Subgenre Sampler
      Musical: 529 Films to Buy & Rent
	  		 
	        
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) 
- Dir. Michael Schultz
Feat.  The Bee Gees, Peter Frampton, Steve Martin… 
- A blushing musical turkey that contrives a potty narrative from Beatles’ songs interpreted by The Bee Gees and Peter Frampton, along with guest…
 
Thank God It's Friday (1978) 
- Dir. Robert Klane
Feat. Jeff Goldblum, Debra Winger, Donna Summer 
- Disco Sucks! Essential 70's retro viewing in this one–night–on–the–town comedy. Appearances by the Commodores, Donna Summer…
 
Wiz, The (1978) 
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor 
- Much maligned 'black musical' version of L. Frank Baum's classic fairytale (best known through the Judy Garland version).
Here, New York City was…
 
Grease (1977)
 
- Dir. Randal Kleiser
Feat. John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing… 
- Musical sensation set in a 1950s high–school was a box–office phenomenon, now an enduring classic. John Travolta, Olivia…
 
Hobbit, The (1977) 
- Dir. Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jnr
Feat. Orson Bean, Richard Boone, John Huston… 
- A homebody demi–human in Middle Earth gets talked into joining a quest with a group of dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon.…
 
New York, New York (1977) 
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Robert De Niro, Liza Minnelli 
- This imaginative yet famously abrasive tribute to the Hollywood musicals of the 1940s focuses on the tumultuous relationship between a saxophonist…
 
Pete's Dragon (1977) 
- Dir. Don Chaffey
Feat. Mickey Rooney, Shelley Winters, Jim Dale… 
- Young orphan Pete (Sean Marchall) bonds with animated green dragon Elliot in this lesser–Disney live–action movie.
Sentimental songs…
 
A Star Is Born (1976)
 
- Dir. Frank Pierson
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Paul Mazursky… 
- The third screen version of an eminently watchable story, this time set in the fickle rock music scene with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson…
 
Bugsy Malone (1976)
 
- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Scott Baio, Jodie Foster, John Cassini 
- Alan Parker's directing debut was this startlingly original feature debut reinvents the gangster movie as a musical pastiche cast entirely with…
 
That's Entertainment II (1976) 
- Dir. Gene Kelly
Feat. Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Spencer Tracy… 
- A second helping of musical nostalgia, with Astaire and Kelly again hosting while also contributing a number of brand new dance numbers together.…