Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7932 Films to Rent
Margaret Thatcher - The Long Walk to Finchley (2008)
- Dir. Niall MacCormick
Feat. Geoffrey Palmer, Andrea Riseborough
- Appealing political drama focused on Margaret Thatcher's younger years as she attempts to enter parliament despite opposition from the British…
Marley and Me (2008)
- Dir. David Frankel
Feat. Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane…
- Drama/comedy focused on a young newlywed couple (Wilson and Aniston) who decide to buy a puppy and underestimate the incredible impact it will have…
Men's Group (2008)
- Dir. Michael Joy
Feat. Paul Gleeson, Grant Dodwell, Don Reid
- Six blokes shed their inhibitions and stereotypical masculinity in this big–hearted Australian indie, centred on a series of group support…
Mentalist, The (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang
- Superior crime series sees Simon Baker play an ex–'psychic' who now uses his remarkable powers of scrupulous observation in the name of the…
Merry Gentleman, The (2008)
- Dir. Michael Keaton
Feat. Michael Keaton, Kelly MacDonald, Tom Bastounes
- Understated drama marks Michael Keaton's directorial debut with Keaton himself taking the lead as a suicidal hitman who strikes up an unlikely…
Mid-August Lunch (2008)
- Dir. Gianni Di Gregorio
Feat. Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Marina Cacciotti
- A comedy of manners and good taste in form and content, this soulful comedy sets up a middle–aged man forced to play host to a gaggle of…
Milk (2008)
- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin…
- Saying it proud but not too loud, this dramatized biopic of the first openly–elected gay official fittingly tributes the legacy of San…
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Derek Luke, John Turturro, Joseph Gordon-Levitt…
- A messily formed, though nonetheless vital piece of corrective history, with Spike Lee directing this recreation of the feats of the…
Miracle of Berlin (Das Wunder von Berlin) (2008)
- Dir. Roland Suso Richter
Feat. Kostja Ullmann, Karoline Herfurth, Veronica Ferres
- Ambitious telemovie set in Berlin, 1988, where a rebellious young man is forced by his father – a high–ranking Stasi officer – to…
Miss Austen Regrets (2008)
- Dir. Jeremy Lovering
Feat. Samuel Roukin, Olivia Williams, Greta Scacchi
- Dramatized account of Jane Austen's later years, focused around the author as she approaches her 40th birthday and is forced to confront the missed…