Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8088 Films to Buy & Rent
Match Point (2005)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emily Mortimer, Scarlett Johansson…
- Widely touted as Woody Allen's finest film since the mid–80's, this is also his least characteristic – set in London and entirely…
Memoirs Of A Geisha (2005)
- Dir. Rob Marshall
Feat. Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Gong Li…
- The ravishing Zhang Ziyi takes the lead in this exotically pleasing, if contentious adaptation of Arthur Golden's 'insider' novel, as a young woman…
Method, The (El Método) (2005)
- Dir. Marcelo Pineyro
Feat. Eduardo Noriega, Najwa Nimri, Ernesto Alterio…
- This smart black comedy for the 21st century sees corporate ethics slyly dissected as seven candidates blindly compete for an executive position in a…
Mickybo and Me (2005)
- Dir. Terry Loane
Feat. Adrian Dunbar, Gina McKee, Susan Lynch…
- Widely praised though little–seen drama which observes the friendship between two young lads – one Catholic, one Protestant –…
Missing In America (2005)
- Dir. Gabrielle Savage Dockterman
Feat. Danny Glover, David Strathairn, Ron Perlman…
- Set around a "bush vet", a reclusive Vietnam veteran (Glover) who lives in the lonely pine forests of Washington State, this solid drama takes an…
Mistress of Spices (2005)
- Dir. Paul Mayeda Berges
Feat. Aishwarya Rai, Dylan McDermott, Ayesha Dharkar…
- A beautiful Indian 'spice mistress' (Rai) emigrates to San Francisco, where she opens a dispensary, having to obey three special edicts –…
Mozart And The Whale (2005)
- Dir. Petter Naess
Feat. Josh Hartnett, Radha Mitchell, Gary Cole…
- An earnestly–conceived dramatic romance in which two Asperger's Syndrome (a form of autism) sufferers – a preoccupied taxi–driver…
Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Christopher Guest…
- Set in the grey drabness of 1930s England, this charming wee feel–gooder tells the true story of an eccentric, somewhat difficult dowager…
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005)
- Dir. Dan Ireland
Feat. Joan Plowright, Rupert Friend
- Immensely popular drama strikes up great chemistry between its genteel, elderly titular character (Plowright) who is struggling to maintain her…
Munich (2005)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Mathieu Kassovitz…
- Compelling, if occasionally muddily–overearnest thriller based around the aftermath of the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich…