Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7905 Films to Rent
Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)
- Dir. Jon Chu
Feat. Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman, Adam G. Sevani…
- Sequel to the hip–hop dance hit flick following a group of young street dancers battling for supremacy. Well–orchestrated…
Still Walking (2008)
- Dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu
Feat. Hiroshi Abe, You , Yui Natsukawa…
- A recently remarried son (Abe) pays visit to his quietly disapproving parents in this exquisitely observed family drama, shot in the tradition of…
Stone of Destiny (2008)
- Dir. Charles Martin Smith
Feat. Charlie Cox, Kate Mara, Robert Carlyle…
- Crowd–pleasing heist movie following a group of young Glaswegian students as they attempt to steal the Stone of Scone, a beloved symbol of…
Stoning of Soraya M., The (2008)
- Dir. Cyrus Nowrasteh
Feat. Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jim Caviezel, Mozhan Marno
- Fact based account of a rural Iranian woman, framed by her husband for adultery and subsequently murdered with the participation of the wider…
Stop-Loss (2008)
- Dir. Kimberly Peirce
Feat. Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Channing Tatum…
- Sincerely handled melodrama from the director of BOYS DON'T CRY, dealing with a disillusioned Texan soldier (Phillippe) who goes AWOL after returning…
Summer Hours (2008)
- Dir. Olivier Assayas
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, Jeremie Renier…
- Three siblings deliberate over the family estate following the death of their mother in this subtle, gorgeously rendered meditation on ‘moving…
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
- Dir. Charlie Kaufman
Feat. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Catherine Keener…
- Screenwriting extraordinaire Charlie Kaufman turns his hand to directing for the first time with another amusing existential conundrum, here enjoying…
Taking the Waewae Express (2008)
- Dir. Andrea Bosshard, Shane Loader
Feat. Matariki Whatarau, Evan Hussey, Isaac Heron…
- Grief and resentment affect a Maori family and their friends after a tragic car accident in this honest and open–hearted drama set in…
Telstar (Telstar: The Joe Meek Story) (2008)
- Dir. Nick Moran
Feat. Con O' Neill, Kevin Spacey, Pam Ferris…
- Suitably poppy biopic of the rise and fall of flamboyant music producer Joe Meek whose pioneering sound experiments briefly made him the toast of…
Tender Hook, The (2008)
- Dir. Jonathan Ogilvie
Feat. Rose Byrne, Hugo Weaving, Matthew Le Nevez…
- Noted for its production design and cinematography, this film captures the visual mood of 1920s Sydney to enfold a melodrama of corruption,…