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Rental > Drama: 7905 Films to Rent
Two Jacks (2012)
- Dir. Bernard Rose
Feat. Danny Huston, Jacqueline Bisset, Jack Huston…
- Danny Huston and dir. Bernard Rose reunite for another Hollywood–set riff on Tolstoy. Based on the story 'The Two Hussars', it tells the story…
Upside Down (2012)
- Dir. Juan Solanas
Feat. Kirsten Dunst, Jim Sturgess, Timothy Spall
- Two star–crossed lovers separated by opposite worlds attempt to overcome interplanetary boundaries in this head–turning sci–fi…
Vow, The (2012)
- Dir. Michael Sucsy
Feat. Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Jessica Lange…
- More fodder for helpless romantics, with beefcake romeo Channing Tatum losing his new bride (Rachel McAdams, naturally) to amnesia via a car…
Wadjda (2012)
- Dir. Haifaa Al-Mansour
Feat. Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah
- This humanist triumph is the first ever feature to be shot in Saudi Arabia, centering on a plucky young girl who attempts to raise money for a…
War Witch (Rebelle) (2012)
- Dir. Kim Nguyen
Feat. Rachel Mwanza
- A remarkable magical realist portrayal of the tragedy of child soldiering in one of Africa’s many civil wars, with the phenomenal Rachel Mwanza as…
We and the I, The (2012)
- Dir. Michel Gondry
Feat. Michael Brodie, Teresa Lynn, Raymond Delgado
- Michel Gondry masters the docu–drama narrative with surprising ease, here directing an affecting and unsentimental look at a bus full of Bronx…
Welcome Aboard (2012)
- Dir. Jean Becker
Feat. Patrick Chesnais, Jeanne Lambert, Miou-Miou
- No stranger to movies about unlikely friendships, dir. Jean Becker balances sentiment with pathos in this finely drawn character study of a…
What Maisie Knew (2012)
- Dir. Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Feat. Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan, Alexander Skarsgard…
- A six–year–old girl is caught in the middle of her estranged parents' bitter custody battle in this thought–provoking drama,…
What Really Happened: Votes for Women (2012)
- Feat. Sara Wiseman, Craig Hall, Stephen Lovatt
- Another edifying take on a key turning point in New Zealand history (following What Really Happened: Waitangi), this Sunday Theatre commission…
What Richard Did (2012)
- Dir. Lenny Abrahamson
Feat. Jack Reynor, Róisín Murphy, Sam Keeley…
- Understated but highly compelling moral drama in which an exemplary teenager experiences a fall from grace after an impulsive incident at a college…