Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8101 Films to Buy & Rent
Zookeeper, The (2001)
- Dir. Ralph Ziman
Feat. Sam Neill, Gina McKee, Ulrich Thomsen…
- A quiet, little–seen drama set in a wartorn Communist country in Eastern Europe, with a zookeeper (Neill) struggling to care for the animals…
101 Reykjavik (2000)
- Dir. Baltasar Kormakur
Feat. Baltasar Kormakur, Victoria Abril
- An endearingly skewed yet unexpectedly poignant sex comedy moored in the 30–below temperatures of the Icelandic winter, about a…
A Huey P. Newton Story (2000)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Roger Guenveur Smith
- An award–winning stageplay about the co–founder of the Black Panther Party, translated into cinema with considerable verve by dir. Spike…
Aberdeen (2000)
- Dir. Tony Spataro, Hans Petter Moland
Feat. Stellan Skarsgard, Lena Headey, Jean Anderson
- Bleakly funny dysfunctional family drama set in Aberdeen, Scotland, where a dying mother (Charlotte Rampling) enlists the help of her daughter to…
Ali - An American Hero (2000)
- Dir. Leon Ichaso
Feat. David Ramsey, Vondie Curtis Hall, Joe Morton…
- TV–Movie biopic of boxing's greatest personality Cassius Clay/Muhummad Ali, with David Ramsey donning the gloves and mantle of charisma.
All the Pretty Horses (2000)
- Dir. Billy Bob Thornton
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Matt Damon, Henry Thomas…
- Serious–minded adaptation of Cormac McCarthey’s neo–western novel, the epic journey of 1950s cowboy Matt Damon across the Texan border…
Almost Famous (2000)
- Dir. Cameron Crowe
Feat. Billy Crudup, Jason Lee, Kate Hudson…
- The best music drama yet committed to film (SPINAL TAP was a comedy), this is a vibrant and bracingly assured portrait of rock music fanaticism in…
American Tragedy (2000)
- Dir. Lawrence Schiller
Feat. Ving Rhames, Ron Silver, Christopher Plummer
- Heavyweight TV movie of the OJ Simpson trial, with Ving Rhames and Ron Silver and Christopher Plummer suiting up to defend the former football star…
Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch) (2000)
- Dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Feat. Emilio Echevarria, Gael Garcia Bernal, Goya Toledo…
- Bursting forth with passion, cinematic mettle and pungent local flavours, this debut feature, a triptych of stories set in polyglot Mexico City, is…
Animal Factory (2000)
- Dir. Steve Buscemi
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Tom Arnold…
- Retaining the indie principles that distinguished TREES LOUNGE, dir. Buscemi crafts unflashy, insightful drama out of ex–con Edward…