6. Les Miserables

Considered a risky project at the time, Les Mis is considered a perfect example of how to create a dramatic film adaption of a musical (as opposed to a purely musical film) and paved the way for other hugely successful films in recent years such as La La Land & The Greatest Showman. Helmed by award-winning director Tom Hooper (The Danish Girl, The Kings Speech) the characters are treated with all the seriousness of any other film drama. The director will next tackle an adaption of Andrew-Lloyd Webber musical ‘Cats’.