Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8067 Films to Buy & Rent
Wolf Children (2012)
- Dir. Mamoru Hosoda
- This beautiful, serious–minded take on werewolf folklore focuses on a young woman and her struggle to raise two children of mixed…
Won't Back Down (2012)
- Dir. Daniel Barnz
Feat. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Oscar Isaac…
- A well–meaning but preachy social drama of community action, centred on two spirited mothers determined to bring change to an ailing inner city…
Words, The (2012)
- Dir. Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal
Feat. Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Dennis Quaid…
- Bradley Cooper plays a struggling writer whose conscience gets the better of him when a found manuscript he passes off as his own achieves great…
World Without End (TV Series) (2012)
- Dir. Michael Caton-Jones
Feat. Ben Chaplin, Charlotte Riley, Nora von Waldstätten…
- Thinly drawn companion piece to THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH nonetheless makes for essential viewing for fans of the original historical series. Also…
Yossi (2012)
- Dir. Eytan Fox
Feat. Ohad Knoller
- A satisfying, exploratory follow–up to Israeli gay drama YOSSI AND JAGGER, this catches up with the titular Yossi, now ten years older and no…
10 Years (2011)
- Dir. Jamie Linden
Feat. Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Rosario Dawson…
- A group of friends take the opportunity to reassess their lives on the occasion of their ten–year high school reunion in this…
360 (2011)
- Dir. Fernando Meirelles
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins…
- Fernando Meirelles (CITY OF GOD) directs this kaleidoscopic ensemble drama set in seven cities across the globe, concerning a disparate set of…
50/50 (2011)
- Dir. Jonathan Levine
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick…
- Seth Rogen plays the supportive best friend to Joseph Gordon–Levitt's terminally ill 27–year–old in this serio–comic…
A Dangerous Method (2011)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen…
- Psychodrama auteur David Cronenberg directs this stimulating, if not entirely satiating exploration of the intense relationship between Carl Jung and…
A Happy Event (Un Heureux Evenement) (2011)
- Dir. Rémi Bezançon
Feat. Louise Bourgoin, Pio Marmaï, Josiane Balasko…
- Keenly felt depiction of the baby blues as a young couple struggle to come to grips with parenthood.