Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8101 Films to Buy & Rent
Wings of the Dove, The (1997)
- Dir. Iain Softley
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Charlotte Rampling…
- Helena Bonham–Carter, back in costume, shines in this adaptation of the Henry James novel, playing a 19th century gentlewoman on the…
Winter Guest, The (1997)
- Dir. Alan Rickman
Feat. Emma Thompson, Phyllida Law, Gary Hollywood
- Emma Thompson ventures to farther–flung fields in a contemporary family melodrama played out within the bleak confines of a wintery British…
Woman In White, The (1997)
- Dir. Tim Fywell
Feat. Tara Fitzgerald, Justine Waddell, Ian Richardson…
- Suitably creepy, if not entirely faithful, BBC adaptation of Wilkie Collins' gothic tale of murder, love and greed, in which a pair of half sisters…
Woodlanders, The (1997)
- Dir. Phil Agland
Feat. Rufus Sewell, Polly Walker
- Involving tangle of love and deceit, set in a close–knit English village, where woodsman Rufus Sewell and sweetheart Polly Walker's love is…
Yo-Yo Ma - Inspired by Bach Vol. 2 (Falling Down Stairs / Sarabande) (1997)
- Dir. Barbara Willis Sweete, Atom Egoyan
Feat. Arsinee Khanjian, Don McKellar
- Cellist Yo–Yo Ma’s celebrated musical exploration of Bach’s enigmatic solo cello suites, prompted six films, attempting to complement the…
7th Heaven (TV Series) (1996-2006)
- Feat. Stephen Collins, Catherine Hicks, Jessica Biel…
- Wholesome TV drama about a Christian minister (Collins), his wife (Hicks) and their five affable kids, living the straight life in suburban…
A Summer's Tale (1996)
- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Melvil Poupaud, Amanda Langlet
- Once more exploring the fickleness of love, dir. Rohmer involves holidaying student Melvil Poupard in a love–quadrangle of romantic options. In…
American Buffalo (1996)
- Dir. Michael Corrente
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, Sean Nelson
- Based on the David Mamet play, this electrifying drama of scam–artistry among the street–trash of Chicago is astutely crafted and packed…
Andersonville (TV Mini-series) (1996)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Frederic Forrest, Ted Marcoux, Jarrod Emick
- TV western set during the American Civil War, about a group of Union soldiers who are sent to a Confederate prison camp near Andersonville, Georgia…
Anna Karenina (1996)
- Dir. Bernard Rose
Feat. Sophie Marceau, James Fox, Sean Bean…
- Glitzy version of Tolstoy's novel has a great cast mingling and canoodling in the corridors of the 19th century Russian aristocracy. Lavish period…