Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Television: 989 Films to Buy & Rent
Kennedys, The (TV Mini-Series) (2011)
- Dir. Jon Cassar
Feat. Greg Kinnear, Barry Pepper, Katie Holmes…
- The latest in a long line of dramatizations around the Kennedy legacy in US politics, shaded as always by tragedy and scandal.
While the…
Mad Dogs (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. John Simm, Marc Warren, Max Beesley…
- Oddly unsettling and engaging in equal measure, this mid–life black comedy centres on four middle–aged blokes who reunite to celebrate…
Marchlands (TV Series) (2011)
- Dir. James Kent
Feat. Jodie Whittaker, Denis Lawson, Alex Kingston…
- Time–switching supernatural drama where three separate families who have lived in the same Yorkshire house in 1968, 1987 and the present day,…
Mildred Pierce (TV Mini-Series) (2011)
- Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood…
- Kate Winslet gives a towering performance as the titular housewife of James M. Cain's classic noir novel of Depression Era desperation and…
Monroe (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. James Nesbitt, Sarah Parish, Tom Riley
- James Nesbitt stars as a wise cracking, chain smoking neurosurgeon in this slick hospital drama that has been called the British HOUSE.
Nothing Trivial (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. Shane Cortese, Tandi Wright, Blair Strang…
- An agreeable and endearingly performed 'singles' comedy by way of modern day Auckland, centred on the romantic hang ups of five friends who compete…
Once Upon a Time (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Joshua Dallas…
- A mature, densely layered serial based on popular folklore, set in a fictional seaside town where characters from various fairy tales have been…
Pan Am (TV Series) (2011-2012)
- Feat. Margot Robbie, Christina Ricci, Karine Vanasse…
- Named for the iconic Pan American World Airways, this fictionalised period drama series revolves around the stories of the pilots and stewardesses of…
Promise, The (TV Series) (2011)
- Dir. Peter Kosminsky
Feat. Claire Foy, Christian Cooke, Itay Tiran…
- Intelligent, finely balanced drama alternates between storylines set in 1940s Palestine and present day Israel in its address of the contentious…
Shameless (TV Series, US) (2011)
- Feat. William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Justin Chatwin
- Watchable, surprisingly insightful remake of the hit British series attempts to three–dimensionalize the 'trailer park' stereotype in its…