Subgenre Sampler
Sales > Drama > Musical: 20 films to Buy
Chicago (2002)
- A screen adaptation of Bob Fosse’s 1970s smash hit stage musical that measures up to the legendary director–choreographer’s exacting…
- DVD
$20 $15
Evita (1996)
- The Broadway Extravaganza, complete with Madonna, wall–to–wall songs and political melodrama, is bravely swallowed whole by Hollywood. …
- DVD
$20 $15
Mr. Holland's Opus (1996)
- A would–be composer who settled for a career in teaching reflects on an inspirational life's work. Though steeped in nostalgic sentiment,…
- DVD $14.95 | Blu-Ray $19.95
Mambo Kings, The (1991)
- Armand Assante and Antonio Banderas play sibling Mambo freaks who spin out of the fast lane en route to the American Dream. The dance sequences are…
- DVD $19.95
Bird (1988)
- Eastwood's biopic tribute to legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie 'Bird' Parker. His turbulent and extraordinary life is sympathetically characterised…
- DVD
$20 $15
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
- Biopic of country legend Loretta Lynn.
- DVD
$20 $15
Fame (1980)
- Young wannabees get ready for their big break at a New York performing arts college. Funny how none of the cast have since achieved it.
- DVD
$20 $15
Rose, The (1979)
- Bette Midler's acting debut was this raunchy rock biopic based loosely on the antics of Janis Joplin. She is given plenty of room here to display her…
- DVD
$20 $15
Nashville (1975)
- An American classic, 70s watermark and widely considered Altman's masterpiece. Story of 24 characters gathered for a political rally in the country…
- DVD
$25 $18.75
Harder They Come, The (1972)
- A classic that has found lasting significance as a music film, political film, and above all as a unique, authentic product of Jamaica. A young,…
- DVD
$20 $15