Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7934 Films to Rent
War Zone, The (1998)
- Dir. Tim Roth
Feat. Ray Winstone, Tilda Swinton, Lara Belmont…
- An uncompromising directorial debut for actor Tim Roth, exploring the type of fractured family made familiar by mentors Alan Clarke and Ken Loach,…
Welcome to Sarajevo (1998)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei…
- A moving, disturbing depiction of modern–day conflict, shot on location in Bosnia amid real–life shelling and loss of life.
Based on a…
What Dreams May Come (1998)
- Dir. Vincent Ward
Feat. Robin Williams, Annabella Sciorra, Cuba Jr. Gooding
- Visually extravagant dive into the afterlife, courtesy of New Zealander Vincent Ward, applying his classically–educated eye to a…
Whatever (1998)
- Dir. Susan Skoog
Feat. Lisa Weil
- Beset by apathy, uncertainty and her indulgent best friend, a teenage girl falls victim to her own adolescence while trying to complete her final…
Wilde (1998)
- Dir. Brian Gilbert
Feat. Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Jennifer Ehle
- It seems this belated dramatisation of the life of Oscar Wilde was simply waiting for the right man for the job and they found him in Stephen Fry,…
Windhorse (1998)
- Dir. Paul Wagner
Feat. Dadon, Jampa Kelsang, Richard Chang
- Shot on digital video under the noses of Chinese authorities in Tibet, this fiercely moral drama follows the fortunes of a family in contemporary…
Without Limits (1998)
- Dir. Robert Towne
Feat. Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland
- The life of fabled long–distance runner Steve Prefontaine, who died in 1975 at the age of 24 is given a heartfelt glow by Billy Crudup and the…
Woundings (1998)
- Dir. Roberta Hanley
Feat. Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Lloyd…
- In a near–future world, after a debilitating military campaign for Great Britain (reminiscent of the Falkland Islands conflict), a unit of…
Wuthering Heights (1998)
- Dir. David Skynner
Feat. Robert Cavanah, Orla Brady, Peter Davison
- Faithful adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic Gothic romance of the Yorkshire moors, flavoured by the Irish casting of Robert Cavanah and Orla Brady.
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (Tian yu) (1998)
- Dir. Joan Chen
Feat. Li Xiaolu
- Coming–of–age story set in the 70's about a teenage girl who is sent to the countryside during the "Down to the Countryside" Movement in…