Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8101 Films to Buy & Rent
Last Resort (2000)
- Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski
Feat. Paddy Considine, Dina Korzun, Artiom Strelnikov
- A Russian woman and her 12–year–old son arrive in London where her English ‘fiancé’ has failed to show and she finds herself…
Legend of Bagger Vance, The (2000)
- Dir. Robert Redford
Feat. Matt Damon, Will Smith, Charlize Theron
- Matt Damon is dir. Robert Redford's alter–ego in this old–fashioned folk tale that uses golf as the basis for this spiritual tale of…
Les Destinees Sentimentales (2000)
- Dir. Olivier Assayas
Feat. Emmanuelle Beart, Charles Berling, Isabelle Huppert
- Genteel family saga from the trilogy of novels by Jacques Chardonne that follows the destiny of pastor Charles Berling through the first decades of…
Les Miserables (TV Mini-series) (2000)
- Dir. Josee Dayan
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, John Malkovich…
- Well mounted and faithful adaptation of Victor Hugo's tale of persecution and revenge set in early 19th century France, with Gerard Depardieu playing…
Liam (2000)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Anthony Borrows, Ian Hart, Claire Hackett
- Exploring an Irish childhood made grim by Roman Catholicism, this is like a more intimate ANGELA’S ASHES, governed as it is by the point of view of…
Liberty Heights (2000)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Adrien Brody, Joe Mantegna, Bebe Neuwirth
- Drawing once again on memories of his Baltimore childhood, dir. Levinson (DINER) examines life for a Jewish family on the eve of the rock'n'roll era…
Love and Basketball (2000)
- Dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood
Feat. Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps, Debbi Morgan…
- Engaging romantic drama about two next–door neighbours in Los Angeles who each pursue their basketball careers before eventually falling for…
Lumumba (2000)
- Dir. Raoul Peck
Feat. Eric Ebouaney
- A strident and fittingly uncompromising biopic about an African political icon, Patrice Lumumba, who liberated the Congo from Belgium in the late…
Luzhin Defence, The (2000)
- Dir. Marleen Gorris
Feat. John Turturro, Emily Watson
- Combining the intricacies of the chessboard with manoeuvres of the heart, this Nabakov adaptation opens its game at a chess tournament in 1920s…
Mad Dogs and Englishmen (How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog) (2000)
- Dir. Michael Kalesniko
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Robin Wright, Jared Harris…
- Kenneth Branagh brings a rumpled, harassed charm to his role as a playwright whose career is interrupted by 'writer's block', a condition exacerbated…