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Rental > Drama > Independent: 579 Films to Rent
Wassup Rockers (2005)
- Dir. Larry Clark
Feat. Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco Pedrasa, Milton Velasquez
- Teen–centric misanthropist Larry Clark offers a shockingly enthusiastic view of contemporary youth in this story of Latino…
9 Songs (Nine Songs) (2004)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Margo Stilley, Kieran O'Brien
- A controversially explicit sex'n'rock'n' roll drama about two stray souls – an American student and a British bloke – who over a year…
Assassination of Richard Nixon, The (2004)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Niels Mueller
Feat. Sean Penn, Don Cheadle, Naomi Watts…
- The ghost of 'Travis Bickle' (TAXI DRIVER) pervades this accomplished diatribe on the contentious era of Richard Nixon's administration – a…
Before Sunset (2004)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
- Taking up some nine years after their characters met in BEFORE SUNRISE, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, now in their mid–thirties, reacquaint…
Bullet Boy (2004)
- Dir. Saul Dibb
Feat. Ashley Walters
- Tough expose of London's violent East End tracks the spiralling events and dire consequences which follow the release of a young black man (Walters)…
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Roberto Benigni, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop…
- A compendium of whimsical b&w shorts from lapsidaisical indie auteur Jim Jarmusch, set around various celebrity encounters over nicotine and…
Down to the Bone (2004)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Debra Granik
Feat. Vera Farmiga, Hugh Dillon, Clint Jordan…
- A mother–of–two in wintery upstate New York grapples with cocaine addiction and checks into rehab, only to discover unexpected fissures…
Ellie Parker (2004)
- Dir. Scott Coffey
Feat. Naomi Watts, Scott Coffey, Chevy Chase
- Curiously fascinating Hollywood DV drama in which Naomi Watts plays a aspiring actress in Los Angeles, born out of 2001 short film made before Watts…
Everyday People (2004)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Jim McKay
Feat. Billoah Greene, Reg E. Cathey, Bridget Barker
- Ensemble piece in the true spirit of workshopped drama, this telemovie centres on the possible closure of a diner in a working class Brooklyn…
Forty Shades of Blue (2004)
- Dir. Ira Sachs
Feat. Rip Torn, Dina Korzun
- Languid, deep focus Memphis melodrama, in which a Russian trophy wife (Korzun) oscillates between the false love of a wealthy music producer (Torn),…