Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy > Independent: 231 Films to Rent on DVD
- Kids Are All Right, The (2010)
- Dir. Lisa Cholodenko
Feat. Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo…
- Feathers fly in this smart and insightful comedy–drama anchored by three terrific lead performances whose character's unique relationships are…
- Made In Romania (2010)
- Dir. Guy J. Louthan
Feat. Jason Flemyng, Jennifer Tilly, Elizabeth Hurley…
- Affable mock–umentary concerns a film producer's dream adaptation of an obscure Victorian novel that goes hopelessly awry in backwoods Romania.…
- Meet Monica Velour (2010)
- Dir. Keith Bearden
Feat. Kim Cattrall, Dustin Ingram, Brian Dennehy…
- Kim Cattrall shines in this indie drama about a nerdy, movie–loving teen who lusts after a softcore actress and embarks on a road trip to see…
- Norman (2010)
- Dir. Jonathan Segal
Feat. Dan Byrd, Emily VanCamp, Richard Jenkins…
- A melancholy high school 'indie' about a teenage loner who claims his father's terminal cancer as his own in order to make tracks with a pretty…
- Sensation (2010)
- Dir. Tom Hall
Feat. Domhnall Gleeson, Luanne Gordon, Patrick Ryan
- An intelligently written and thoroughly endearing sex comedy involving an introverted farmer's son and a Kiwi prostitute who form an unlikely…
- Tiny Furniture (2010)
- Dir. Lena Dunham
Feat. Lena Dunham, Laurie Simmons, Alex Karpovsky…
- A prototype for Lena Dunham's hugely successful HBO series GIRLS, this smart–funny indie finds the talented actress/director mining the…
- Adam (2009)
- Dir. Max Mayer
Feat. Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher…
- Moon–faced Rose Byrne warms to her Asperger's–afflicted neighbour (Dancy) in this unlikely, heartfelt romance.
Distracting subplots…
- Adventureland (2009)
- Dir. Greg Mottola
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds…
- Low–key indie comedy set in 1987 where a virginal high–school grad gets a summer job at a local amusement park and finds unlikely…
- Breaking Upwards (2009)
- Dir. Daryl Wein
Feat. Daryl Wein, Zoe Lister Jones, Julie White…
- Skittish romantic comedy in which a couple attempt to end their moribund relationship gradually, beginning with three days off each week.
Drawing…
- Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009)
- Dir. John Krasinski
Feat. Julianne Nicholson, Ben Shenkman, Timothy Hutton…
- A graduate student copes with a recent breakup by conducting interviews with various men.
Ill–conceived and messy adaptation of David Foster…