Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7932 Films to Rent
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
- Dir. Darren Aronofsky
Feat. Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Marlon Wayans…
- The indignities of drug addiction are given the full–blown treatment by the director of PI, who deploys a catalogue of cutting–edge…
Road Home, The (2000)
- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Zhang Ziyi, Honglei Sun, Hao Zhang
- Tackling the period of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, period dir. Zhang Yimou (RAISE THE RED LANTERN) gives the story of a young man's return home…
Sally Hemings - An American Scandal (Mini Series) (2000)
- Dir. Charles Haid
Feat. Sam Neill, Carmen Ejogo
- Provocative mini–series telling the allegedly true story of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson's thirty–eight year affair with…
Save the Last Dance (2000)
- Dir. Thomas Carter
Feat. Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas
- Unhappy with her move from mid–west to a black area of Chicago, Julia Stiles seeks dance–stage salvation. Her saviour arrives in the form…
Series 7: The Contenders (2000)
- Dir. Daniel Minahan
Feat. Brooke Smith, Marylouise Burke
- The scourge of ‘reality–TV’ gets its comeuppance (or homage?) in this ultraviolent satire. We’re in the near–future,…
Shadow Magic (2000)
- Dir. Ann Hu
Feat. Jared Harris
- The 'shadow magic' in question is the early cinema, which is brought to Beijing in 1902 by a travelling promoter (Harris), who, along with a local…
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
- Dir. E. Elias Merhige
Feat. John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Catherine McCormack…
- A fanciful yet elegant take on what might have transpired during the making of silent horror classic, NOSFERATU, centred around a battle of wills…
Shifter (2000)
- Dir. Colin Hodson
Feat. Colin Hodson, Samara McDowell, Diane McAllen…
- A study of loose–ended flatting relations and social paranoia directed by Aro Valley local Colin Hodson.
Improvisational in its treatment…
Shirt, The (2000)
- Dir. John Laing
Feat. Brian Sargent, Kirsty King-Turner, Jeff Szusterman…
- Chiefly the creation of Wellingtonian writer/producer Ross Bevan, this hits hard as a raw study of three career–junkies ‘led’ by a…
Shot at Glory, A (The Cup) (2000)
- Dir. Michael Corrente
Feat. Robert Duvall, Michael Keaton, Brian Cox…
- Robert Duvall is successfully cast as the manager of a minor Scottish soccor team, which has been bought and remodeled by an American…