Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Cult > Animation: 92 Films to Rent on DVD
- Broken Saints (TV Series) (2001)
- Dir. Brooke Burgess
- One of the most celebrated online animations – which began as a grassroots guerilla exercise and grew into a sprawling, prize–winning…
- Millennium Actress (2001)
- Dir. Satoshi Kon
- The thinking–person's animator, dir. Satoshi Kon further extends his body of "real world" anime with a work of brilliantly conceived illusion…
- Ripping Friends, The (TV Series) (2001)
- Feat. Eric Bauza, Mark Dailey, Dwayne Hill
- Animated series from John Kricfalusi (REN & STIMPY) where four muscleheaded superheroes humourously flub their assigned roles.
Not quite on a par…
- Waking Life (2001)
- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Wiley Wiggins
- A luminous, visually unique reprise of dir. Linklater’s SLACKER, whereby a lone protagonist (Wiley Wiggins) wanders the streets of Austin, Texas…
- Wave Twisters (2001)
- Dir. Syd Garon, Eric Henry
- From the album ‘Wave Twisters’, DJ Qbert’s turntable stylizations are transformed into a form of conceptual animated ecstasy through creative…
- Aaagh! It's The Mr. Hell Show (TV Series) (2000)
- X–rated sketch animation taking pot shots at Hollywood movies and television by way of Mr. Hell – a sadistic devil–like bachelor…
- South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999)
- Dir. Trey Parker
- This big screen splash from the cult TV show is also fouler–mouthed, has a strong musical element, and an ironic twist – an R–rated…
- King of the Hill (TV Series) (1997-2006)
- Feat. Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Brittany Murphy
- Smart animated sitcom about a redneck Texan salesman 'Hank Hill' and his family, which finds its own middle–American way into the cult…
- Perfect Blue (1997)
- Dir. Satoshi Kon
- Coherent and mature product of Japanese 'anime' is an unsettling psycho–drama about a burnt–out teen pop idol, simultaneously plagued by…
- South Park (TV Series) (1997)
- Dir. Trey Parker, Matt Stone
- Comedy Central's taboo–breaking cartoon satire drew on the BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD school of irreverence, yet offered something entirely original,…