Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Independent: 817 Films to Rent
- Marc Pease Experience, The (2009)
- Dir. Todd Louiso
Feat. Jason Schwartzman, Ben Stiller, Anna Kendrick…
- Remorseless comedy of the deluded with Schwartzman as a sad–sack limo driver desperate to relive his glory days as a high school music star.…
- Moon (2009)
- Dir. Duncan Jones
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott…
- Smartly handled science fiction from the offspring of David Bowie (aka Zowie Bowie), with Sam Rockwell playing the lone occupant of an energy…
- My Suicide (2009)
- Dir. David Lee Miller
Feat. Gabriel Sunday, David Carradine, Mariel Hemingway…
- A disaffected teenager announces that he intends to document his impending suicide on camera in this heavy handed, if potent youth indie.
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- Paper Heart (2009)
- Dir. Nicholas Jasenovec
Feat. Michael Cera, Charlyne Yi, Martin Starr…
- Cutesy indie combination of documentary and narrative as Charlyne Yi travels America interviewing couples about their relationships. Meanwhile,…
- Plan B (2009)
- Dir. Marco Berger
Feat. Manuel Vignau, Lucas Ferraro, Mercedes Quinteros
- Languid drama where a man's efforts to sabotage his ex–girlfriends new relationship – with a half baked plan of seducing her boyfriend,…
- Precious (Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire) (2009)
- Dir. Lee Daniels
Feat. Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique , Paula Patton…
- Heated ghetto drama puts a hopeful spin on the despair suffered by an illiterate, overweight teenager who prepares to give birth to her second child…
- Private Lives of Pippa Lee, The (2009)
- Dir. Rebecca Miller
Feat. Robin Wright, Blake Lively, Alan Arkin…
- Drama boasting a formidable performance from Robin Wright Penn as the beautiful, middle–aged Pippa Lee, who finds herself living in a…
- Shank (2009)
- Dir. Simon Pearce
Feat. Wayne Virgo, Marc Laurent, Alice Payne…
- Harrowing coming–of–age drama which makes up for a few cliches with a lot of raw power. Set in Bristol, where a closeted gay youth…
- Sherman's Way (2009)
- Dir. Craig M. Saavedra
Feat. James LeGros, Enrico Colantoni, Michael Shulman
- Whimsical road–trip comedy sees an uptight Yale law student (Shulman) hitching a memorable ride with a washed up ski pro (LeGros).…
- Shrink (2009)
- Dir. Jonas Pate
Feat. Kevin Spacey, Mark Webber, Saffron Burrows
- Kevin Spacey’s pot–smoking, chronically depressed psychiatrist is at the centre of this sprawling L.A. story, which attempts to unearth the…