Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8088 Films to Buy & Rent
A Courageous Heart (The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler) (2009)
- Dir. John Kent Harrison
Feat. Anna Paquin, Marcia Gay Harden, Goran Visnjic…
- Moving account of the young Polish social worker who smuggled over 2,000 children out of Warsaw during the Nazi occupation of Poland.
A Single Man (2009)
- Dir. Tom Ford
Feat. Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Nicholas Hoult…
- Colin Firth gives a career–best performance as a gay English professor who grieves for his long–time lover in this impeccable and…
About Elly (2009)
- Dir. Asghar Farhadi
Feat. Golshifteh Farahani, Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti…
- Though something of a dress rehearsal for Farhadi's Oscar–winning A SEPARATION, this tense and absorbing account of a beach holiday tainted by…
Accidents Happen (2009)
- Dir. Andrew Lancaster
Feat. Geena Davis, Harrison Gilbertson, Harry Cook…
- Earnest dramedy enlivened by a sensationally brash Geena Davis performance. Davis plays the mother of a deeply dysfunctional family who's lives are…
Adam (2009)
- Dir. Max Mayer
Feat. Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher…
- Moon–faced Rose Byrne warms to her Asperger's–afflicted neighbour (Dancy) in this unlikely, heartfelt romance.
Distracting subplots…
Adrift (À Deriva) (2009)
- Dir. Heitor Dhalia
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Camilla Belle, Laura Neiva
- Delicately captivating drama set in an ’80s Brazilian beach resort, with a young teenager discovering her father's infidelity as her own sexuality…
Adventureland (2009)
- Dir. Greg Mottola
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds…
- Low–key indie comedy set in 1987 where a virginal high–school grad gets a summer job at a local amusement park and finds unlikely…
Against the Current (2009)
- Dir. Peter Callahan
Feat. Joseph Fiennes, Justin Kirk, Elizabeth Reaser
- A grief–stricken Joseph Fiennes embarks on swimming the length of the Hudson River as a way forward, in this heartfelt character piece. While…
Agora (2009)
- Dir. Alejandro Amenabar
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac…
- A strident and admirable account of Greek scholar Hypatia, whose principles and pagan beliefs attracted the ire of Christians in 4th century…
Albert Schweitzer (2009)
- Dir. Gavin Millar
Feat. Jeroen Krabbe, Barbara Hershey, Judith Godreche
- Admirable biopic of German medical missionary and philosopher Schweitzer (regarded for his text on the "Reverence for Life"), whose deed treating…