Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8101 Films to Buy & Rent
Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns (Fovou tous Ellines) (2000)
- Dir. John Tatoulis
Feat. Lakis Lazopoulos, Zoe Carides
- A warm Greek–Australian rom–com following the exploits of a school teacher from Crete who is sent to Australia to avenge the family name…
Big Eden (2000)
- Dir. Thomas Bezucha
Feat. Arye Gross, Louise Fletcher, George Coe
- Benignly wishful drama set in the small Montana hometown of a slightly stressed gay NYC painter (Gross), who has returned to nurse his ailing…
Billy Elliot (2000)
- Dir. Stephen Daldry
Feat. Jamie Bell, Julie Walters
- While his father and brother bare the burden of the protracted miner's strike in early 80s Yorkshire, an 11–year–old lad skives off from…
Blackboards (2000)
- Dir. Samira Makhmalbaf
Feat. Said Mohamadi, Behnaz Jafari
- Set in politically unstable Kurdistan, this followup to THE APPLE by dir. Makhmalbaf, traces the adventures of a group of teachers searching the…
Bonhoeffer - Agent of Grace (2000)
- Dir. Eric Till
Feat. Ulrich Tukur, Johanna Klante
- The historical enigma of Dietrich Bonhoeffer – a religious adviser to the Nazi Party – is examined into this informative, though thoroughly minor…
Bootmen (2000)
- Dir. Dein Perry
Feat. Adam Garcia, Sophie Lee, Sam Worthington
- Transposing the style and attitude of his massively successful stage–show 'Tap Dogs' to the big–screen, dir. Perry presents his chunky,…
Borstal Boy (2000)
- Dir. Peter Sheridan
Feat. Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Michael York
- Well–mannered adaptation of playwright Brendan Behan's classic memoir of being sent to a youth prison in WW2 England after being caught with…
Bread and Roses (2000)
- Dir. Ken Loach
Feat. Adrien Brody, Pilar Padilla, Elpidia Carrillo
- Another politically–charged turn from dir. Loach follows two Latina women in Los Angeles who campaign for better working conditions and the…
Bread and Tulips (2000)
- Dir. Silvio Soldini
Feat. Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Marina Massironi…
- When 40–something housewife Licia Maglietta is deserted by her family during vacation, she seizes on a chance to roll the romantic dice once…
Brooklyn Babylon (2000)
- Dir. Marc Levin
Feat. Tariq Trotter, Karen Goberman
- ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is transposed to the back alleys of Brooklyn in this volatile clash of cultures, centered on a forbidden romance between a…