Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8092 Films to Buy & Rent
To Sir With Love 2 (1996)
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Lulu , Judy Geeson
- Sequel to the 1967 classic, with Sidney Poitier returning as the teacher dealing with unruly and disadvantaged students, this time in a…
Too Late (Prea Târziu) (1996)
- Dir. Lucian Pintilie
Feat. Razvan Vasilescu
- Bleak, unflinching examination of Romanian society from dir. Pintilie focuses on an inexperienced investigator who discovers a myriad of corruption…
Trees Lounge (1996)
- Dir. Steve Buscemi
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Chloe Sevigny, Anthony LaPaglia…
- Lovelorn, unemployed mechanic Steve Buscemi drags himself downstairs each day to the local watering hole of the title for bouts of…
Under the Lighthouse Dancing (1996)
- Dir. Graeme Rattigan
Feat. Jack Thompson, Jacqueline McKenzie
- Jack Thompson and Jaqueline McKenzie are fiances whose mystery–weekend on an idyllic Aussie island may or may not end in a surprise wedding.…
Unhook the Stars (1996)
- Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, Gerard Depardieu
- Ageing widow Gena Rowlands forms an unlikely bond with a seven–year old neighbour and his abrasive mother in this absorbing drama, directed…
Up Close and Personal (1996)
- Dir. Jon Avnet
Feat. Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert Redford
- Small–town weather girl Michelle Pfeiffer ascends to ambitious journalist and finally star TV reporter under the auspice of boss and lover…
Vacant Possession (1996)
- Dir. Margot Nash
Feat. Pamela Rabe
- Pamela Rabe grapples with some disturbing family secrets on returning to her childhood home in Botany Bay. Beautifully shot drama also confronts…
Vanity Fair (TV Mini-series) (1996)
- Dir. Marc Munden
Feat. Natasha Little, Nathaniel Parker, Frances Grey
- BBC adaptation of William Thackery's 19th century satire of class snobberies in which social–climbing Natasha Little socially negotiates the…
Victory (1996)
- Dir. Mark Peploe
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Irene Jacob, Sam Neill…
- Adventure film set in 1913 and based on the novel of the same name by Joseph Conrad. After attempting to rape a woman, a man living in Dutch occupied…
Watermelon Woman, The (1996)
- Dir. Cheryl Dunye
Feat. Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner
- Unusual and amusing story of a young, black lesbian would–be film–maker whose life, involving a ‘controversial’ romance with…