Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8101 Films to Buy & Rent
Butterfly's Tongue (La lengua de las mariposas) (1999)
- Dir. Jose Luis Cuerda
Feat. Fernando Fernan Gomez, Manuel Lozano
- Heartwarming Spanish coming–of–age drama set in Galicia in 1936.
Against the backdrop of the encroaching Spanish Civil War, a shy…
Cabaret Balkan (The Powder Keg) (1999)
- Dir. Goran Paskaljevic
Feat. Nikola Ristanovski
- Troubling split–portrait of the Serbian psyche, depicting a series of often violent incidents over the course of a single night in Belgrade,…
Celebration, The (Festen) (1999)
- Dir. Thomas Vinterberg
Feat. Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen
- Conceived and executed under the "Dogma 95" manifesto, this corrosive black comedy sees the birthday celebrations of a wealthy family implode after…
Channeling Baby (1999)
- Dir. Christine Parker
Feat. Danielle Cormack, Kevin Smith
- 'First sight' romance between a blind pacifist and a shell–shocked soldier in the 70s ended in heartbreak after the tragic 'disappearance' of…
Charles Dickens Collection, The (The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Martin Chuzzlewit, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend) (1999-2005)
- Feat. Timothy West, Prunella Scales, Daniel Radcliffe…
- The BBC's twelve–DVD set offers eight acclaimed mini–series adaptations featuring the creme of Bitish stage and screen performers
Cherry Orchard, The (1999)
- Dir. Michael Cacoyannis
Feat. Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Michael Gough…
- Anton Chekhov's final drama is adapted concisely and with emotional weight; Charlotte Rampling plays the matriarch of a deteriorating estate, at odds…
Children of the Marshlands (Les Enfants du Marais) (1999)
- Dir. Jean Becker
Feat. Jacques Villeret, Michel Serrault, Eric Cantona
- Old–fashioned French drama, whose 1930s Loire Valley setting is refreshingly free of the usual cliches, while remaining utterly charming and…
Chronicles of Rock n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story, The (Mr Rock 'n' Roll) (1999)
- Dir. Andy Wolk
Feat. Judd Nelson, Madchen Amick
- Above–average telemovie charts the career of the radio DJ in Cleveland, Ohio who discovered the joys of 'Rhythm and Blues' music in the…
Cider House Rules, The (1999)
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Tobey Maguire, Michael Caine, Charlize Theron
- Hard–to–fault adaptation of John Irving's novel set in middle America during WW2 is an old–fashioned rural melodrama bathed in…
Civil Action, A (1999)
- Dir. Steven Zaillian
Feat. John Travolta, Robert Duvall, William H. Macy…
- Fact–based account of a protracted courtroom duel between two corporations and small–town folk, whose children have been affected by…