Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8101 Films to Buy & Rent
Scarlet Pimpernel, The (Mini Series) (1999)
- Dir. Simon Langton
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Elizabeth McGovern
- A lively television adaptation of the Baroness Orczy's famous novel set around the bloody chaos of post–revolutionary France and one English…
Secret Men's Business (1999)
- Dir. Ken Cameron
Feat. Ben Mendelsohn
- Solid and unflashy Australian drama in which a group of friends reunite – BIG CHILL–style – for beachside reminiscences after the…
Shopgirls (TV Series) (Commesse) (1999)
- A haute couture boutique in Rome is the playground for six headstrong, fiercely independent women in this colorful, empowering Italian soap opera…
Siam Sunset (1999)
- Dir. John Polson
Feat. Linus Roache, Danielle Cormack
- Bright brain candy that puts a surreal, antipodean tilt on road–movie/black comedy familiarities, with dazed Brit Linus Roache suffering an…
Simon Magus (1999)
- Dir. Ben Hopkins
Feat. Noah Taylor, Stuart Townsend, Embeth Davidtz…
- A subtly woven tale of communal fears and religious differences set in a small town in 1900s Poland, based around a young man who alienates his…
Simple Life Of Noah Dearborn, The (1999)
- Dir. Gregg Champion
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Dianne Wiest, Mary-Louise Parker…
- Poitier excels in this moving story of an enigmatic, elderly carpenter whose peaceful existance is disrupted when he discovers his 35 acres of land…
Soft Fruit (1999)
- Dir. Christina Andreef
Feat. Jeanie Drynan, Linal Haft, Russell Dykstra…
- From NZ short film dir. Christina Andreef comes this ripely entertaining comic drama about the ties that separate and bind as four Aussie siblings…
Sopranos, The (TV Series) - Season 1 (1999)
- Dir. Nick Gomez, John Patterson, David Chase
Feat. James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Lorraine Bracco…
- Groundbreaking TV–series that ironically portrays the life of a New Jersey Mafia clan as a parade of suburban neurosis, pop–culture…
Sopranos, The - Complete Collector's Boxset (TV Series) (1999-2007)
- The landmark HBO mafia series is at last given the boxset treatment with this 28–disc collector's edition.
Story of a Bad Boy, The (1999)
- Dir. Tom Donaghy
Feat. Jeremy Hollingworth, Christian Camargo
- Taken from the dir.’s stageplay, this not–so–bad gay teen drama sets itelf in early 80s New Jersey with student Jeremy Hollingworth…