Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Drama: 1110 Films to Buy & Rent
Noi Albinoi (Noi the Albino) (2003)
- Dir. Dagur Kari
Feat. Tomas Lemarquis, Pröstur Leó Gunnarsson
- Distinctive drama about a 'gifted' 17–year–old who rebels against the limits of life in a remote Icelandic town.
Brimming with…
Out of Order (2003)
- Feat. Eric Stoltz, Felicity Huffman, Justine Bateman…
- The pilot episode for a TV Series set around a Los Angeles family, where Mom (Huffman) and Dad (Stoltz) exist on the middle rungs of the Hollywood…
Pieces of April (2003)
- Dir. Peter Hedges
Feat. Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson, Derek Luke…
- The uncomfortably comic family reunion done in the DAYTRIPPERS mold, with a tattooed Katie Holmes as the spacey black sheep of the clan, who invites…
Rage in Placid Lake, The (2003)
- Dir. Tony McNamara
Feat. Ben Lee, Rose Byrne, Miranda Richardson…
- Tale of an eccentric bullied teenager, this mordant comedy executes its satire of abnormality without mercy.
The titular Lake (Ben Lee)…
Real Women Have Curves (2003)
- Dir. Patricia Cardoso
Feat. America Ferrera
- A natural antidote to Hollywood silicone, this tells the charming coming–of–age story of an ‘ordinary’ Mexican–American…
Secondhand Lions (2003)
- Dir. Tim McCanlies
Feat. Robert Duvall, Michael Caine, Haley Joel Osment
- 'Hayseed drama' set around a boy (Osment) being sent to live with his eccentric uncles in deepest Texas in the hope they will 'will' him their…
Secret Lives of Dentists, The (2003)
- Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Campbell Scott, Denis Leary, Hope Davis…
- Typically quirky adult fare from dir. Alan Rudolph about two dentists who find cavities in their marriage, this takes imaginative yet distracting…
Something's Gotta Give (2003)
- Dir. Nancy Meyers
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves…
- Smoothly fashioned comic drama in which aging music–industry womaniser Nicholson suffers a heart attack and falls for grey–haired…
Tiptoes (Tiny Tiptoes) (2003)
- Dir. Matthew Bright
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Gary Oldman, Kate Beckinsale…
- Safely quirky indie has Kate Beckinsale and Matthew McConaughey's relationship heading for the rough waters when she discovers his family almost…
Von Trapped (2003)
- Dir. Morag Fullarton
Feat. Caroline Quentin, Una Stubbs, Jim Carter…
- Brit comedy in which a jilted mother, portrayed by Caroline Quentin (JONATHAN CREEK), with a religious–like devotion to THE SOUND OF MUSIC…