Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8108 Films to Buy & Rent
Chumscrubber, The (2005)
- Dir. Arie Posin
Feat. Jamie Bell, Camilla Belle, Glenn Close…
- A sadsack teenager (Bell) living in a sterile new suburb in Southern California discovers his best friend has committed suicide, an event which seems…
Cinderella Man (2005)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger, Paul Giamatti…
- Premium Hollywood biopic has Russell Crowe sluggin' it out as real–life prizefighter Jim Braddock, who during the Great Depression rose from…
Civilization of Maxwell Bright, The (2005)
- Dir. David Beaird
Feat. Patrick Warburton, Simon Callow, Jennifer Tilly…
- Redemptive LA story of one angry, bigoted dude whose life is transformed by his relationship with his subservient, Asian mail–order bride (and…
Closer, The (TV Series) (2005-2009)
- Feat. Kyra Sedgwick
- Capable and assured detective drama dodges most of the worst cliches of the genre, with Kyra Sedwick playing a talented 'Southern Belle' investigator…
Coach Carter (2005)
- Dir. Thomas Carter
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown
- Fact–based story of a Californian high school basketball coach (Jackson) who brought a fresh approach to motivating his young players,…
Colditz (TV Mini-series) (2005)
- Dir. Stuart Orme
Feat. Damian Lewis, Sophia Myles, Laurence Fox…
- Respectable mini–series focusing on the WW2 'Colditz' story of three British officers escaping a notoriously impenetrable POW camp to begin a…
Commander in Chief (TV Series) (2005)
- Feat. Geena Davis, Donald Sutherland, Bruce Boxleitner…
- Excellent WEST WING–style political drama has Geena Davis depict an imagined first woman President of the USA, an independent senator who is…
Constant Gardener, The (2005)
- Dir. Fernando Mierelles
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Bill Nighy…
- A British diplomat in Kenya (Fiennes) becomes obsessed with uncovering the secrets that lie behind his wife's (Weisz) murder which seem to lead to…
Conversations with Other Women (2005)
- Dir. Hans Canosa
Feat. Aaron Eckhart, Helena Bonham Carter
- An innovative, bittersweet romantic two–hander that uses split screen for its entire running time to explore the contrasting…
Crash (2005)
- Dir. Paul Haggis
Feat. Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon…
- A thoughtful dramatic meditation on race and fate in modern–day America, in which a group of urbanites in Los Angeles find their lives…