Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7905 Films to Rent
Show of Hands (2008)
- Dir. Anthony McCarten
Feat. Melanie Lynskey, Craig Hall, Stephen Lovatt
- Quaint but contrived Kiwi rom–dram set in New Plymouth in which a grab–bag of townsfolk compete for new 4–wheel drive by keeping…
Silent Light (Stellet licht) (2008)
- Dir. Carlos Reygadas
- Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas (JAPON, BATTLE IN HEAVEN) helms his third feature with maturity and restraint, offering a striking, earthbound…
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2, The (2008)
- Dir. Sanaa Hamri
Feat. America Ferrera, Alexis Bledel, Amber Tamblyn…
- Solid follow–up drama revisits the lives of the four childhood gal pals from SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELLING PANTS three years later as they adapt…
Skin (2008)
- Dir. Anthony Fabian
Feat. Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige…
- Stirring biopic of a black girl born to two white parents in Apartheid era South Africa.
Sleepwalking (2008)
- Dir. Bill Maher
Feat. Nick Stahl, AnnaSophia Robb, Charlize Theron…
- This drama of the trials and tribulations of a twelve year old coming to terms with her mother's abandonment is, at times, depressingly downbeat,…
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
- Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla…
- Exhilarating Oscar winner following the tumultuous life of a Mumbai streetkid who suspiciously triumphs on the Indian version of 'Who Wants To Be A…
Smart People (2008)
- Dir. Noam Murro
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Elliot Page…
- Dunderheaded dramedy focused on a widowed, misanthropic professor (Quaid) who awakens to life again after a hit to the head, only to discover that…
Somers Town (2008)
- Dir. Shane Meadows
Feat. Piotr Jagiello, Ireneusz Czop, Perry Benson…
- A gentle, winsome offering from dir. Shane Meadows, centred on an unlikely friendship between a shy Polish teen, and a knockabout runaway from the…
Song of Sparrows, The (Âvâz-e gonjeshk-hâ) (2008)
- Dir. Majid Majidi
Feat. Reza Naji
- Iranian film following the life of a simple and contented ostrich farmer whose life changes dramatically when he loses his job and travels to Tehran…
Sons of Anarchy (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Katey Sagal, Ron Perlman, Charlie Hunnam…
- Muscular television drama centred on a Californian motorcycle club and its Vice President (Hunnam), whose growing ambivalence towards lawlessness is…