Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7904 Films to Rent
Merchant of Venice, The (2004)
- Dir. Michael Radford
Feat. Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes…
- Al Pacino seems at home in the Bard’s world compared to his more recent contemporary forays, turning in a thorough and morally ambiguous rendition…
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Clint Eastwood…
- Clint Eastwood's straight–ahead drama about a feisty young woman who trains under his grizzled, reluctant coach to become a boxing champion…
Millions (2004)
- Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Alex Etel, Lewis McGibbon, James Nesbitt
- A magical family film concerning an idealistic seven–year–old Manchester lad (Etel) whose will to 'do good' is complicated when a…
Miracle (2004)
- Dir. Gavin O'Connor
Feat. Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Noah Emmerich
- Effectively rousing Disney dramatisation of the true story of Herb Brooks, the player–turned–coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic…
Modigliani (2004)
- Dir. Mick Davis
Feat. Andy Garcia, Elsa Zylberstein
- The debauched final years of painter Amedeo Modigliani (Garcia) – he of the famous paintings of almond–eyed women – are conveyed…
Moolaade (2004)
- Dir. Ousmane Sembene
Feat. Fatoumata Coulibaly
- A rare glimpse for New Zealanders of the work of elderly Sengalese dir. Sembene – novelist, newspaper editor and founder of the New African…
Mountain Patrol (Kekexili) (2004)
- Dir. Chuan Lu
Feat. Lei Zhang, Bujie Duo
- An enthralling eco–thriller which portrays the battle over the endangered Tibetan antelope between poachers and a hard–knit unit of…
Murder in Suburbia (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Lisa Faulkner, Caroline Catz
- Another variation on Britain’s fetish for sleuthing duos, this is a spunkier, sexier alternative to most under the female eye two abrasively…
My Summer of Love (2004)
- Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski
Feat. Natalie Press, Emily Blunt, Paddy Considine
- A sunlit teenage escapade, set around two girls who develop an unlikely relationship amid the unpretty but impressive Yorkshire Dales.
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Mysterious Skin (2004)
- Dir. Gregg Araki
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elisabeth Shue, Michelle Trachtenberg…
- An acclaimed realisation of 'New Queer Cinema' dir. Araki's early promise, with an uncompromising fable based around a teenage hustler who is…