Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8092 Films to Buy & Rent
Cheaters (2000)
- Dir. John Stockwell
Feat. Jeff Daniels, Jena Malone, Paul Sorvino
- Solid cable–movie based on the alarming true story of a state schoolteacher (Jeff Daniels) who encouraged his team of underachievers to cheat…
Chocolat (2000)
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin…
- Light and fluffy ‘food–comedy’ of international mien in which, after a shaky start, Juliette Binoche gets into the heart of an crusty…
Chopper (2000)
- Dir. Andrew Dominik
Feat. Eric Bana, Vince Colosimo, Simon Lyndon
- An unruly character–portrait of Australia's most notorious living criminal, Mark 'Chopper' Read, whose attention–grabbing exploits in the…
Christopher Lee's Ghost Stories for Christmas (2000)
- Dir. Eleanor Yule
Feat. Christopher Lee
- Christopher Lee gloomily narrates three ghost stories while sitting around a candle lit room in this folksy adaptation of three M.R. James tales.
Chuck and Buck (2000)
- Dir. Miguel Arteta
Feat. Chris Weitz, Mike White, Paul Weitz…
- Squirmingly funny independent film that makes exemplary use of its small budget with a sustained, original script and handsome digital videography.…
Circle, The (2000)
- Dir. Jafar Panahi
Feat. Brano Holicek, Pavlina Mourkova, Jeri Pecha
- Banned its native Iran, this compendium of linked stories circumscribes the various oppressions women must suffer under that country’s strict…
Claim, The (2000)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Peter Mullan, Nastassja Kinski, Sarah Polley…
- On the mountainous frontier of the 1860s California goldrush, dir. Winterbottom (JUDE, WONDERLAND) reimagines Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Mayor of…
Clocking Off (TV Series) (2000-2003)
- Dir. John Strickland, Geoffrey Sax
Feat. Christopher Eccleston, Sarah Lancashire, Jason Merrells…
- BAFTA–winning drama with a self–contained anthology format that focuses each episode on the home life of a worker at a Manchester textile…
Clubland (2000)
- Dir. Saul Rubinek
Feat. Alan Alda, Steven Weber, Brad Garrett…
- Plaintive teledrama set on the fringes of the entertainment scene with Alan Alda as a jaded, overbearing New York nightclub talent agent who has…
Code Unknown (2000)
- Dir. Michael Haneke
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Arsinee Khanjian, Thierry Neuvic…
- Perhaps dir. Haneke's (THE PIANO TEACHER) least straightforward effort, this sketches a series of interconnected storylines loosely bound by themes…