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Rental > Drama > Girl-centric: 372 Films to Rent
Prey For Rock n Roll (2003)
- Dir. Alex Steyermark
Feat. Gina Gershon, Drea De Matteo, Lori Petty
- Gina Gershon puts her all into a role playing an aging rock–singer who must decide whether to continue pursuing the dream after her 40th…
Real Women Have Curves (2003)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Patricia Cardoso
Feat. America Ferrera
- A natural antidote to Hollywood silicone, this tells the charming coming–of–age story of an ‘ordinary’ Mexican–American…
Singing Behind Screens (Cantando dietro i paraventi) (2003)
- Dir. Ermanno Olmi
Feat. Bud Spencer, Davide Dragonetti
- Visually opulent Italian epic directed by Ermanno Olmi (THE TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS) set in coastal China and centred on a plucky widow who takes her…
Thirteen (2003)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Catherine Hardwicke
Feat. Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed
- Startling depiction of a young teenager who spins out of control as she falls in with the wrong crowd and beyond the reach of her struggling…
Whale Rider (2003)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Niki Caro
Feat. Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton…
- A stirring, widely–acclaimed adaptation of Witi Ihimaera’s novel about a young girl’s struggle to win the approval of her patriarchal…
A Tale of a Naughty Girl (Mondo Meyer Upakhyan) (2002)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Buddhadev Dasgupta
Feat. Samata Das, Rituparna Sengupta, Arpan Basar
- Caught between the push of tradition and the pull of the promise of a new life, a bright prostitute's daughter runs away to Calcutta to escape a…
Between Strangers (2002)
- Dir. Edoardo Ponti
Feat. Sophia Loren, Pete Postlethwaite, Mira Sorvino…
- The lives of three quite different women move into thematic proximity in this lightweight, but worthy drama.
As played by Loren, Sorvino and…
Blue Car (2002)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Karen Moncrieff
Feat. Agnes Bruckner, David Strathairn
- A rites–of–passage drama of distinction, this is realistic and affecting in its account of a high–school student whose flair for…
Face (2002)
- Dir. Bertha Bay-Sa Pan
Feat. Ling Bai, Will Yun Lee, Kirsty Wu…
- Chinese–American drama that deals commendably with familiar themes of relationships, marriage and cultural identity.
Alternating its…
Frida (2002)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Julie Taymor
Feat. Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Ashley Judd…
- Long awaited biopic of the celebrated 20th–century Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, whose troubled marriage to Diego Riviera and crippling injuries…