Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8068 Films to Buy & Rent
Crusoe (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Philip Winchester, Tongayi Chirisa, Sam Neill…
- Lavishly mounted, if undeniably corny production of Daniel Defoe’s island classic, with the titular castaway fending off pirates, mutineers and…
Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, The (2008)
- Dir. David Fincher
Feat. Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton…
- The screenwriter of FORREST GUMP expands upon F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story to tell the curious case of a man born on Armistice day as decrepit…
Dakota Skye (2008)
- Dir. John Humber
Feat. Eileen April Boylan, Ian Nelson, J. B. Ghuman Jr…
- Novel teen drama has a unique twist on the jaded teen archetype with the film's titular heroine cursed with the ability to see through lies. Pic's…
Dean Spanley (2008)
- Dir. Toa Fraser
Feat. Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole…
- This Kiwi–British production cross–breed is a charmingly eccentric, surprisingly moving 'drawing room' drama set in Edwardian Britain in…
Death In Love (2008)
- Dir. Boaz Yakin
Feat. Jacqueline Bisset, Adam Brody, Josh Lucas…
- Devastating tale of a Jewish woman (Bisset) whose affair with a Nazi doctor during the Holocaust comes back to haunt both her, and her sons, in later…
Departures (2008)
- Dir. Takita Yojiro
Feat. Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
- Poignant Oscar–winner that’s won over many hearts with its affecting tale of self–discovery, centered on a failed cellist whose career…
Desperate Housewives (TV Series) - Season 5 (2008-2009)
- Feat. Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross…
- More episodes from the popular drama–black comedy set among the denizens of suburban America.
24 episodes over seven discs.
Devil's Whore, The (TV Mini-series) (Devil's Mistress) (2008)
- Dir. Martine Brant, Peter Flannery
Feat. Andrea Riseborough, Dominic West, John Simm…
- Period romp set during the English Civil War concerning the devilishly manipulative Angelica (Riseborough), and her marriage to revolutionary Thomas…
Dickens' Secret Lover (2008)
- Dir. Sarah Aspinall
Feat. Charles Dance, David Haig, Amy Shiels
- Intelligent docu–drama that uncovers the torrid love life of Charles Dickens, who embarked on a clandestine affair with an actress young enough…
Disgrace (2008)
- Dir. Steve Jacobs
Feat. John Malkovich, Jessica Haines, Eric Ebouaney
- Thorny drama based on J.M. Coetzee's Booker Prize–winning novel stars John Malkovich as a disgraced college professor who retreats to his…