Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8108 Films to Buy & Rent
Secret Life Of Bees, The (2008)
- Dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood
Feat. Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson…
- Honey–soaked drama set in the South during the Civil Rights era follows 14 year old Lily Owens (Fanning), and her relationship with a group of…
Sense and Sensibility (TV Mini-series) (2008)
- Dir. John Alexander
Feat. David Morrissey, Janet McTeer, Hattie Morahan…
- Another BBC adaptation of the Jane Austen novel centered around the Dashwood sisters and their search for love. Adapted by Andrew Davies of BLEAK…
Seraphine (2008)
- Dir. Martin Provost
Feat. Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur, Anne Bennent
- Intimate, Cesar–winning portrait of troubled French artist Seraphine de Senlis, a little–known painter who worked as an impoverished…
Seven Pounds (2008)
- Dir. Gabriel Muccino
Feat. Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson…
- Will Smith pairs up again with dir. Muccino (THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS) to play a man who attempts to save the lives of seven strangers in order to…
Sex and the City - The Movie (2008)
- Dir. Michael Patrick King
Feat. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon…
- Highly–anticipated movie version of the groundbreaking series SEX AND THE CITY, meeting up with the Big Apple's four hottest gal pals Carrie,…
Shifty (2008)
- Dir. Eran Creevy
Feat. Riz Ahmed, Daniel Mays, Jason Flemyng…
- Twitchy character study of of friendship and life on the edge follows reformed bad boy Mays as he accompanies his cocaine dealing mate on his…
Shirin (2008)
- Dir. Abbas Kiarostami
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Leila Hatami
- From Abbas Kiarostami's avant–grade phase, this non–narrative tableaux of Iranian actresses (and one Juliette Binoche) enthralled by a…
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…