Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Foreign Cinema: 311 Films to Rent on VHS
- Patriotes, Les (1995)
- Dir. Eric Rochant
Feat. Yvan Attal, Richard Masur, Allen Garfield…
- Disillusionment erodes the ideals of a young Frenchman who emigrates to Israel to train for a career in their intelligence division. Its astute focus…
- Peace Hotel (1995)
- Dir. Wai Ka-Fai
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat
- Chow Yun–Fat stars in his last Hong Kong opus before taking the Hollywood leap. A 1920s Chinatown Western, he runs the 'Peace Hotel', a refuge…
- Sixty Million Dollar Man (1995)
- Dir. Yip Wai-Man
Feat. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
- Spoiled brat 'accident' victim Stephen Chow becomes a not–so–super hero when he is pieced back together Steve Austin–style for a…
- Sun Valley (1995)
- Dir. He Ping
Feat. Feng Gu, Xueqi Wang
- A vengeful Chinese warrior drifts into a small village on the Silk Road, where he is destined for a climactic showdown with a rival suitor of a young…
- White Balloon, The (1995)
- Dir. Jafar Panahi
Feat. Aida Mohammadkhani, Mohsen Kalifi, Fereshteh Sadr Orfani
- Sophisticated kids and adults alike should seek out this multiple prize–winner from Iran that follows a seven–year–old–girl's…
- Blush (1994)
- Dir. Shaohong Li
Feat. Ji Wang, Zhiwen Wang, Caifei He…
- A sensual historical epic that follows the fortunes of two prostitutes who escape the Chinese revolution by fleeing their brothel in 1949 Shanghai.…
- Bodyguard from Beijing (1994)
- Dir. Yuen Kwai
Feat. Jet Li
- Jet Li is "The Bodyguard" in this delightful parody of the Kevin Costner/Whitney Houston smash. A gourmet chop suey of action, humour and simmering…
- Burning Paradise (1994)
- Dir. Ringo Lam
Feat. John Ching, Willi Chi
- Dir. Ringo Lam hits prime form in this Kung Fu excursion into the distant Chinese past. Previous hero Fong Sai Yuk and friends must quickstep…
- City Hunter (1994)
- Dir. Wong Jing
Feat. Jackie Chan, Chingmy Yau, Joey Wong
- Jackie Chan is the popular Japanese comic book character Ryu Saeba: part detective, part mercenary, all womanizer – is contracted to return the…
- Day the Sun Turned Cold (1994)
- Dir. Yim Ho
Feat. Siqin Gaowa
- Stark melodrama set in Northern China about a man who accuses his mother of having murdered his father some years before. Tantalising central tale,…