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Rental > Classics > Musical: 197 Films to Rent on DVD
- Blues Brothers, The (1980)
- Dir. John Landis
Feat. John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher
- Smash comedy with great soul music and epic sight–gags.
- Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
- Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones
- Biopic of country legend Loretta Lynn.
- Elvis (1979)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell, Shelley Winters, Bing Russell…
- Made just two years after Elvis's death, the king of rock 'n' roll's life is traced from dirt poor beginnings to becoming the most loved entertainer…
- Slipper and the Rose, The (1975)
- Dir. Bryan Forbes
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Gemma Craven, Sir Michael Hordern…
- Middling musical retells the Cinderella story from the prince's point of view. An unlikely Richard Chamberlain plays the all–singin, all dancin…
- That's Entertainment (1974)
- Dir. Various
- A jolly good compendium of MGM musical highlights that nutshell the magic of the productions and the times they were made, and judiciously cut out…
- Man of La Mancha (1972)
- Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco…
- Peter O’Toole ‘dreams the impossible dream’ as Cervantes’ Don Quixote in this much–maligned adaptation of the popular Broadway musical.…
- Boy Friend, The (1971)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Max Adrian…
- Unavailable on any format until recently, this long lost flight of fancy finds Ken Russell remodeling the golden age of musicals in his own…
- Fiddler On the Roof (1971)
- Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Topol, Molly Picon
- Epic folk tale of community survival is given a vivid musical setting, as a Jewish family travel from pre–revolutionary Ukraine to America in…
- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Bob Newhart…
- Hi–gloss screen version of the Broadway musical with Barbra Streisand as a kooky chain–smoker who is told by psychiatrist Yves Montand…
- Change of Habit (1969)
- Dir. William A. Graham
Feat. Elvis Presley, Mary Tyler Moore, Barbara McNair…
- Elvis Presley's final acting role was this musical drama in which he plays a doctor who falls in love with Mary Tyler Moore, playing one of three…