Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Independent: 590 Films to Buy & Rent
Crash (2005)
- Dir. Paul Haggis
Feat. Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon…
- A thoughtful dramatic meditation on race and fate in modern–day America, in which a group of urbanites in Los Angeles find their lives…
Don't Come Knocking (2005)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth…
- Desultry tale of a washed–out actor who goes missing from a film production and, with the insurance company on his tail, ends up uncovering…
Down in the Valley (2005)
- Dir. David Jacobson
Feat. Edward Norton, Evan Rachel Wood, David Morse…
- Slow–burn yet layered and intense drama has Edward Norton in fine form as a delusional 'cowboy' who charms his way into trouble via the heart…
Duane Hopwood (2005)
- Dir. Matt Mulhern
Feat. David Schwimmer, Janeane Garofalo
- Low–key slice–of–life indie film that mixes comedy and drama to subtly get its point across that alcoholism can affect anyone.…
Factotum (2005)
- Dir. Bent Hamer
Feat. Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei…
- The most droll and tender adaptation of Charles Bukowski's fiction to date has a stocky Matt Dillon chronicle the meandering adventures of 'Hank…
Great New Wonderful, The (2005)
- Dir. Danny Leiner
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Jim Gaffigan, Judy Greer…
- New York City drama centered around five interweaving stories all of which exhibit a distinctive characteristic of a changing society post–911.…
Havoc (2005)
- Dir. Barbara Kopple
Feat. Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips, Freddy RodrÃguez…
- Two pretty teenage girls in Los Angeles (Hathaway, Phillips) become impatient with the wannabe–gangsta antics of their high–school…
Jewboy (2005)
- Dir. Tony Krawitz
Feat. Ewen Leslie
- A young Rabbi–in–training struggles with the oppression of the strict Hasidic–Jewish faith, tail–spinning into a world of…
Junebug (2005)
- Dir. Phil Morrison
Feat. Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola, Amy Adams…
- An enchanting indie gem about an art–dealer whose pursuit of an 'outsider artist' in backwoods North Carolina prompts various life crises,…
Last Days (2005)
- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Asia Argento
- A questionable meditation on a besieged, drug–addled rock–star, clearly modelled on Kurt Cobain, as he inhabits a remote, decaying…