Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7936 Films to Rent
Beautiful Thing (1996)
- Dir. Hettie MacDonald
Feat. Linda Henry, Meera Syal, Glen Berry
- An effervescent take on first love between two teenage boys living in the un–secluded environ of a London council tenement block. Their…
Before and After (1996)
- Dir. Barbet Schroeder
Feat. Liam Neeson, Meryl Streep
- Moral dilemmas loom large for Liam Neeson and Meryl Streep as the distressed parents of a teenager suspected of murdering his girlfriend.
Thrills…
Big Night (1996)
- Dir. Stanley Tucci, Campbell Scott
Feat. Stanley Tucci, Ian Holm, Isabella Rossellini…
- Two Italian restauranteur–brothers hope to catch the imagination of local tastebuds with an elaborate 6–course banquet, and rejuvinate…
Boys (1996)
- Dir. Stacy Cochran
Feat. Lukas Haas, Winona Ryder
- Downbeat, murky tale of adolescent intrigues has high scholar Lukas Haas becoming entangled in the mysterious past of accident victim Winona Ryder.
Boys Life (1996)
- Dir. Raoul O'Connell, Robert Lee King, Brian Sloan
Feat. Josh Phillip Weinstein, Raoul O'Connell, Russell Scott Lewis…
- Three half–hour short films that examine the gay perspective in America through three adolescent characters.
'Pool Days' – For…
Breaking the Waves (1996)
- Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgard, Katrin Cartlidge…
- Significant art–house hit about obsessive faith and self–sacrifice, set in a puritanical village on the Scottish coast. A naive young…
Brilliant Lies (1996)
- Dir. Richard Franklin
Feat. Anthony LaPaglia, Gia Carides
- Real–life couple Gia Carides and Anthony LaPaglia get to pull out each other's hair in this adaptation of David Williamson's meaty stageplay…
Broken English (1996)
- Dir. Gregor Nicholas
Feat. Rade Serbedzija, Aleksandra Vujcic, Julian Arahanga
- Racial angst and insecurities afflict an immigrant Serbian family living in the Auckland suburbs.
Impassioned drama stars Slavic superstar Rade…
Children of the Revolution (1996)
- Dir. Peter Duncan
Feat. Judy Davis, Richard Roxburgh, Sam Neill
- An eclectic, ambitious black comedy based on a highly fictional premise – Stalin's son rises through the ranks in Australian politics.…
Citizen Ruth (1996)
- Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz
- When chronic solvent–abuser Laura Dern becomes pregnant, then gets arrested again, she strays into the idealogical thicket of the abortion…