Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Cult > Animation: 108 Films to Rent
- Watchmen Animated: Tales of the Black Freighter & Under the Hood (2008)
- Dir. Mike Smith
Feat. Gerard Butler, Salli Saffioti, Stephen McHattie
- Short animated companion piece to dir. Snyder's blockbuster WATCHMEN tells the story of a castaway's desperate struggle to return home and warn his…
- Aardman's Darkside (2007)
- Another excellent batch of animation from the renowned Aardman studio, this time showcasing the more subversive and adult–orientated side of…
- Doctor Who (Animated TV Series) (2007)
- Feat. David Tennant, Freema Agyeman, Anthony Head…
- Animated spin–offs that aim predominantly at a younger audience, but have enough well–crafted animation locations and clever technique to…
- Fear(s) of the Dark (Fears of the Dark, Peur(s) du noir) (2007)
- Dir. Blutch , Charles Burns, Marie Caillou
- Six dynamic and distinct graphic artists illustrate various primordial phobias using only 'light and dark' in this impressive compendium of animated…
- Total Drama Island (TV Series) (2007)
- An on–target and high–spirited animated parody of the 'Reality TV' format in which 22 teens battle it out for celebrity supremacy as the…
- Hellboy Animated (2006)
- Dir. Phil Weinstein
- Teasing series of animated features continuing the HELLBOY legacy, with Ron Perlman and Selma Blair faithfully reprising their roles from the…
- Metalocalypse (TV Series) (2006-2013)
- Vicious metal–inspired satire details the exploits of Dethlok, a mega–successful heavy metal band partial to a little violence, revolt,…
- Paprika (2006)
- Dir. Satoshi Kon
- Mind–altering extravaganza of stolen dream technology from the anime trailblazer behind PERFECT BLUE, forged from the dir’s pet themes of…
- Princess (2006)
- Dir. Anders Morgenthaler
Feat. Thure Lindhardt
- Dubious animated revenge fantasy entertains the vigilante streak of a Danish missionary, whose pornstar sister dies at the hands of her pimp…
- Scanner Darkly, A (2006)
- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jnr., Woody Harrelson…
- Richard Linklater’s latest ‘rotoscope’ animation adapts Philip K. Dick's sci–fi novel into a dystopian proxy for the near future, where…