carey plays a teenage(!) girl who, unsurprisingly, is eager to become a famous pop–singer. Of course…
Hysteria - The Def Leppard Story (2001)
- Dir. Robert Mandel
- Of interest to fans of the British heavy metallers who hit the big time in the 1980s, and anyone else who had ‘Pyromania’ or…
One Night the Moon (2001)
- Dir. Rachel Perkins
Feat. Paul Kelly, Kaarin Fairfax, Kelton Pell
- A unique short feature, which tells the story of a true 1930s mystery using the songs of Paul Kelly, who also stars.
A young girl disappears one…
Strictly Sinatra (Cocozza's Way) (2001)
- Dir. Peter Capaldi
Feat. Ian Hart, Brian Cox, Kelly MacDonald
- Smalltime Scottish crooner Ian Hart has a thing about Frank Sinatra and like his idol flirts a little too closely with the criminal element. This…
Almost Famous (2000)
- Dir. Cameron Crowe
Feat. Billy Crudup, Jason Lee, Kate Hudson…
- The best music drama yet committed to film (SPINAL TAP was a comedy), this is a vibrant and bracingly assured portrait of rock music fanaticism in…
Hendrix (2000)
- Dir. Leon Ichaso
Feat. Wood Harris, Billy Zane
- TV–Movie biopic of the rock guitarist and 60s icon Jimi Hendrix (Wood Harris) that pushes all the predictable buttons: psychedelic drug…
Two of Us (2000)
- Dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Feat. Aidan Quinn, Jared Harris
- TV–movie centred around the intriguing prospect of a mid–70s meeting in New York between John Lennon (Quinn) and Paul McCartney (Harris).…
Blue Valley Songbird (1999)
- Dir. Richard A. Colla
Feat. Dolly Parton, John Terry, Beth Grant
- Agreeable musical drama starring Ms. Dolly Parton as an aspirant Nashville saloon singer trying to find her way into the big time while dealing with…
Gloomy Sunday (Ein Lied Von Liebe Und Tod) (1999)
- Dir. Rolf Schubel
Feat. Joachim Krol, Erika Marozsan, Ben Becker…
- Captivating drama which pivots around the apocryphal origins of the classic melancholy song 'Gloomy Sunday' in pre–WW2 Budapest.
An amiably…
Sunset Strip (1999)
- Dir. Adam Collis
Feat. Jared Leto, Tommy Flanagan, Adam Goldberg…
- Not the BOOGIE–NIGHTS–retread it appears, this intimate, reflective tribute to Los Angeles' hedonistic club…