Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy > Music: 74 Films to Rent on DVD
- It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)
- Dir. Michael Dowse
Feat. Paul Kaye, Kate Magowan
- Documentary–mockumentary comedy about the notoriously hedonistic dance DJ Frankie Wilde (Kaye), who rode the wave of 1990s Ibiza club culture…
- Cheetah Girls, The (2003)
- Dir. Oz Scott
Feat. Raven -Symone, Adrienne Bailon, Sabrina Bryan…
- Bubblegum pop teen chick flick following four New York teens trying to make it big in the music world who end up having to choose between fame and…
- Mighty Wind, A (2003)
- Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean…
- Writer–director Christopher Guest and his repertory of actors return for another cheerful send–up of an American subculture – this time…
- School of Rock (2003)
- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White
- A must for rock fans of all ages, this hilarious, tongue–in–cheek tribute to rock music is charged by the head–banging enthusiasm…
- Tenacious D - The Complete Masterworks (2003)
- Feat. Jack Black, Kyle Gass
- The complete episodes of the short–lived but hilarious HBO TV series, this showcase also compiles the various other projects formed around the…
- 24 Hour Party People (2002)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Steve Coogan, Andy Serkis, Paddy Considine…
- A serio–comic music industry biopic about one Tony Wilson, founder of the legendary Factory record label and the Hacienda Club, that provides a…
- John Safran's Music Jamboree (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. John Safran
- The mischievious Australian–Jewish satirist here plunges into the surprisingly weird world of contemporary popular music.
Presenting a range…
- Laurel Canyon (2002)
- Dir. Lisa Cholodenko
Feat. Frances McDormand, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale…
- Dropping in on the LA music scene, the writer–director of HIGH ART returns to her pet theme of conservatism yielding to a bohemianism, but…
- Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
- Dir. Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
Feat. Alan Cumming, Parker Posey, Rachael Leigh Cook…
- Cute, but declawed pop–biz satire derived from an ‘Archie’ comic spinoff (and TV series), in which the titular girl–band use their…
- Rock Star (2001)
- Dir. Stephen Herek
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Timothy Spall…
- Set in the heavy rock scene of the mid 80s, this music ‘comedy’ invites hysterics by (maybe?) taking itself too seriously in the face of some…