Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Television: 2821 Films to Rent
Nicholas Nickleby (TV Series) (2000)
- Dir. Stephen Whittaker
Feat. James D'Arcy, Charles Dance
- An ITV version of Charles Dickens’ saga of family misfortune. Young Nicholas (James D’Arcy) must fight his malevolent uncle (Charles Dance) to…
Nuremberg (2000)
- Feat. Alec Baldwin, Jill Hennessy, Brian Cox…
- This two part miniseries follows the Chief Prosecutor through the Nuremberg Trials of 1945–46.
Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (TV Series) (2000)
- Feat. Alain de Botton
- Presented by respected modern–day philosopher Alain de Botton, this six part series features six historical thinkers and their theories on how…
Queer As Folk (TV Series) (2000-2005)
- Feat. Hal Sparks, Gale Harold, Peter Paige…
- An American variation on the groundbreaking British series (currently unavailable due to censorship restrictions) which is likewise completely set…
Rebus (TV Series) (2000-2007)
- Feat. John Hannah
- John Hannah takes on the now familiar role of a Scottish Detective Inspector in the first few episodes of this whodunit crime series set on the…
Sally Hemings - An American Scandal (Mini Series) (2000)
- Dir. Charles Haid
Feat. Sam Neill, Carmen Ejogo
- Provocative mini–series telling the allegedly true story of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson's thirty–eight year affair with…
Secret Agent Man (TV Series) (2000)
- Feat. Costas Mandylor, Dondre Whitfield, Dina Meyer…
- Short lived quasi–remake of DANGER MAN, this has three agents working for the mysterious 'Agency' in order to quell evildoers and their plans.…
Sins, The (TV Mini-series) (2000)
- Feat. Pete Postlethwaite, Geraldine James, Frank Finlay…
- BBC miniseries with Pete Postlethwaite playing an aging getaway driver who decides to go straight – after one last robbery.
A light hearted…
State of the Planet (TV Mini Series) (2000)
- A three–part series in which BBC documentarian David Attenborough investigates the various environmental crises besetting Earth at the present…
Turbo (TV Series) (2000-2001)
- Feat. Roberto Farnesi
- Addictive mystery series with the canine detective Turbo tracking villains against the sun–drenched vistas of Tuscany.