Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy > Independent: 231 Films to Rent on DVD
- Broken Flowers (2005)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Bill Murray, Julie Delpy, Frances Conroy…
- A beguiling middle–age lament starring Bill Murray, unfurled in typical low gear by the world's 'coolest' director, Jim Jarmusch.
Playing an…
- Conversations with Other Women (2005)
- Dir. Hans Canosa
Feat. Aaron Eckhart, Helena Bonham Carter
- An innovative, bittersweet romantic two–hander that uses split screen for its entire running time to explore the contrasting…
- Icemaker (Diamond Zero) (2005)
- Dir. Annelie Wilder, David Gaz
Feat. Bronson Pinchot, Leo Rossi, Tippi Hedren…
- Dark comedy centred around the idea of turning the deceased into diamonds involves an enterprising doctor latching onto this invention with the idea…
- Junebug (2005)
- Dir. Phil Morrison
Feat. Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola, Amy Adams…
- An enchanting indie gem about an art–dealer whose pursuit of an 'outsider artist' in backwoods North Carolina prompts various life crises,…
- Mutual Appreciation (2005)
- Dir. Andrew Bujalski
Feat. Justin Rice, Andrew Bujalski, Kate Dollenmayer…
- An authentically amusing, perfectly observed capsule of post–graduate blues from the idiosyncratic dir. of FUNNY HA HA, praised almost…
- Puffy Chair, The (2005)
- Dir. Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Feat. Mark Duplass, Katie Aselton, Rhett Wilkins
- A failed musician hits the road with his girlfriend to collect the "puffy chair" they've bought on E–Bay in this indie gem that keenly…
- Puppy (2005)
- Dir. Kieran Galvin
Feat. Bernard Curry, Nadia Townsend
- A self–funded meditation on obsession and love, set in Victoria's pretty Yarra Valley, in which a free spirit is rescued by a delusional…
- Thumbsucker (2005)
- Dir. Mike Mills
Feat. Lou Taylor Pucci, Tilda Swinton, Keanu Reeves…
- An accomplished, resolutely unconventional drama in which a 17 year–old boy (Pucci) is encouraged, cajoled and medicated into breaking the…
- Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Roberto Benigni, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop…
- A compendium of whimsical b&w shorts from lapsidaisical indie auteur Jim Jarmusch, set around various celebrity encounters over nicotine and…
- Garden State (2004)
- Dir. Zach Braff
Feat. Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm…
- Sitcom actor Zach Braff compliments his career in "Scrubs" as the ambitious writer, director and star of this personal, melancholy comedy that became…