Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy > Independent: 231 Films to Rent on DVD
- City Island (2009)
- Dir. Raymond De Felitta
Feat. Andy Garcia, Julianne Margulies, Steven Strait…
- Winning ensemble stars Andy Garcia as a would–be actor–cum–corrections officer who brings a young ex–con home from work, much…
- Cold Souls (2009)
- Dir. Sophie Barthes
Feat. Paul Giamatti, David Strathairn, Lauren Ambrose…
- A existentialist tragi–comedy in which Paul Giamatti plays himself, a New York actor in crisis, who literally has his soul extracted, only to…
- Humpday (2009)
- Dir. Lynn Shelton
Feat. Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard, Alycia Delmor…
- Though easily mistaken for another Judd Apatow dude comedy, this hilarious indie bromance about two macho BFs engaged in a dare to go ‘beyond…
- Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, The (2009)
- Dir. David Russo
Feat. Marshall Allman, Vince Vieluf, Natasha Lyonne
- Pleasingly off–kilter indie comedy bares witness to the spiritual crisis of an office clerk who joins a posse of bohemian night janitors who…
- Marc Pease Experience, The (2009)
- Dir. Todd Louiso
Feat. Jason Schwartzman, Ben Stiller, Anna Kendrick…
- Remorseless comedy of the deluded with Schwartzman as a sad–sack limo driver desperate to relive his glory days as a high school music star.…
- My Suicide (2009)
- Dir. David Lee Miller
Feat. Gabriel Sunday, David Carradine, Mariel Hemingway…
- A disaffected teenager announces that he intends to document his impending suicide on camera in this heavy handed, if potent youth indie.
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- Paper Heart (2009)
- Dir. Nicholas Jasenovec
Feat. Michael Cera, Charlyne Yi, Martin Starr…
- Cutesy indie combination of documentary and narrative as Charlyne Yi travels America interviewing couples about their relationships. Meanwhile,…
- Sherman's Way (2009)
- Dir. Craig M. Saavedra
Feat. James LeGros, Enrico Colantoni, Michael Shulman
- Whimsical road–trip comedy sees an uptight Yale law student (Shulman) hitching a memorable ride with a washed up ski pro (LeGros).…
- Splinterheads (2009)
- Dir. Brant Sersen
Feat. Thomas Middleditch, Rachael Taylor, Christopher McDonald…
- Funky comedy in which a hapless slacker has his world turned upside down when a carnival brings a sexy con artist to town
- TiMER (2009)
- Dir. Jac Schaeffer
Feat. Emma Caulfield, Michelle Borth, John Patrick Amedori…
- A fresh, engaging independent rom–com that posits the invention of a literal biological clock which, when implanted, counts down to the moment…