Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8092 Films to Buy & Rent
Idiots, The (1998)
- Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Bodil Jorgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing…
- One of the fruits of Dogma 95, this sensationally conceived outing from von Trier will satisfy those with a penchant for the experimental, and…
Illuminata (1998)
- Dir. John Turturro
Feat. Beverly D'Angelo, Susan Sarandon, Rufus Sewell…
- A backstage drama set in New York in the early 1900s, with Turturro as a playwright struggling to get his latest effort on stage. With a dozen…
Inheritors, The (Die Siebtelbauern) (1998)
- Dir. Stefan Ruzowitzky
- An earthily subversive drama set among a rural community of peasants and masters in an idyllic Austrian valley in the early 20th century.
When the…
Interview, The (1998)
- Dir. Craig Monahan
Feat. Hugo Weaving
- Sleek, edgy Aussie drama works a detailed script and a sharp cast to pile layers of ambiguity and guilt into a standard interrogation premise. Winner…
Kings in Grass Castles (TV Mini-series) (1998)
- Dir. John Woods
Feat. Max Cullen, Fionnula Flanagan, Essie Davis…
- Chronicles the hard life of an Irish peasant family who flee the potato famine and emigrate to Australia in the second half of the 19th century.…
Kundun (1998)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong, Tencho Gyalpo
- Not to be accused this time of repeating himself, the venerable Martin Scorsese clambers the Tibetan plateau for this unique biopic of the Dalai…
L'Ennui (1998)
- Dir. Cedric Kahn
Feat. Charles Berling, Arielle Dombasle, Sophie Guillermin
- The tale of the restless and infuriating sexual obsession that a philosophy professor develops for an uncomplicated young woman.
Observing their…
Land Girls, The (1998)
- Dir. David Leland
Feat. Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz, Anna Friel
- Gently romantic look at the lives of three young women serving old Blighty during World War II as members of the nearly forgotten Women's Land Army.…
Last Bus Home, The (1998)
- Dir. Johnny Gogan
Feat. Annie Ryan, Brian F. O'Byrne, Anthony Brophy…
- Opening to the angry punk–rock culture of late '70s Dublin and a 'COMMITMENTS'–style band–struggle, this changes its tune midway…
Last Days of Disco (1998)
- Dir. Whit Stillman
Feat. Chloe Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale
- Not so much a nostalgia trip as a literate comedy of manners a la 1980s Manhattan, dissecting the sashays on the social dancefloor among a troupe of…