Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8096 Films to Buy & Rent
Wonders, The (Le Meraviglie) (2014)
- Dir. Alice Rohrwacher
Feat. Alba Rohrwacher, Maria Alexandra Lungu, Sam Louwyck
- A Tuscan family of beekeepers find their household disrupted by the arrival of a silently troubled teenage boy and a reality TV show intent on…
X + Y (X and Y, aka A Brilliant Young Mind ) (2014)
- Dir. Morgan Matthews
Feat. Asa Butterfield, Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan…
- Asa Butterfield (HUGO) plays a socially awkward teenage math prodigy who finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British…
You're Not You (2014)
- Dir. George C. Wolfe
Feat. Hilary Swank, Emmy Rossum, Josh Duhamel…
- A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.
Young Ones (Bad Land: Road to Fury) (2014)
- Dir. Jake Paltrow
Feat. Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Kodi Smit-McPhee…
- Michael Shannon struggles to provide for his family in a post–apocalyptic world where water supplies are increasingly scarce. A spare…
Yves Saint Laurent (2014)
- Dir. Jalil Lespert
Feat. Pierre Niney, Charlotte Le Bon, Guillaume Gallienne
- A look at the life and loves of famed French designer Yves Saint Laurent.
12 Years a Slave (2013)
- Dir. Steve McQueen
Feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Paul Giamatti…
- Steve McQueen (HUNGER, SHAME) directs this powerful historical drama of a free black man from upstate New York who is abducted and sold into slavery.
42 (2013)
- Dir. Brian Helgeland
Feat. Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie…
- A long overdue tribute to one of America's greatest baseballers, Jackie Robinson, who established his sporting and civil rights legend during the 40s…
52 Tuesdays (2013)
- Dir. Sophie Hyde
Feat. Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Del Herbert-Jane
- A teenage girl explores her own sexuality as her mother undergoes gender transition in this moving Australian drama, shot over a year of Tuesdays.
A Birder's Guide to Everything (2013)
- Dir. Rob Meyer
Feat. Kodi Smit-McPhee, James Le Gros, Katie Chang…
- A lovely, heartfelt teen movie about a nerdy 15–year–old birding fanatic (Smit–McPhee) who retreats with his friends on a bird…
A Hero's Choice (A Farewell to Fools) (2013)
- Dir. Bogdan Dreyer
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Harvey Keitel, Laura Morante
- A heaving production of Titus Popovici's famous novella 'The Death of Ipu' out of Romania, this WWII morality tale stars Gerard Depardieu as a madman…