Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama > Independent: 579 Films to Rent
Love (2005)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Vladen Nikolic
- Little–known but extremely worthwhile drama lays out several major storylines, but centres on the struggles of a former Serbian soldier trying…
Manderlay (2005)
- Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Bryce Dallas Howard, Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe…
- Part two of Lars von Trier’s ‘USA’ trilogy reemploys DOGVILLE’s Brechtian framework of stage outlines and minimal props in the odyssey of…
Mozart And The Whale (2005)
- Dir. Petter Naess
Feat. Josh Hartnett, Radha Mitchell, Gary Cole
- An earnestly–conceived dramatic romance in which two Asperger's Syndrome (a form of autism) sufferers – a preoccupied taxi–driver…
Mutual Appreciation (2005)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Andrew Bujalski
Feat. Justin Rice, Andrew Bujalski, Kate Dollenmayer…
- An authentically amusing, perfectly observed capsule of post–graduate blues from the idiosyncratic dir. of FUNNY HA HA, praised almost…
Puppy (2005)
- Dir. Kieran Galvin
Feat. Bernard Curry, Nadia Townsend
- A self–funded meditation on obsession and love, set in Victoria's pretty Yarra Valley, in which a free spirit is rescued by a delusional…
Room (2005)
- Dir. Kyle Henry
Feat. Cyndi Williams
- Inner visions of a mysterious, expansive "room" begin to afflict a dejected, struggling–class woman (Williams), and, after a near car accident,…
Squid and the Whale, The (2005)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Noah Baumbach
Feat. Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg…
- Two brothers negotiate the ebb and flow of adolescence following their parents' divorce in a 'family dysfunction' drama of special distinction,…
Steal Me (2005)
- Dir. Melissa Painter
Feat. Danny Alexander, Hunter Parrish, Paz de la Huerta
- Sensitive rumination on encroaching adulthood, about a 15–year–old kleptomaniac whose friendship with a drifter precipitates…
Trouble With Sex, The (2005)
- Dir. Fintan Connolly
- An impressionistic love story set in rain–clouded Dublin, where two young people – a barman and a lawyer respectively – find solace…
Twelve and Holding (12 and Holding) (2005)
- Dir. Michael Cuesta
Feat. Jeremy Renner, Zoe Weizenbaum, Conor Donovan…
- A dark yet heart–rending coming–of–age indie drama concerning a group of pre–teens coping with life in the aftermath of a…