Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8101 Films to Buy & Rent
Pledge, The (2000)
- Dir. Sean Penn
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Robin Wright, Helen Mirren…
- Sean Penn as director's pledge to the stuff of raw drama pays off with a thriller/parable centred round a powerhouse turn from Jack Nicholson.
As…
Pollock (2000)
- Dir. Ed Harris
Feat. Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Amy Madigan…
- The life of ‘Abstract Expressionist’ painter Jackson Pollock, is rendered with bold, heartfelt strokes by dir. Harris in his debut effort (also…
Possible Worlds (2000)
- Dir. Robert Lepage
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Tom McCamus, Sean McCann
- A bittersweet sci–fi reflection on the possibility of a love when an individual exists in simultaneous parallel worlds.
Constructed around…
Presque Rien (Almost Nothing) (2000)
- Dir. Sebastien Lifshitz
Feat. Jérémie Elkaïm, Stephane Rideau
- French drama of melancholic first love that, despite the common themes, sets itself apart with sensitive acting and a deeply felt approach to the…
Queer As Folk (TV Series) (2000-2005)
- Feat. Hal Sparks, Gale Harold, Peter Paige…
- An American variation on the groundbreaking British series (currently unavailable due to censorship restrictions) which is likewise completely set…
Quills (2000)
- Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix…
- A sophisticated ‘bodice–ripper’ that details the twilight years of the Marquis De Sade in suitably heightened style, with Geoffrey…
Rated X (2000)
- Dir. Emilio Estevez
Feat. Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez
- Tracing the career of 60s porn–merchants the Mitchell Brothers, with Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez doing the honours, this un–covers…
Rebus (TV Series) (2000-2007)
- Feat. John Hannah
- John Hannah takes on the now familiar role of a Scottish Detective Inspector in the first few episodes of this whodunit crime series set on the…
Remember the Titans (2000)
- Dir. Boaz Yakin
Feat. Denzel Washington, Will Patton
- Racial integration law forces an all–white American football team to accept black players and a black coach in 1970s Virginia.
Denzel…
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…