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Rental > Comedy > Independent: 30 Films to Rent on VHS

 
GuinevereGuinevere (2001)
Dir. Audrey Wells
Feat. Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea
Sarah Polley (GO) headlines in this Sundance–winning indie, as a directionless Harvard graduate who falls under the spell of…
Interstate 60Interstate 60 (2001)
Dir. Bob Gale
Feat. James Marsden, Gary Oldman, Kurt Russell…
An appealingly quirky teen road movie from the writer of the BACK TO THE FUTURE series, in which Marsden sets out on the mythical American highway,…
TrixieTrixie (2000)
Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Emily Watson, Nick Nolte, Dermot Mulroney…
Uneven attempt at a film–noir spoof by cult dir. Rudolph (who did it better in LOVE AT LARGE) with Emily Watson as a low–wattage…
20 Dates (1999)
Dir. Myles Berkowitz
Queasily, both a documentary and 'mockumentary'; the director set out to make a movie and find himself a girlfriend at the same time, organising 20…
Elephant JuiceElephant Juice (1999)
Dir. Sam Miller
Feat. Emmanuelle Beart, Sean Gallagher, Daniel Lapaine
The makers of the cult late–night TV–series ‘This Life’, extract a similar blend of drama, ennui and pathos from the lives of…
It's the RageIt's the Rage (1999)
Dir. James D. Stern
Feat. Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, Gary Sinise…
This caustic, precocious black comedy/satire of America's obsession with guns is a roundelay of violent and volatile confrontations that eventually…
Jerry and Tom (1999)
Dir. Saul Rubinek
Feat. Joe Mantegna, Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy…
Adding mileage to the crime–caper genre, Joe Mantegna plays a hitman who puts used–car salesman Sam Rockwell (LAWN DOGS) through a droll…
L.A. Without a MapL.A. Without a Map (1999)
Dir. Mika Kaurismaki
Feat. David Tennant, Vincent Gallo, Julie Delpy…
A young Scottish undertaker (Tennant) follows an aspiring American actress back to La–la land, where he competes with the shallow excesses and…
Playing by Heart (1999)
Dir. Willard Carroll
Feat. Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson…
Ambitious multi–character film along the lines of SHORT CUTS, likewise set in the varying social strata of Los Angeles, but infused with…
Dead Man's CurveDead Man's Curve (1998) Recommended
Dir. Dan Rosen
Feat. Matthew Lillard, Keri Russell, Dana Delaney
Taking malicious advantage of a school–policy loophole, two desperate students conspire to dress up the murder of their room–mate as a…

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