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Roman Polanski

Director, Actor

Films to Rent

 
Generation, AGeneration, A (Pokolenie) (1954)
Dir. Andrzej Wajda
Feat. Roman Polanski
Fast–moving account of the Polish Resistance during WWII, as a scrappy young recruit falls in love with his unit leader. Depicts the spirited,…
Knife in the WaterKnife in the Water (1962) Recommended
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz
The old adage 'three is a crowd' is chillingly played out in Polanski's directing debut about a couple's troubled yachting weekend with a…
RepulsionRepulsion (1965) Aro Favourite
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Catherine Deneuve
Polanski's tour–de–force of urban sexual paranoia. Catherine Deneuve has an obsessive fear of men which slowly descends her into madness.…
Cul-de-SacCul-de-Sac (1966) Recommended
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Donald Pleasence
Polanski's influential, absurdist comedy concerns an eccentric couple taken captive by a pair of old gangsters in their Northumbrian castle. Stars…
Fearless Vampire Killers, TheFearless Vampire Killers, The (1967)
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate
Typically twisted spoof oddity on vampire movies, with Polanski's then wife Sharon Tate.
Rosemary's BabyRosemary's Baby (1968) Aro Favourite
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Mia Farrow
First major film to deal with the occult as subject matter has lost little of its potency. The trauma of pregnancy is heightened for Mia Farrow as…
Magic Christian, TheMagic Christian, The (1969)
Dir. Joseph McGrath
Feat. Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Richard Attenborough
From Terry Southern's novel, a wildly loopy satire about an eccentric multi–millionaire (Peter Sellers) who adopts a destitute son (Ringo…
MacbethMacbeth (1971) Recommended
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Jon Finch, Francesca Annis
This version of violent tragedy benefits from Polanski's fine sense of storytelling. Bloodythirsty and geniunely eerie, it comes…
Weekend of a ChampionWeekend of a Champion (1972)
Dir. Frank Simon
Feat. Roman Polanski
A fascinating cinéma vérité project filmed during Formula One's heydays, which eavesdrops on a series of conversations and hang outs between…
ChinatownChinatown (1974) Aro Favourite
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Roman Polanski, John Huston
Classic detective thriller in the Hammett–Chandler tradition, with Jack Nicholson as P.I. Jake Gittes, whose simple case leads to murder and…
Tenant, TheTenant, The (1976)
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Shelley Winters
Polanski himself plays an introverted office clerk who undergos a psycho–sexual mutation while residing in a seedy high–rise apartment.…
TessTess (1982)
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Nastassja Kinski
Though beautifully shot, Thomas Hardy's classic novel gets a surprisingly mild treatment from dir. Roman Polanski. Wessex farmgirl Nastassja Kinski…
FranticFrantic (1988)
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Harrison Ford, Emmanuelle Seigner, Betty Buckley
Harrison Ford plays a surgeon who becomes involved in the Paris underworld when his wife disappears on their first day abroad. A clever and…
Bitter MoonBitter Moon (1993) Recommended
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Peter Coyote, Hugh Grant, Emmanuelle Seigner
Erotic weirdness unfolds aboard an ocean liner as wheel–chaired creep Peter Coyote foists an unsavoury personal tale upon innocent Hugh Grant.…
Death and the MaidenDeath and the Maiden (1994) Aro Favourite
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley
Polanski exacts consummate control in rendering an electrifying stageplay for the screen. The dialogue blisters, the acting transfixes, the tension…
Grosse FatigueGrosse Fatigue (1994) Recommended
Dir. Michel Blanc
Feat. Michel Blanc, Carole Bouquet, Philippe Noiret
Popular comedian Michel Blanc gently bites the hand that feeds him in this irreverent farce in which the entire cast, including himself and the…
Pure Formality, APure Formality, A (Una pura formalità) (1996) Aro Favourite
Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Roman Polanski
A chilling interrogation of an elusive murder suspect transpires under weather most foul. Roman Polanski and Gerard Depardieu face–off…
Ninth Gate, TheNinth Gate, The (2000)
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin
An unscrupulous book dealer (Johnny Depp) is sent to Europe by a mysterious tycoon (Frank Langella) to recover an authentic, elusive (and of course,…
Pianist, ThePianist, The (2002) Recommended
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay
Boldly visualised, fact–based drama concerning the Jewish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman, who evaded Poland’s Nazi authorities during WW2, living…
Oliver TwistOliver Twist (2005)
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Barney Clark, Ben Kingsley
The latest adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic sees prominent Polish dir. Polanski helm an artful, if not straightforward interpretation of the…
Chacun Son CinemaChacun Son Cinema (To Each His Own Cinema) (2007) Recommended
Dir. Theo Angelopoulos, Olivier Assayas, Bille August
35 auteurs convey the meaning of cinema in less than three minutes each, in this epic commission to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film…
Ghost Writer, TheGhost Writer, The (2010) Recommended
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams
A cracking yarn in unapologetic Hitchcock mould has Ewan McGregor hired to complete the memoirs of a Tony Blair–like former British prime…
CarnageCarnage (2011) Recommended
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly
Two sets of parents resort to increasingly childish tactics over an altercation between their sons in this fiery war of words directed by Roman…
Venus in FurVenus in Fur (2013) Recommended
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathieu Amalric
Roman Polanski masterfully adapts David Ives' play–within–a–play about an actress who goes to great lengths to convince a director…

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