Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Independent: 590 Films to Buy & Rent
Twin Falls Idaho (1999)
- Dir. Michael Polish
Feat. Michael Polish, Mark Polish
- Unique film on the subject of Siamese twins has an extra spin – the identical twin writer–director team also play the lead roles.…
Acid House, The (1998)
- Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Stephen McCole, Maurice Roeves, Garry Sweeney
- Those with a taste for undiluted Irvine Welsh (author of TRAINSPOTTING) will find warts–and–all satisfaction in this portmanteau of three…
Afterglow (1998)
- Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Lara Flynn Boyle…
- At times precious but ultimately wise drama of multiple adulteries sees disjointed couple Nick Nolte (plumber) and Julie Christie (ex–horror…
Another Day in Paradise (1998)
- Dir. Larry Clark
Feat. Melanie Griffiths, Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson Wagner…
- The director of KIDS injects his trademark 'heroin chic' into the lowlife crime genre, though the effect by now seems passe and unshocking.…
Basil (1998)
- Dir. Radha Bharadwaj
Feat. Jared Leto, Christian Slater, Derek Jacobi…
- Novel–based Victorian–era romance starring a veritable feast of eye candy in the form of Leto, Slater and Forlani as the beautiful young…
Book of Life (1998)
- Dir. Hal Hartley
Feat. Martin Donovan, Polly Jean Harvey, Thomas Jay Ryan
- The return of Jesus Christ in the hours prior to Armageddon, December 31, 1999, is told in a series of wry, amusing and thoughtful scenes by indie…
Brave, The (1998)
- Dir. Johnny Depp
Feat. Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando
- Johnny Depp's much–derided directorial debut is an over–ambitious epic look at a desperate character who sells himself into snuff movies.…
Buffalo 66 (1998)
- Dir. Vincent Gallo
Feat. Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Ben Gazzara…
- Released from prison after doing someone else's time, an embittered yet benign loner sets about evening the score, but not before kidnapping a sweet…
Fishing Trip, The (1998)
- Dir. Amnon Buchbinder
Feat. Jhene Erwin, Melissa Hood, Anna Henry
- Independent drama made when director Amnon Buchbinder was a student at the Candian Film Centre, telling a story of two sisters who confront their…
Happiness (1998)
- Dir. Todd Solondz
Feat. Lara Flynn Boyle, Dylan Baker, Philip Seymour Hoffman…
- Controversial is the byword for this disturbing trawl through the sad–case lives of various American suburbanites and their families (Lara…