Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8108 Films to Buy & Rent
Shakespeare Retold Box Set (Macbeth, Midsummer Nights Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Taming Of The Shrew) (2005)
- Box set anthology of four modern British adaptations of The Bard’s best–known comedy/tragedies.
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…
Showbands (TV Series) (2005)
- Dir. Ian Fitzgibbon
Feat. Liam Cunningham, Kerry Katona
- Rich, rambunctious revival of the showband era propelled by the story of a lowly Irish bar cleaner determined to work her way up to singing stardom.…
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…
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
- Dir. March Rothemund
Feat. Julia Jentsch
- An interesting and worthy companion piece to the excellent DOWNFALL, this necessarily grim drama looks at the trial of 21–year–old…