Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8102 Films to Buy & Rent
On My Own (1991)
- Dir. Antonio Tibaldi
Feat. Judy Davis
- Coming–of–age tale draws a devastating performance from Judy Davis as the imbalanced mother of a fifteen–year–old boarding…
Once Around (1991)
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Gena Rowlands…
- Richard Dreyfuss plays an abrasive, rich braggart who enters into an emotional tug–of–war with the family of fiancee Holly Hunter.
One Against the Wind (1991)
- Dir. Larry Elikann
Feat. Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Anthony Higgins…
- Judy Davis gives a typically gutsy performance in this drama set during the Nazi occupation of France and based on the true story of a British Red…
Only Yesterday (1991)
- Dir. Isao Takahata
- Studio Ghibli's most 'adult' offering is a moving, poignantly drawn rumination on childhood and regret, told through the eyes of a disenchanted…
Our Sons (1991)
- Dir. John Erman
Feat. Julie Andrews, Ann-Margret
- Middle–aged Julie Andrews and Ann–Margret discover their estranged gay sons have only weeks to live. In other words they have AIDS,…
Over the Hill (1991)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Olympia Dukakis
- Not getting any younger, inpedendent widow Olympia Dukakis travels to Australia and has the time of her life in the outback. Will win the hearts of…
Paris Trout (1991)
- Dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Barbara Hershey
- In 1949, crazed hick Dennis Hopper manifests his full–blooded rascism when he murders the young sister of a negro who has renegged on his car…
Poison (1991)
- Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Edith Meeks, Millie White, Buck Smith…
- Personal, arty dissertation about AIDS, alienation and childhood rebellion cross–cutting three disparate stories – a mock–tabloid…
Prime Suspect (TV Series) (1991-2003)
- Dir. Christopher Menaul
Feat. Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, Tom Wilkinson…
- Helen Mirren stars as DCI Tennison in seven award–winning (Emmy and BAFTA) mini–series from the pen of Lynda La Plante.
Prince of Tides, The (1991)
- Dir. Barbra Streisand
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Nick Nolte
- Babs directs herself in self–adoring but skillful fashion as the genteel psychiatrist of Pat Conroy's classy novel. Nick Nolte plays her…