Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8101 Films to Buy & Rent
Hope Floats (1998)
- Dir. Forest Whittaker
Feat. Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jnr., Gena Rowlands
- It's back to the hometown for former prom–queen Sandra Bullock, jilted by her husband and best friend on a live TV talkshow. Here she heals the…
Hornblower (TV Series) (1998-2003)
- Feat. Ioan Gruffudd
- Lavish, high–end production of C. S. Forester's legendary Horatio Hornblower, with Ioan Gruffudd staunchly portraying the British Naval…
Horse Whisperer, The (1998)
- Dir. Robert Redford
Feat. Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Scarlett Johansson…
- A modern–day 'horse opera' saddles up with Robert Redford both directing and starring in the title role of an appropriately handsome version of…
Houdini (1998)
- Dir. Pen Densham
Feat. Paul Sorvino, George Segal, Rhea Perlman
- Well–equipped with a bevy of character actors, this biopic of the famous escape–artist goes on to detail Harry's seance–debunking…
Hurlyburly (1998)
- Dir. Anthony Drazan
Feat. Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri…
- Demoralising 'character study' of four middle–aged film industry parasites who hang out and pontificate the meaning of their pathetic lives…
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.…