Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama > Girl-centric: 372 Films to Rent
- Flower of My Secret, The (1996)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Marisa Paredes
- An artistic maturing for the director of kitsch sex comedies like HIGH HEELS and KIKA, this is an introspective study of a successful authoress…
- Girls Town (1996)
- Dir. Jim McKay
Feat. Lili Taylor, Idina Harris, Anna Grace
- Winner of both the Filmmaker's Trophy and the Special Jury prize at Sundance, this little seen film was one of genuine highlights of the 1997 NZ Film…
- How to Make an American Quilt (1996)
- Dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse
Feat. Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn…
- Pleasurable, star–domed female–stitching movie has Winona Ryder sorting out her personal foibles with an ear for the mixed–fortuned…
- I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
- Dir. Mary Harron
Feat. Lili Taylor, Jared Harris, Martha Plimpton
- Both an absorbing time capsule of Warhol's 'factory' ultra–decadence and a gutsy portrait of extremism and delusion. Lili Taylor is a dynamo of…
- If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
- Dir. Nancy Savoca, Cher
Feat. Cher, Demi Moore, Sissy Spacek
- Cher, Demi Moore and Sissy Spacek examine issues and attitudes surrounding abortion in three separate stories spread over 40 years. Strong…
- Jane Austen Collection, The (1996-2007)
- Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Billie Piper, Samantha Morton…
- Collection of three of Austen's greatest stories; Emma, Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park, brought to life by prestigious British casts.
Emma…
- Jane Eyre (1996)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Anna Paquin, William Hurt…
- Zeffirelli's version of Charlotte Bronte's gothic romance, filmed in appropriately murky hues, preserves the sombre integrity of the novel. Charlotte…
- Libertarias (1996)
- Dir. Vincente Aranda
Feat. Victoria Abril, Ana Belen, Miguel Bose…
- Examining the Spanish Civil War from a left–wing point–of–view, this passionate war drama focuses on a trio of women – a…
- Moll Flanders (1996)
- Dir. Pen Densham
Feat. Robin Wright, Morgan Freeman
- The hardships of the 18th century England prove a lifelong test of character for the eponymous heroine, born into poverty, then graduating to both…
- Spitfire Grill, The (1996)
- Dir. Lee David Zlotoff
Feat. Alison Elliott, Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden…
- If you enjoyed the down–home cookin' of FRIED GREEN TOMATOES you might wanna sample this fare, but otherwise this is a folkie melodrama, with a…