Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Independent: 587 Films to Buy & Rent
- Thirteen (2003)
- Dir. Catherine Hardwicke
Feat. Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed
- Startling depiction of a young teenager who spins out of control as she falls in with the wrong crowd and beyond the reach of her struggling…
- This Girl's Life (2003)
- Dir. Ash
Feat. Juliette Marquis, James Woods, Michael Rapaport…
- A fictionalised 'slice of life' which portrays the experiences of an international porn star (Marquis) and her ailing father (Woods).
Aiming to…
- Tiptoes (Tiny Tiptoes) (2003)
- Dir. Matthew Bright
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Gary Oldman, Kate Beckinsale…
- Safely quirky indie has Kate Beckinsale and Matthew McConaughey's relationship heading for the rough waters when she discovers his family almost…
- United States of Leland, The (2003)
- Dir. Matthew Ryan Hoge
Feat. Don Cheadle, Ryan Gosling, Chris Klein…
- Solid indie drama that plumbs the soul of a youthful murderer (Gosling) and his web of life–connections after he stabs a retarded boy to…
- Zero Day (2003)
- Dir. Ben Coccio
Feat. Andre Keuck, Calvin Robertson
- A confronting, fictionalized insight into the nihilistic mind–set of two alienated students who plotted and carried out a violent massacre at…
- 25th Hour (2002)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper…
- Slowburning drama that revolves around the personal tensions of drug–dealer Edward Norton, whose 8–year prison term begins the next…
- Ararat (2002)
- Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Arsinee Khanjian, Charles Aznavour, Christopher Plummer…
- A challenging dramatic meditation on the 'forgotten' genocide of 1.5 million Armenians by Turkey during WWI, moulded into an epic of history and…
- Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)
- Dir. Justin Lin
Feat. Perry Shen, Jason J. Tobin, Sung Kang…
- Spinning a novel twist on a few cliches, this parable concerns a group of bored Asian–American high schoolers in Orange County, California who…
- Blue Car (2002)
- Dir. Karen Moncrieff
Feat. Agnes Bruckner, David Strathairn
- A rites–of–passage drama of distinction, this is realistic and affecting in its account of a high–school student whose flair for…
- Bomb the System (2002)
- Dir. Adam Bhala Lough
Feat. Mark Webber
- A tale of alienated youth in New York City, set around a teenager's (Webber) nocturnal activities spraying graffiti around the city streets with a…