Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Foreign Cinema: 1756 Films to Buy & Rent
- Second Chance, A (2014)
- Dir. Susanne Bier
Feat. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Thomas Bo Larsen…
- Susanne Bier directs a haunting melodrama about the contrasting lives of two police officers, whose lives take a dark turn after finding a neglected…
- Silent Heart (2014)
- Dir. Bille August
Feat. Ghita Norby, Paprika Steen, Jens Albinus…
- Earnest chamber drama about three generations of a family coming together over a weekend. A sick mother's wish to die before her disease worsens gets…
- Someone You Love (2014)
- Dir. Pernille Fischer Christensen
Feat. Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
- Danish drama about an aging singer whose recording process is interrupted by the arrival of a grandson he's never met.
- Timbuktu (2014)
- Dir. Abderrahmane Sissako
Feat. Abel Jafri, Hichem Yacoubi
- A powerful and subtle drama set in the city of Timbuktu in Mali, West Africa. The city has been occupied by Jihadists, and the citizens are suffering…
- Two Days, One Night (2014)
- Dir. Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Feat. Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salee
- Marion Cotillard stars as a young mother, discovers that her workmates have opted for a significant pay bonus, in exchange for her dismissal. She has…
- Winter Sleep (2014)
- Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Feat. Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sozen, Demet Akbag
- Winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes this provocative drama follows a local celebrity who runs a small hotel with his wife. In winter…
- Wonders, The (Le Meraviglie) (2014)
- Dir. Alice Rohrwacher
Feat. Alba Rohrwacher, Maria Alexandra Lungu, Sam Louwyck
- A Tuscan family of beekeepers find their household disrupted by the arrival of a silently troubled teenage boy and a reality TV show intent on…
- Yves Saint Laurent (2014)
- Dir. Jalil Lespert
Feat. Pierre Niney, Charlotte Le Bon, Guillaume Gallienne
- A look at the life and loves of famed French designer Yves Saint Laurent.
- A Touch of Sin (2013)
- Dir. Jia Zhang-ke
Feat. Wu Jiang, Baoqiang Wang, Zhao Tao
- Another striking modern tale of urban discontent from leading Chinese auteur Jia Zhang–ke, one which remains as perceptive and…
- Blue is the Warmest Colour (2013)
- Dir. Abdellatif Kechiche
Feat. Léa Seydoux, Adele Exarchopoulos
- The Cannes Palm D'Or–winning drama that explores, in a series of elongated sequences, a young woman's blossoming sexuality and maturity when…