Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8090 Films to Buy & Rent
Spun (2002)
- Dir. Jonas Akerlund
Feat. Jason Schwartzman, Brittany Murphy, John Leguizamo…
- A cinematically exhilarating depiction of existence among a group of methamphetamine (P) addicts in Los Angeles, that is sure to divide audiences as…
Stolen Summer (2002)
- Dir. Pete Jones
Feat. Aidan Quinn, Bonnie Hunt, Kevin Pollak…
- The resultant product of a film–making competition in which a novice screenwriter won a chance to direct his own script, this is a respectable…
Suddenly (2002)
- Dir. Diego Lerman
Feat. Carla Crespo, Tatiana Saphir, Veronica Hassan
- Grimy, punkish road movie morphs that into a rather tender tale with two tough girls from the hood kidnapping a local shop girl and taking her on an…
Summer Things (Embrassez qui vous voudrez) (2002)
- Dir. Michel Blanc
Feat. Charlotte Rampling, Jacques Dutronc, Carole Bouquet…
- Rom–com with an ensemble cast led by Charlotte Rampling as an unhappily married woman who is off to stay at a seaside resort, where she…
Sunshine State (2002)
- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Angela Bassett, Jane Alexander, Edie Falco…
- Thoughtful, tightly woven ensemble drama from renowned indie filmmaker Sayles, surveys the native populous of a small Florida island community as…
Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
- Dir. Andy Tennant
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey…
- Fashion designer Reese Witherspoon travels from a classy New York existence and engagement to the mayor’s son, back to her hometown in the…
Sweet Sixteen (2002)
- Dir. Ken Loach
Feat. Martin Compston
- A bleak, yet curiously uplifting portrait of teenage high–spirits run awry in working class Scotland.
Anchored by a youthfully charismatic…
Swept Away (2002)
- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Madonna, Adriano Giannini, Bruce Greenwood…
- Rich ogress Madonna is marooned with moronic hunk Adriano Giannini in this desert island drama that was washed away by a wave of ridicule on its…
Swimming Upstream (2002)
- Dir. Russell Mulcahy
Feat. Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis
- A sturdily dramatic account of Australian Anthony Fingleton’s rise from his working class origins in 1950s Brisbane to becoming a champion…
Swing (2002)
- Dir. Tony Gatlif
- The latest excursion into the music–rich culture of Europe's 'gypsy' population from dir. Gatlif (GADJO DILO), this time set around its…