Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama > Music: 140 Films to Rent
- El Cantante (2006)
- Dir. Leon Ichaso
Feat. Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony
- Off–screen couple Lopez and Anthony team up to portray salsa singer Héctor Lavoe and his wife Puchi in this musical bio–pic documenting…
- Once (2006)
- Dir. John Carney
Feat. Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, Hugh Walsh
- A gorgeous, understated paean to the transformative power of music, this unique, Irish independent follows the burgeoning relationship between a…
- Singer, The (Quand j'étais chanteur) (2006)
- Dir. Xavier Giannoli
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Cecile De France, Mathieu Amalric
- Gerard Depardieu works his rotund charm as a journeyman lounge singer, crooning his way through half–empty nightclubs while forging an unlikely…
- Brothers of the Head (2005)
- Dir. Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Feat. Harry Treadaway, Luke Treadaway
- Believably real mockumentary centres around the carnivalesque (mis)fortunes of Siamese twins who get manufactured into punk rock sensations.…
- Elvis: The Early Years (2005)
- Dir. James Steven Sadwith
Feat. Johnathon Rhys-Myers, Randy Quaid, Rose McGowan…
- Glossy look at Elvis' early years leading up to his joining the army. Superficial with a silly script but the performances are something else with…
- Hustle and Flow (2005)
- Dir. Craig Brewer
Feat. Terrence Howard, Isaac Hayes, DJ Qualls…
- A Memphis pimp (Terrence Howard) tries to break out from his scuzzy, middle–aged existence by persuading an old friend (DJ Qualls) to help…
- Shania (A Life in Eight Albums) (2005)
- Dir. Jerry Ciccoritti
Feat. Megan Follows, Meredith Henderson
- Music biopic mapping out the life of country music's mainstream sweetheart Shania Twain from a typically plain childhood, the drive to become a…
- Shooting Livien (2005)
- Dir. Rebecca Cook
Feat. Jason Behr, Dominic Monaghan, Joshua Leonard…
- Minor–key indie rock movie about a talented New York musician who becomes increasingly disillusioned and unstable on the brink of…
- Stoned (2005)
- Dir. Stephen Woolley
Feat. Leo Gregory, Paddy Considine, David Morrissey…
- A kaleidoscopic portrait of Brian Jones, the charismatic yet contrary founder of "The Rolling Stones".
Re–imagining the rock star’s…
- Two Sons of Francisco (2 Filhos de Francisco) (2005)
- Dir. Breno Silveira
- Hugely popular in its Brazilian homeland, this endearing rags–to–riches biopic charts the improbable rise to fame of two of Brazil's most…