Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7932 Films to Rent
Crying... Silicon Tears (Klama) (2001)
- Dir. Thanassis Papathanassiou
- One of the biggest hits of recent Greek cinema, this is a lavish parody of 1960s Greek movie melodramas, mixing musical, comedy and suspense into a…
Dark Blue World (Tmavomodry Svet) (2001)
- Dir. Jan Sverak
Feat. Krystof Hadek, Ondrej Vetchy, Charles Dance…
- From the dir. of KOLYA and based on the story of Czech pilots who fled the Nazis in WW2 to fly alongside the RAF, this is an unsentimental, yet…
Devil's Backbone, The (Espinazo Del Diablo, El) (2001)
- Dir. Guillermo Del Toro
Feat. Eduardo Noriega, Frederico Luppi, Marisa Paredes
- This elegant amalgam of melodrama and horror movie set in a boys orphanage during the Spanish Civil War is rich in baroque atmospherics, and features…
Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky, The (2001)
- Dir. Paul Cox
Feat. Derek Jacobi, Chris Haywood
- Loosely based on the published diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky, one of the great male ballet dancers, this experimental biopic is impressionistic and…
Dinner With Friends (2001)
- Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Andie MacDowell, Greg Kinnear…
- Warm and unexpectedly insightful telemovie that depicts a series of eventful evening meals between two couples.
Based on the prize–winning…
Dog Days (2001)
- Dir. Ulrich Seidl
Feat. Maria Hofstatter, Alfred Mrva, Erich Finsches…
- A wilfully transgressive Euro–drama examining middle–class dysfunction and despair in a Viennese suburb over a few days in a summer heat…
Donnie Darko (2001)
- Dir. Richard Kelly
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore…
- Admired by critics and an ardent fanbase for its originality and eclecticism, this quirky teen fantasy is arguably a slick patchwork of other movie…
Down and Out With the Dolls (2001)
- Dir. Kurt Voss
- Based around the rise and fall of an all–grrl goth–rock band in early 1990s Portland, Oregon, this packs enough scene authenticity to…
Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
- Dir. Alan Taylor
Feat. Ian Holm, Iben Hjejle, Tim McInnerny…
- Moderately noteworthy, this historical conceit has the exiled Napoleon Bonaparte switch identities with a commoner in order to escape St Helena,…
Eureka (2001)
- Dir. Shinji Aoyama
Feat. Aoi Miyazaki, Koji Yakusho
- Unforgettably beguiling Japanese road trip movie shot in sepia–toned cinema scope, following the existential odyssey of a group of emotionally…