Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Female-centric: 382 Films to Buy & Rent
Georgia (1995)
- Dir. Ulu Grosbard
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mare Winningham
- Sibling rivalry in the music industry contrasts the careers and temperaments of two sisters. Jennifer Jason–Leigh and Mare Winningham are in…
Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
- Dir. David Anspaugh
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Kathleen Turner, Gwyneth Paltrow…
- Whoopi Goldberg, Kathleen Turner and Gwyneth Paltrow gather to console Elizabeth Perkins on the tragic death of her hubby. Enter house–painting…
Now and Then (1995)
- Dir. Lesli Linka Glatter
Feat. Demi Moore, Melanie Griffith, Rosie O'Donnell…
- Pleasant enough stroll down memory lane – estranged childhood chums reunite after 25 years for tears and celebration of their lives, er, now…
Politician's Wife, The (TV mini-series) (1995)
- Dir. Graham Theakston
Feat. Juliet Stevenson, Trevor Eve, Minnie Driver…
- Hell hath no fury like Juliet Stevenson in this Bafta and Emmy award–winning drama as a woman humiliated by the public revelation that her…
Waiting to Exhale (1995)
- Dir. Forest Whitaker
Feat. Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett
- Well–trodden version of men–bemoaning female bonding flick in which Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett among others share tales of…
West Side Waltz (1995)
- Dir. Ernest Thompson
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Liza Minnelli, Jennifer Grey…
- Cold widow Shirley Maclaine lives for playing the piano and isolates all except her violin accompanist, Liza Minnelli. A prelude to change comes in…
Double Happiness (1994)
- Dir. Mina Shum
Feat. Sandra Oh, Allanah Ong, Stephen Chang…
- A Chinese–Canadian woman faces a common dilemma – how far is she willing to compromise her parents expectations and values in pursuit of…
Fun (1994)
- Dir. Rafal Zielinski
Feat. Renee Humphrey, Alicia Witt
- Two teenage girls just want to have fun, but their obsessive pursuit of it leads them to murder an old lady for no other reason.
This remarkable…
Getting Gotti (1994)
- Dir. Roger Young
Feat. Lorraine Bracco, Ellen Burstyn, Anthony John Denison
- Lorraine Bracco pre–SOPRANOS stardom takes on the role of a determined U.S. Attorney Assistant tracking down a Mafia Crime Boss that grew up in…
Little Women (1994)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, Claire Danes…
- Impeccable version of Louisa May Alcott's classic of American girlhood updates the warm–hearted saga of four sisters and their…