Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Music: 142 Films to Buy & Rent
- Song One (2014)
- Dir. Kate Barker-Froyland
Feat. Anne Hathaway, Johnny Flynn, Mary Steenburgen
- Sensitive drama set in New York's contemporary indie–folk music scene, with Anne Hathaway as a young woman who strikes up a relationship with…
- Whiplash (2014)
- Dir. Damien Chazelle
Feat. Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser…
- A promising young jazz drummer enrolls at a cutthroat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at…
- Broken Circle Breakdown, The (2013)
- Dir. Felix Van Groeningen
Feat. Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Nell Cattrysse
- Dynamic and sexy musical romance set in the Flemish region of Belgium over seven years of poignant love and loss, and featuring a magnificent…
- CBGB (2013)
- Dir. Randall Miller
Feat. Alan Rickman, Malin Akerman, Justin Bartha…
- Biopic about the former New York music club CBGB, which opened in 1973 as a venue for country, bluegrass and blues but soon became ground zero for…
- Dancing on the Edge (TV series) (2013)
- Dir. Stephen Poliakoff
Feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matthew Goode, Angel Coulby…
- Aided by beautiful period detail, Stephen Poliakoff's latest drama richly explores the rise and fall of a black jazz band embraced by the aristocracy…
- Devil's Violinist, The (2013)
- Dir. Bernard Rose
Feat. David Garrett, Jared Harris, Joely Richardson…
- The acclaimed violinist David Garrett makes his acting debut in this biopic of Italian violinist and composer, Niccolò Paganini, from the director…
- Jimi: All is By My Side (2013)
- Dir. John Ridley
Feat. Andre Benjamin, Hayley Atwell, Imogen Poots
- An intuitive and evocative portrait of Jimi Hendrix as a fledgling rock legend honing his craft in Swinging London, prior to his legendary Stateside…
- Metallica: Through the Never (2013)
- Dir. Nimrod Antal
Feat. Dane DeHaan
- This odd hybrid of concert film and head–tripping narrative features Dane DeHaan as a Metallica roadie sent on a bizarre mission during the…
- Mt. Zion (2013)
- Dir. Tearepa Kahi
Feat. Stan Walker, Temuera Morrison, Miriama Smith
- Singer Stan Walker plays a humble potato picker who dreams of performing the opening act to Bob Marley and the Wailers’ 1979 Auckland concert, in…
- Filly Brown (2012)
- Dir. Youssef Delara, Michael D. Olmos
Feat. Gina Rodriguez, Lou Diamond Phillips, Edward James Olmos
- A vividly performed and evoked L.A. story of a talented Latina hip–hop artist hoping to crack the big time.