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Rental > Foreign Cinema: 3260 Films to Rent
Green Butchers, The (De grønne slagtere ) (2003)
- Dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
Feat. Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
- Grim comedy focused on two down–and–out butchers who discover they can make a killing out of their customer's oblivious cannibalistic…
Grudge 2, The (Ju-On 2) (2003)
- Dir. Takashi Shimizu
Feat. Chiharu Nîyama, Noriko Sakai, Kei Horie…
- Followup to the original Japanese version of dir. Takashi's own JU–ON, this proffers an almost identical vision, with a TV crew visiting the…
Grudge, The (Ju-On) (2003)
- Dir. Takashi Shimizu
- A horror film that understands that fear is best painted blacker than molasses, this cult Japanese hit follows in the ghostly steps of the RING…
High Tension (Haute tension, Switchblade Romance) (2003)
- Dir. Alexandre Aja
Feat. Cecile De France, Maïwenn
- A grisly yet indeed tense French horror movie directed with stunning virtuosity, about two women whose rural weekend getaway turns horrific when they…
Hou Hsiao-Hsien's Classics: From 1983 to 1986 (The Boys From Fengkuei; A Summer at Grandpa's; A Time to Live, A Time to Die; Dust in the Wind) (2003)
- Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien
- A collection of four of the early films from director Hou Hsiao–Hsien, who is a leading figure in the Taiwanese New Wave.
The Boys From…
I'm Not Scared (Io Non Ho Paura) (2003)
- Dir. Gabriele Salvatores
Feat. Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Dino Abbrescia, Giorgio Careccia…
- Atmospheric thriller from dir. Gabriele Salvatores that deftly conveys a foreboding childhood experience during a long, hot summer in the country,…
Infernal Affairs 2 (Mou gaan dou II) (2003)
- Dir. Wai Keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak
Feat. Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Carina Lau…
- Solid prequel to the hit Hong Kong policier, goes back in time to the era of the 1991 and moves forward in three acts to the Chinese handover,…
Infernal Affairs 3 (Mou gaan dou III) (2003)
- Dir. Wai Keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak
Feat. Andy Lau, Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Leon Lai…
- Actual sequel to the hit Hong Kong gangland–cop thriller attempts valiantly to tie up loose ends, both picking up where corrupt cop Ming (Lau)…
Italian Film Festival Collection, The - 2006 (2003-2005)
- Comprehensive box–set collection of 12 of the best Italian films featured at the 'Italian Film Festival 2006' spread over 6 discs.
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James' Journey to Jerusalem (Massa'ot James Be'eretz Hakodesh) (2003)
- Dir. Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
Feat. Siyabonga Melongisi Shibe
- A witty yet significant portrait of contemporary Israel that takes the form of a deceptively straightforward fable, charting the progress of a young…