Subgenre Sampler
Rental > : 2636 Films to Rent on VHS
- Long Time Dead (2001)
- Dir. Marcus Adams
Feat. Joe Absolom, Lara Belmont
- Though hip, slick and atmospheric, this British horror entry for the multiplexes is at once straight–faced and silly, and strictly…
- Lorna Doone (TV Series) (2001)
- Dir. Mike Barker
Feat. Rebecca Callard, Martin Clunes, Richard Coyle
- R.D. Blackmore’s classic romantic swashbuckler, set amid the dynastic squabbles of a murderous Scottish clan – the Doones. Made by the BBC.
- Love On a Diet (2001)
- Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng
- The dir. of HEROIC TRIO, takes a serious change of tack with a weight–problem comedy. Looking to re–ignite her former romance with…
- Love the Hard Way (2001)
- Dir. Peter Sehr
Feat. Adrien Brody, Pam Grier
- Big–city fable with Brody playing a snakeskin–jacketed thief with some polished one–liners, who nurses a secret ambition to be a…
- Magical World of J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter) (2001)
- The creator of the kidult ‘Harry Potter’ books is documented in this made–for–TV study.
- Me Without You (2001)
- Dir. Sandra Goldbacher
Feat. Anna Friel, Kyle MacLachlan, Oliver Milburn…
- Growing up on the outskirts of 1970s London, Anna Friel and Michelle Williams make a friendship–pact that helps them through the sex, drugs and…
- No One Can Hear You (2001)
- Dir. John Laing
Feat. Kelly McGillis, Craig Parker, Barry Corbin…
- A serial–killing axe–fest set in the USA, but filmed in Auckland, New Zealand.
Over the top performances almost lend camp appeal to…
- Original Kings of Comedy, The (2001)
- Dir. Spike Lee
- Suggesting in places the fiery comedy of Richard Pryor, this stand–up comedy revue, one of the most lucrative in US history, has four black…
- Princess Diaries, The (2001)
- Dir. Garry Marshall
Feat. Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway
- PYGMALION–style tale of an initially gawky Anne Hathaway getting made over as a princess, that doesn’t exactly get the royal treatment…
- Rare Birds (2001)
- Dir. Sturla Gunnarsson
Feat. William Hurt, Molly Parker
- A nice comic blend of romance, light farce and Canadian eccentricity, set around the efforts of two restaurateurs to lure customers to their sleepy…