Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8101 Films to Buy & Rent
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
- Dir. Sadjan Dragojevic
Feat. Dragan Bjelorgrlic, Nikola Kojo
- Seen in flashback from a ward in triage, the Bosnian war is portrayed in a riveting counter–play of nihilism and theatre, as a band of Serbian…
Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)
- Dir. Sergei Bodrov
Feat. Oleg Menshikov, Sergei Bodrov Jr, Susanna Mekhraliyeva…
- A Tolstoy fable is here seamlessly transposed to the Chechean conflict, with two Russian soldiers apprehended by a Chechean village elder who hopes…
Promise, The (La Promesse) (1996)
- Dir. Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Feat. Jeremie Renier, Olivier Gourmet
- A deceptively modest, altogether riveting early film from the Dardenne brothers, here test–driving the formal rigors of their unwavering…
Proprietor, The (1996)
- Dir. Ismail Merchant
Feat. Jeanne Moreau, Sean Young, Sam Waterston
- The other half of the Merchant/Ivory partnership directs this story of a distinguished French–Jewish writer who returns to Paris to confront…
Rasputin (1996)
- Dir. Uli Edel
Feat. Alan Rickman, Greta Scacchi, Ian McKellen…
- Richly turned–out costume saga of Rasputin: the enigmatic, unwashed peasant who rose up to become the spiritual guide of the Tsar's family in…
Reef, The (Passion's Way) (1996)
- Dir. Robert Allan Ackerman
Feat. Timothy Dalton, Sela Ward, Leslie Caron
- Unrequited love is the theme of this adaptation from Edith Wharton, as young lovers Timothy Dalton and Sela Ward are repeatedly separated by…
Rhodes (TV Mini-series) (1996)
- Dir. David Drury
Feat. Martin Shaw, Frances Barber, Joe Shaw
- Lengthy but worth–it biopic telling the story of Cecil Rhodes, the 19th–Century businessman who was sent to Africa to die, but came back…
Richard III (1996)
- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Robert Downey Jnr.…
- Transposed to a fascist 1930s Britain, Shakespeare's classic tale of power politics easily renews its timeless appeal. Ian McKellen commands every…
Safe (1996)
- Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Julianne Moore, Peter Friedman, Xander Berkeley…
- This subtly gripping and rewarding portrait of neurosis stars Julianne Moore as a fragile '80s LA housewife who takes refuge at a health compound in…
Secrets and Lies (1996)
- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall, Claire Rushbrook…
- Winner of the Palm D'or at Cannes '96, and surprise box–office smash thanks to good old word of mouth.
A dramatic tour–de–force…