Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Television: 2821 Films to Rent
League of Gentlemen, The - Christmas Special (TV Series) (1999)
- Feat. Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith…
- A full–length special set in the sinister village of Royston Vasey, putting a ghoulish spin on the festive season.
Let Them Eat Cake (TV Series) (1999)
- Feat. Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Alison Steadman
- A BLACKADDER–style spoof of the French Revolution with Jennifer Saunders playing the Comtesse de Vache, with Dawn French as her maid.
This…
Longitude (1999)
- Dir. Charles Sturridge
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Michael Gambon, Stephen Fry…
- Adapted from the book by Dava Sobel, this tells the intriguing story surrounding the 18th century search for an accurate way to calculate longitude,…
Lost World, The (TV Series) (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World) (1999-2002)
- Feat. Peter McCauley, William Snow, Rachel Blakely
- Enjoyably cheesy Antipodean TV show based loosely on Arthur Conan Doyle's fantasy–adventure set at the dawn of the 20th century where a band of…
Louis Theroux's - The Collection (Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends, When Louis Met....) (1999)
- Four disc set compiling the best of the affable Louis Theroux, drawing from his three series to date.
More disarming than Borat, Theroux’s…
Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married (TV Series) (1999)
- Dir. Brian Grant
Feat. Gerard Butler
- Romantic drama based on the top selling chick lit novel by Marian Keyes following the life and loves of a twenty–something living in London.…
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure (1999)
- Feat. Michael Palin
- The fourth of Michael Palin's travel series with the BBC, this one recounts the life of author Ernest Hemingway, as Palin travels to places that…
New Zealand Wars, The (1999)
- Dir. James Belich
Feat. James Belich
- Praised, yet inevitably controversial documentary series on New Zealand's 19th century history, in particular the various land–wars between…
Oliver Twist (TV Series) (1999)
- Dir. Renny Rye
Feat. Alan Bleasdale, Julie Walters, Robert Lindsay…
- Charles Dickens' enduring classic of orphan Oliver's hardships in Victorian London.
Here the timeless story gets the lavish six hour treatment at…
Queer as Folk (TV Series) (1999)
- Feat. Aidan Gillen, Craig Kelly, Charlie Hunnam…
- Groundbreaking television drama that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Eight…