Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8068 Films to Buy & Rent
Four of a Kind (2008)
- Dir. Fiona Cochrane
Feat. Peta Brady, Nina Landis, Leverne McDonnell…
- Beguling, twisting drama that concerns four woman each with a secret they are determined to conceal.
French Film (2008)
- Dir. Jackie Oudney
Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Victoria Hamilton, Douglas Henshall…
- Affable British rom–com about a jaded journalist who is forced to reassess his views on romance after interviewing a French…
Frost/Nixon (2008)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell…
- Terrific adaptation of the Peter Morgan stageplay providing a dramatic retelling of the story behind the famous interviews between ex–President…
Frozen River (2008)
- Dir. Courtney Hunt
Feat. Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott
- A fraught, unexpected thriller within indie drama specs, this engrossing premise concerns two single mothers who find themselves smuggling immigrants…
Generation Kill (TV Mini-series) (2008)
- Feat. Alexander Skarsgard, James Ransone, Lee Tergesen…
- Superlative HBO series from the makers of THE WIRE following the U.S. Marine reconnaissance battalion in the first year of the Iraq invasion.…
Genova (Summer in Genoa) (2008)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Colin Firth, Catherine Keener, Hope Davis
- After the death of his wife, a man (Firth) moves his two daughters to Genova, Italy, in order to overcome his loss and revitalize their lives.
Gigantic (2008)
- Dir. Matt Aselton
Feat. Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, Edward Asner…
- Whimsical, self–conscious indie comedy about a mattress salesman (Paul Dano) whose plan to adopt a baby from China is interrupted when a women…
Giovanna's Father (2008)
- Dir. Pupi Avati
Feat. Silvio Orlando, Francesca Neri, Alba Rohrwacher…
- Set during the second world ward this is a sad character study of a naive father who covers for his daughter's terrible crime.
Gomorrah (2008)
- Dir. Matteo Garrone
Feat. Toni Servillo, Gianfelice Imparato, Maria Nazionale
- Justifiably celebrated, this ruthless expose of the Camorra underworld in Naples paints a stark and brutal picture of organised crime through five…
Good (2008)
- Dir. Vicente Amorim
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, Jason Isaacs, Jodie Whittaker…
- Based on the acclaimed stageplay by C.P. Taylor, Viggo Mortensen sports a convincing English accent to portray a German academic who is reluctantly…