Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8101 Films to Buy & Rent
Antonia's Line (1996)
- Dir. Marleen Gorris
Feat. Willeke van Ammelrooy, Els Dottermans, Jan Decleir
- The deserving winner of the '96 Best Foreign Film Oscar recalls the 50 year history of matriarch Antonia and her defiantly unconventional brood in…
Autumn Sun (Sol de otoƱo) (1996)
- Dir. Eduardo Mignogna
Feat. Frederico Luppi, Norma Aleandro
- Argentine drama following a Jewish woman who pretends to be in a relationship with a Jewish man from Uruguay (Frederico Luppi, CRONOS) to appease her…
Bag of Rice (1996)
- Dir. Mohammad-Ali Talebi
Feat. Jairan Abadzade, Shirin Bina, Masume Eskandari
- A child and her elderly neighbour have small adventures on the streets of Tehran while trying to buy a sack of rice. Those seeking a rare alternative…
Ballykissangel (TV Series) (1996-2001)
- Feat. Stephen Tompkinson, Dervla Kirwan, Niall Toibin
- Quirky smalltown Irish drama takes a warmly comedic approach to the travails of the 'new priest in town'. It doesn't help that he's English and…
Basquiat (1996)
- Dir. Julian Schnabel
Feat. Jeffrey Wright, David Bowie, Gary Oldman…
- The director sends a post–mortem loveletter to his friend and contemporary, Jean–Michel Basquiat, a celebrated but fragile New York black…
Beautiful Girls (1996)
- Dir. Ted Demme
Feat. Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, Uma Thurman…
- Not about beautiful girls but in fact about almost–thirtysomething blokes who think from between their legs. Lots of beautiful movie stars seem…
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.
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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.