Rentals

Musicals!

Want to escape our troubled times? Immerse yourself in the emotional, life-enhancing pleasures of the musical.

BFI Player's blockbuster collection celebrates the film musical from the late 1920s to today, exploring the visionary work of the artists who transformed the musical into the most joyful and creative of film genres. Going beyond escapism, our global journey will see how the musical tackled the Depression, confronted racism and how it continues to reflect the contemporary world. But most of all we’ll be having fun.

Chuck Chuck BabyChuck Chuck Baby

Drama2022102 minsDirector: Janis Pugh

A chicken factory worker rekindles a childhood romance in this joyous musical-drama set in North Wales.

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Chi-RaqChi-Raq

Musical2015127 minsDirector: Spike Lee

Spike Lee’s bold and vivacious hip-hop musical restages an ancient Greek battle-of-the-sexes in 21st-century Chicago.

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La La LandLa La Land

Comedy2016128 minsDirector: Damien Chazelle

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone channel old-school Hollywood glamour in this bright and playful romantic musical from director Damien Chazelle (Whiplash).

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HairsprayHairspray

Comedy198892 minsDirector: John Waters

‘Pleasantly plump’ teen Tracey Turnblad (Ricki Lake) dances her way onto Baltimore TV using the opportunity to send up the absurdity of segregation in John Waters’ commercial hit.

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Sing StreetSing Street

Drama2016106 minsDirector: John Carney

The third in John Carney’s trilogy of musical films is the utterly charming story a boy who escapes his troubles through fronting a pop band.

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London RoadLondon Road

Musical201592 minsDirector: Rufus Norris

Daring, startling and wholly original: a musical based on the infamous Ipswich murders of 2006, adapted by National Theatre director Rufus Norris.

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BabymotherBabymother

Musical199877 minsDirector: Julian Henriques

Neeta and her crew rise to dancehall fame in North West London's Caribbean community, in the first Black British musical.

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Song of FreedomSong of Freedom

Drama193677 minsDirector: J. Elder Wills

A black London docker becomes a famous opera singer in this stirring musical drama starring Paul Robeson

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The Flame of LoveThe Flame of Love

Melodrama193075 minsDirector: Richard Eichberg and Walter Summers

Chinese-American star Anna May Wong dazzles as a Chinese dancer forced to give herself to a Russian General in order to save her brother.

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Little Shop of HorrorsLittle Shop of Horrors

Comedy198694 minsDirector: Frank Oz

Frank Oz's vivid adaptation of the cult sci-fi musical, with Rick Moranis as a flower-shop assistant battling a 'Mean Green Mother from Outer Space'.

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Seven Brides for Seven BrothersSeven Brides for Seven Brothers

Musical1954102 minsDirector: Stanley Donen

Stanley Donen's classic musical western, in which a backwoodsman brings home his new bride, sparking inspiration in his six brothers, who decide they want to get married too.

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South Park: Bigger Longer & UncutSouth Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut

Animation & Artists Moving Image199981 minsDirector: Trey Parker

In the outrageous spinoff from the animated series, Cartman and co. inadvertently instigate a war between the US and Canada.

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The Boy FriendThe Boy Friend

Musical1972136 minsDirector: Ken Russell

A timid actress is forced to cover for the injured star and falls for the leading man, in Ken Russell's thoroughly British variant on the MGM musical.

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LisztomaniaLisztomania

Biopic1976103 minsDirector: Ken Russell

Ken Russell's characteristically spectacular biopic of Liszt, with Roger Daltrey portraying the composer as a rock god, is a heady brew complete with garish Freudian symbolism, Hitler, spaceships and Ringo Starr as the Pope.