Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8101 Films to Buy & Rent
Story of Us, The (1999)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Bruce Willis, Michelle Pfeiffer
- Married couple Bruce Willis and Michele Pfeiffer enter a trial separation, and reflect on their fifteen year relationship by confiding in their…
Strange Fits of Passion (1999)
- Dir. Elise McCredie
Feat. Michela Noonan
- On a quest to lose her virginity, break out of the rut and gain some life–experience, Michela Noonan goes after a reclusive…
Summer of Sam (1999)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino…
- Getting some distance from his usual street–scene, Spike Lee lets off a real firecracker of a film, set during the heatwave summer of 1977,…
Sunburn (1999)
- Dir. Nelson Hume
Feat. Paloma Baeza, Cillian Murphy, Barry Ward…
- Minor–key indie with Paloma Baeza as an Irish drifter who takes the easy path of a summer’s slacking in Long Island, USA. Music by The High…
Sunset Strip (1999)
- Dir. Adam Collis
Feat. Jared Leto, Tommy Flanagan, Adam Goldberg…
- Not the BOOGIE–NIGHTS–retread it appears, this intimate, reflective tribute to Los Angeles' hedonistic club…
Talk of Angels (1999)
- Dir. Nick Hamm
Feat. Polly Walker, Vincent Perez, Frances McDormand
- Undeniably polished costume epic, sees Irish governess Polly Walker transplanted to the aristocratic Spanish household of Franco Nero during the…
Tea with Mussolini (1999)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith…
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli's childhood memoirs form the basis of this well–mannered period fancy that draws weight from the grand Dames of British…
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (1999)
- Dir. Rodrigo Garcia
Feat. Glenn Close, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter…
- A quietly impressive portmanteau film, portraying the interior lives of five Los Angeles women in crisis, this was unfairly shelved after its…
Third Miracle, The (1999)
- Dir. Agnieszka Holland
Feat. Ed Harris, Anne Heche, Armin Mueller-Stahl…
- It's religious scepticism that's tested in this thoughtful drama, whereby a grizzled Ed Harris must judge the apparent healing touch of a dying…
Third Watch (TV Series) (1999-2005)
- Feat. Michael Beach, Bobby Cannavale, Kim Raver…
- Three–pronged drama series charting the intersecting lives of New York City firefighters, paramedics and police officers in the (fictional)…