Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Independent: 590 Films to Buy & Rent
Fast Food Fast Women (2001)
- Dir. Amos Ollek
Feat. Anna Thomson
- Set within a New York diner and the coming–and–going of customers and staff, this gentle indie–drama serves up some charming comedy…
Festival in Cannes (2001)
- Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Greta Scacchi, Maximilian Schell…
- Not a documentary, but just as ‘real’ in the hands of veteran independent director Henry Jaglom, who fashions a delightfully candid…
Four Days (2001)
- Dir. Curtis Wehrfritz
Feat. Colm Meaney, Lolita Davidovich, Kevin Zegers…
- This accomplished 'existential thriller', based on 60s crime novel by John Buell, fuses genre conventions with weightier concerns about loneliness…
Ghost World (2001)
- Dir. Terry Zwigoff
Feat. Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi…
- Nothing to do with the paranormal, but everything to do with the anti–normal, this independent gem is a surprisingly endearing tale of two…
Guinevere (2001)
- Dir. Audrey Wells
Feat. Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea
- Sarah Polley (GO) headlines in this Sundance–winning indie, as a directionless Harvard graduate who falls under the spell of…
In the Bedroom (2001)
- Dir. Todd Field
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl…
- Both deservingly nominated for Oscars, Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson hardly miss a beat as the middle–aged couple forced to deal with the…
Jackpot (2001)
- Dir. Michael Polish
Feat. Garrett Morris, Adam Baldwin, Anthony Edwards…
- An aspiring country–singer abandons his family and attempts to 'hit the jackpot' on the small–time karaoke circuit of the…
Julie Johnson (2001)
- Dir. Bob Gosse
Feat. Lili Taylor, Courtney Love, Mischa Barton…
- Lily Taylor makes good fist of a wannabe scientist in this empowering story of a downtrodden housewife in pursuit of knowledge and…
L.I.E. (2001)
- Dir. Michael Cuesta
Feat. Brian Cox, Paul Dano, Billy Kay…
- Unsettling coming of age drama with Paul Dano as a troubled and lonely young man who after the death of his mother befriends paedophile Brian…
Late Night Shopping (2001)
- Dir. Saul Metzstein
Feat. James Lance
- Amiable comedy set in the oddball world of late night shift–workers, stacking shelves in contemporary England.
Set around a group of four…