Subgenre Sampler
Television > Drama: 989 Films to Buy & Rent
City of Men (TV Series) (Cidade dos Homens) (2003)
- Feat. Darlan Cunha, Douglas Silva
- Brazilian TV followup to the crime epic CITY OF GOD, continues the lives of Acerola and Laranjinha in the shanties of Sao Paolo dodging drug gangs…
Dead Like Me (TV Series) (2003-2004)
- Feat. Ellen Muth, Mandy Patinkin
- Cult TV series about a recently–deceased woman – killed by a toilet seat falling off a space station – who gets recruited to help a…
Doctor Zhivago (TV Series) (2003)
- Dir. Giacomo Campiotti
Feat. Sam Neill, Keira Knightley, Kris Marshall…
- A 'Masterpiece Theatre' adaptation of Pasternak's novel of Tsarist Russia. Generally more complete and faithful than the Lean version, but less…
Fortysomething (TV Series) (2003)
- Feat. Hugh Laurie, Anna Chancellor, Benedict Cumberbatch
- Humorous Britcom starring Hugh Laurie as an anxiety ridden doctor amidst the meltdown of a midlife crisis. With his long–term marriage slowly…
Hitler - The Rise of Evil (2003)
- Dir. Christian Duguay
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Stockard Channing, Peter O'Toole…
- Somewhat controversial account of Adolf Hitler's rise to power, attempting to fathom his potential for evil–doing.
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Killing Hitler (TV Mini-series) (2003)
- Dir. Jeremy Lovering
Feat. Peter McDonald, Kate Ashfield, Kenneth Cranham…
- Accurate docu–drama merging archival footage with recreations and educated interview to portray and dissect 'Operation Foxley' – a secret…
Last Detective, The (TV Series) (2003)
- Feat. Peter Davison
- The ironically moniker Constable "Dangerous" Davies livens up this comic policier about an inept but persistent detective saddled with the most…
Marking Time (TV Mini-Series) (2003)
- Dir. Cherie Nowlan
Feat. Abe Forsythe, Geoff Morrell, Bojana Novakovic…
- Teen angst and unrequited love stir in this topical outback drama, set in a small country town where the optimism behind the country's Olympic Games…
Napoleon (TV Mini-series) (2003)
- Dir. Yves Simoneau
Feat. Christian Clavier, Gerard Depardieu, John Malkovich…
- A handsomely staged French (though English language) production of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte (Clavier) from his youthful antics, military…
New Tricks (TV Series) (2003)
- Feat. Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman…
- Solidly commended British crime series set around a trio of retired police detectives (Armstrong, Bolam and Waterman), led by the rather brash Amanda…