Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7936 Films to Rent
My Brother's Keeper (1995)
- Dir. Glenn Jordan
Feat. John Lithgow
- Courageous true story of twin–brother teachers, one of whom required a precarious bone marrow transplant from the other to keep his HIV from…
My Family (1995)
- Dir. Gregory Nava
Feat. Jimmy Smits, Esai Morales, Edward James Olmos
- A engrossing and ambitious saga about a troubled Hispanic–American family recalled in flashback through three snapshots; the 20s, 50s and 80s.
Neon Bible, The (1995)
- Dir. Terence Davies
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Denis Leary
- Dreamy, Big Band–infused coming–of–age, in which British lyricist Terence Davies transposes his woozy, nostalgia–lensed…
Nina Takes a Lover (1995)
- Dir. Alan Jacobs
Feat. Laura San Giancomo, Paul Rhys, Michael O'Keefe…
- Married sales girl Laura San Giancomo makes illicit park–side rendezvous with a British photographer (Paul Rhys). Naturalistic take on the…
Nixon (1995)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Ed Harris…
- With almost Shakespearian gravitas, Anthony Hopkins portrays a flawed but fully–rounded Richard Nixon. Instead of the anticipated whitewash,…
Now and Then (1995)
- Dir. Lesli Linka Glatter
Feat. Demi Moore, Melanie Griffith, Rosie O'Donnell…
- Pleasant enough stroll down memory lane – estranged childhood chums reunite after 25 years for tears and celebration of their lives, er, now…
Old Curiosity Shop, The (1995)
- Dir. Kevin Connor
Feat. Tom Courtenay, Peter Ustinov, Sally Walsh…
- Stead adaptation of the Dicken's serial – the Harry Potter of its day – with Ustinov as the gambling addict forced to go on the run with…
Oliver's Travels (TV Mini-series) (1995)
- Feat. Alan Bates, Sinead Cusack, Bill Paterson
- BBC oddity centered around Oliver (Bates), an ex–university lecturer with a passion for puzzles, who goes on a search to find legendary…
Othello (1995)
- Dir. Oliver Parker
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Irene Jacob, Laurence Fishburne
- Shakespeare's great tragedy of love, jealousy and sheer bloody malice is spiked with a 90s erotic edge. While its stylistic choices only partly…
Perez Family, The (1995)
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Alfred Molina, Anjelica Huston, Marisa Tomei…
- A gently humorous tale about Cuban refugees who pose as a family in order to gain entry into the U.S. The director of SALAAM BOMBAY well harnesses…