Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8092 Films to Buy & Rent
Player, The (1992)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Whoopi Goldberg…
- A glittering Tinseltown satire that manages to be an intricate, clever, surprising and entertaining thriller all at the same time, with a cast of…
Power of One, The (1992)
- Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Stephen Dorff
- From Bryce Courtney's best–seller, an oppressed English orphan in Africa finds a father figure in prison inmate Morgan Freeman, who teaches him…
Quiet Days in Clichy (1992)
- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Nigel Havers, Andrew McCarthy
- From Henry Miller's novel, Nigel Havers and Andrew McCarthy are hedonistic literary foreigners cavorting in turn–of–the–century…
Red Curtain Trilogy (Strictly Ballroom; Romeo and Juliet; Moulin Rouge) (1992-2001)
- Dir. Baz Luhrmann
- Australian dir. Baz Luhrmann's three visionary modern musicals given a lavish box–set presentation.
River Runs Through It, A (1992)
- Dir. Robert Redford
Feat. Brad Pitt, Craig Sheffer
- Redford's pleasant wade through Norman MacLean's autobiography about two fly–fishing brothers (Brad Pitt and Craig Sheffer) whose lives take…
Romper Stomper (1992)
- Dir. Geoffrey Wright
Feat. Russell Crowe
- Powerhouse drama about a gang of neo–Nazi skinheads who wreak havoc on the Melbourne's Vietnamese community.
The contentious subject is…
Ruby (1992)
- Dir. John Mackenzie
Feat. Danny Aiello
- The story of the man who shot the man who shot JFK, with Danny Aiello perhaps too likeable in the title role. Worthy slant on an increasingly…
Rush (1992)
- Dir. Lili Fini Zanuck
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jason Patric
- This sordid but engaging parable posits Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jason Patric as narcotics cops who slip into a drug–addicted mire whilst…
Salmonberries (1992)
- Dir. Percy Adlon
Feat. k.d. Lang
- Pop diva k.d. lang plays an Alaskan Eskimo who forms an uneasy amorous alliance with her town librarian. A worldly, indiosyncratic view of repressed…
Savage Nights (1992)
- Dir. Cyril Collard
Feat. Cyril Collard, Romane Bohringer, Carlos Lopez…
- A audaciously frank and romantic tale of the life, love and passions of its bisexual director and star, who died of AIDS and was posthumously…