Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Drama: 1110 Films to Buy & Rent
Jersey Girl (2004)
- Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Jason Biggs…
- Surprising schmaltz from the dir. of CLERKS and CHASING AMY, who supresses (almost) the dick and movie jokes that are his stock–in–trade…
Life and Death of Peter Sellers, The (2004)
- Dir. Stephen Hopkins
Feat. Geoffrey Rush, Charlize Theron, Emily Watson…
- An entertaining, if disturbing summary of the turbulent life of British comedian Peter Sellers, with Geoffrey Rush starring as the man who famously…
Life is a Miracle (Zivot je cudo) (2004)
- Dir. Emir Kusturica
Feat. Slavko Stimac, Natasa Solak
- Another feverish, frenetic and heartfelt vision from Balkan dir. Emir Kusturica (UNDERGOUND), attempting here to fathom and unknot the bloody Bosnian…
Little Black Book (2004)
- Dir. Nick Hurran
Feat. Brittany Murphy, Kathy Bates, Holly Hunter…
- Brittany Murphy plays a television researcher whose curiosity gets the better of her when she gets her hands on her boyfriend's pocket…
Look At Me (Comme une Image) (2004)
- Dir. Agnes Jaoui
Feat. Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnes Jaoui
- Another diverting comedy of manners from the husband–wife creative team behind THE TASTE OF OTHERS, set among the fragile egos of the literary…
Me And My Sister (Les Soeurs Fachees) (2004)
- Dir. Alexandra Leclere
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Catherine Frot
- A deceptively simple French comedy, which has a bubbly and gauche rural–dwelling woman (Frot) visiting her arrogant and successful sister…
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2004)
- Dir. Miranda July
Feat. Miranda July, John Hawkes, Brad William Henke
- An intriguing, fine–quality drama from the boundary of art and indie filmmaking, in which two struggling characters – a performance…
Melinda and Melinda (2004)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Radha Mitchell, Will Ferrell, Chiwetel Ejiofor…
- Woody Allen's tweaks his formula in a clever conceit that alternates a comic and tragic version of the same romantic story.
Australian actress…
Millions (2004)
- Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Alex Etel, Lewis McGibbon, James Nesbitt
- A magical family film concerning an idealistic seven–year–old Manchester lad (Etel) whose will to 'do good' is complicated when a…
Nighty Night (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Julia Davis
- Thoroughly "wicked" drama series follows the nefarious efforts of arch–manipulator Julia Davis to 'move on' after her husband falls ill to…