Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Foreign Cinema: 3260 Films to Rent
Intacto (2001)
- Dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Feat. Max von Sydow, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Guillermo Toledo
- A finely devised Spanish thriller, in which particularly obsessed gamblers contest their 'Luck' in various absurd, dangerous and creepy…
Isle, The (2001)
- Dir. Kim Ki-Duk
Feat. Suh Jung, Kim Yoo-Suk, Park Sung-Hee
- An art–shocker with a distinctly Asian streak of the perverse, this counterpoints a striking visual tableaux and tranquil setting with the…
Italian For Beginners (2001)
- Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Anders W Berthelsen
- A likeable ensemble comedy in which six vulnerable characters orbit a drab Copenhagen suburb, each seeking some form of solace, romance or…
Kandahar (2001)
- Dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- A Canadian–Afghani journalist travels incognito into the heart of wartorn Afghanistan to find her sister.
Filmed at the height of the…
La Ciénaga (The Swamp) (2001)
- Dir. Lucrecia Martel
Feat. Graciela Borges, Mercedes Morán, Martín Adjemián…
- Dir. Lucrecia Martel's debut film is an abstract Chekhovian tale of two bourgeois families roasting under the Argentinian sun within the confines of…
Lady and the Duke, The (2001)
- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Jean Claude Dreyfus, Lucy Russell
- Intellectually stimulating and strikingly anti–realist account of the French Revolution, told through the (true–life) relationship…
Lagaan (2001)
- Dir. Ashutosh Gowariker
Feat. Aamir Khan, Gracey Singh, Paul Blackthorne…
- Bollywood epic that broke through to international awards and audience with its ‘test–match’ running–time, lavishness and periodic…
Laissez-Passer (Safe Conduct) (2001)
- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydes, Marie Gillain
- A vivid and suspenseful drama set in the French film industry during the German occupation of WWII, this is a labour of love for leading French dir.…
Last Kiss, The (L'Ultimo Bacio) (2001)
- Dir. Gabriel Muccino
Feat. Stefano Accorsi, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Stefania Sandrelli
- Award–winning Italian melodrama investigates the anxieties of a young unmarried couple on the verge of parenthood.
Stefano Accorsi is torn…
Love On a Diet (2001)
- Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng
- The dir. of HEROIC TRIO, takes a serious change of tack with a weight–problem comedy. Looking to re–ignite her former romance with…