Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7904 Films to Rent
Secret Life of Words, The (2005)
- Dir. Isabel Coixet
Feat. Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Julie Christie
- Intense character–driven drama set on an isolated oil rig that explores the relationship between a hearing–impaired factory worker…
Separate Lies (2005)
- Dir. Julian Fellowes
Feat. Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson, Rupert Everett
- Tense tragedy of manners stars Tom Wilkinson as a complacent lawyer whose young wife (Watson) confesses to being tangled–up in a fatal…
Shadows in the Sun (The Shadow Dancer) (2005)
- Dir. Brad Mirman
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Claire Forlani, Joshua Jackson…
- A youthful literary editor from London (Jackson) is sent to Italy to track down a legendary reclusive writer (Keitel), esconced somewhere in the…
Shania (A Life in Eight Albums) (2005)
- Dir. Jerry Ciccoritti
Feat. Megan Follows, Meredith Henderson
- Music biopic mapping out the life of country music's mainstream sweetheart Shania Twain from a typically plain childhood, the drive to become a…
Shooting Dogs (Beyond the Gates) (2005)
- Dir. Michael Caton-Jones
Feat. John Hurt, Hugh Dancy
- Based on events during the horrific genocide of close to one million Rwandans, this sincere yet insufficiently told docudrama centres on the selfless…
Shooting Livien (2005)
- Dir. Rebecca Cook
Feat. Jason Behr, Dominic Monaghan, Joshua Leonard…
- Minor–key indie rock movie about a talented New York musician who becomes increasingly disillusioned and unstable on the brink of…
Shopgirl (2005)
- Dir. Anand Tucker
Feat. Claire Danes, Steve Martin, Jason Schwartzman
- Generally thoughtful and subtle adaptation of Steve Martin's novella, set around the heartfelt search for life satisfaction by the lonely Danes, who…
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, The (2005)
- Dir. Ken Kwapis
Feat. America Ferrera, Alexis Bledel, Amber Tamblyn…
- A snappy adolescent drama concerning four teenage girlfriends spending their first summer apart, and sending a pair of magically–fitting jeans…
Six Feet Under - Season 5 (TV Series) (2005)
- Feat. Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy…
- Fifth and final season of the acclaimed HBO drama set around a funeral home.
12 episodes over 5 discs: A Coat of White Primer, Dancing for Me,…
Sometimes in April (2005)
- Dir. Raoul Peck
Feat. Debra Winger, Idris Elba, Oris Erhuero
- A worthy HBO dramatisation of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which around one million ethnic 'Tutsis' were slaughtered by ethnic 'Hutu' military and…