Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Politics: 563 Films to Rent on DVD
Names of Love, The (2010)
- Dir. Michel Leclerc
Feat. Jacques Gamblin, Sara Forestier, Zinedine Soualem…
- Witty cocktail of sex and politics about an extroverted left–wing activist who sleeps with her political opponents to convert them to her cause.
Potiche (2010)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini…
- Bubbly satire has 60–something Catherine Deneuve transform from trophy wife to a strong–headed businesswoman after her chauvinist husband…
Special Relationship, The (2010)
- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Michael Sheen, Dennis Quaid, Hope Davis…
- The third in the trilogy of 'Tony Blair' movies scripted by Peter Morgan (following THE DEAL and THE QUEEN), this one examines the complex dynamics…
Waiting for Superman (2010)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Davis Guggenheim
- Disheartening look at the state of U.S. education follows several children as they navigate their way through the increasingly poor public school…
Afghan Star (2009)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Havana Marking
- Islamic fundamentalism and pop music commericalism make uneasy bedfellows in this vital, eye–opening documentary that follows the fortunes of…
Balibo (2009)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Robert Connolly
Feat. Anthony LaPaglia, Oscar Isaac, Nathan Phillips…
- Searing political thriller based on the death of five Australian–based journalists (one, a Kiwi) who, upon covering the occupation of East…
Burma VJ (2009)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Anders Ostergaard
- Enterprising guerrilla documentary shows how members of the Democratic Voice of Burma are using miniature handycams to record and disseminate raw…
Capitalism - A Love Story (2009)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Michael Moore
- Doco legend Michael Moore comes full circle after detouring with US gun culture (BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE), foreign policy (FAHRENHEIT 9/11), and health…
End of America, The (2009)
- Dir. Anne Sundberg, Ricki Stern
- A one–woman rally–cry based on the New York Times bestseller, this film embellishes author Naomi Wolf's live lectures around her book's…
Endgame (2009)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Peter Travis
Feat. William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jonny Lee Miller…
- South Africa's fraught history is tackled in this solid, involving account of President P.W. Botha’s segregationist regime, and his secretive talks…