Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8101 Films to Buy & Rent
City of Angels (1998)
- Dir. Brad Silberling
Feat. Meg Ryan, Nicolas Cage
- Hollywood resurrects Wim Wenders' classic WINGS OF DESIRE as a syrupy romantic vehicle for eligible everywoman Meg Ryan.
A leaden, fatally miscast…
Coming Home (TV mini-series) (1998)
- Dir. Giles Foster
Feat. Joanna Lumley, Peter O'Toole, Emily Mortimer…
- Star–studded adaptation of Rosamunde Pilcher's best–selling novel of love, friendship and the discovery of womanhood set on the Cornish…
Cookie's Fortune (1998)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Glenn Close, Liv Tyler, Chris O'Donnell…
- A satisfying, home–spun Southern patchwork, stuffed with little–biddy–town idiosyncracies and a slightly kooky plot surrounding the…
Così ridevano (The Way We Laughed) (1998)
- Dir. Gianni Amelio
Feat. Enrico Lo Verso, Francesco Giuffrida
- A superbly novelistic epic set amid the rigours of post–WW2 Italy where two poor Sicilian brothers settle in northern Turin in search of future…
Dance Me to My Song (1998)
- Dir. Rolf De Heer
Feat. Heather Rose
- Like the thriller PROOF, this Australian drama grapples with the subtle psychology of disability, here involving lead actress (and co–creator)…
Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
- Dir. Pat O'Connor
Feat. Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack
- The acclaimed stageplay by Brian Friel is given a top notch cast to embody the passionate Irish dilemmas of its characters. Family and National…
Dawson's Creek (TV Series) (1998-2002)
- Dir. Rodman Flender, Arvin Brown
Feat. Katie Holmes, James Van Der Beek, Michelle Williams…
- The popular post–modern teen melodrama created by the writer of SCREAM, Kevin Williamson. On tape – two favourite episodes: ‘The…
Dead Letter Office (1998)
- Dir. John Ruane
Feat. Miranda Otto
- Miranda Otto impresses as a perky lonely–heart who's lifelong search for her missing father resumes when she gets a job at the postal Dead…
Deep Impact (1998)
- Dir. Mimi Leder
Feat. Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni, Morgan Freeman…
- Contrasting the gung–ho cartoonery of the other meteor–disaster–pic, ARMAGEDDON, this chooses to show the 'human side' of an…
Destiny of Her Own, A (Dangerous Beauty) (1998)
- Dir. Marshall Herskovitz
Feat. Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell
- Historical romance that profits from a sensuous 16th century Venetian setting, as the low–prospect Catherine McCormack opts for the tradeoffs…