Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama > Independent: 579 Films to Rent
- Dogville (2003)
- Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Lauren Bacall…
- This fierce parable of hypocrisy, exploitation and revenge set on a “soundstage” version of 1930s America is a brilliant conception of dir. Lars…
- Easy (2003)
- Dir. Jane Weinstock
Feat. Marguerite Moreau, Brian F O'Byrne, Naveen Andrews…
- A nicely–judged indie riff on some of the perennial dilemmas of modern romance, as experienced by two sisters on the quest to find their…
- Elephant (2003)
- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, Timothy Bottoms…
- A smoothly crafted, but troubling depiction of the Columbine High School massacre in which two disaffected teenagers planned and staged the multiple…
- Japanese Story (2003)
- Dir. Sue Brooks
Feat. Toni Collette
- Winner of 8 AFI–awards, this laconic, but emotionally rich drama makes a brilliant most of its slender road–trip scenario.
Colette…
- Kiss of Life (2003)
- Dir. Emily Young
Feat. Peter Mullan, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, David Warner
- While an aid–worker (Mullan) cut adrift in wartorn Eastern Europe tries to make his way home to London, his waiting family seem lost in a limbo…
- Levity (2003)
- Dir. Ed Solomon
Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter…
- A bleak study of the post–prison world of paroled killer Billy Bob Thornten, who is haunted by the spectre of his teenage victim as he attempts…
- Lost in Translation (2003)
- Dir. Sofia Coppola
Feat. Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi
- A coolly romantic and engaging tale of a “brief encounter” between two Americans stranded in Tokyo – a movie–star in midlife crisis…
- Mean Creek (2003)
- Dir. Jacob Aaron Estes
Feat. Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelly
- Skillful 'delinquent thriller' about a group of highschool kids who plot to humiliate the overweight school bully on a boating daytrip.
Though the…
- Murmurs (2003)
- Dir. Alexander Greenhough, Elric Kane
Feat. James Ashcroft, Daniel Northcott, Kristin Smith…
- The daily movements of a Mt Victoria flat are wryly observed in this sophomore DV feature from the directors of KISSY KISSY.
Ensconced in a…
- My Life Without Me (2003)
- Dir. Isabel Coixet
Feat. Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Deborah Harry…
- This award–winning vignette concerns a young woman (Polley), told by her doctor she has only a short time to live, who strives to secretly…