Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics: 3213 Films to Rent on DVD
- Ken Loach at the BBC (2011)
- Dir. Ken Loach
- A six–disc box–set of the television plays that Ken Loach wrote and directed for the BBC between 1964 and 1977. A valuable collection of…
- Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (2009)
- Dir. Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea
- More than just a film about the making of a film, this glorious reconstruction of Clouzot's unfinished 'masterpiece' rescues incredible footage from…
- Legend of the Seeker, The (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Craig Horner, Bridget Regan, Bruce Spence…
- Sword–and–Sorcery coming–of–age journey with The Seeker as he joins forces with a mysterious woman and a wise, powerful…
- Silent Britain (2006)
- An intriguing journey into the 'Lost Atlantis' of the British silent film industry, which prior to 1929 generated thousands of films, as much through…
- Parting Shots (1998)
- Dir. Michael Winner
Feat. Chris Rea, Bob Hoskins, Ben Kingsley…
- Once–fashionable photographer Chris Rea finds out he only has months to live, and decides to get his own back at those that have made his life…
- Méliès the Magician (The Magic of Méliès, Méliès Magic Show) (1997)
- Dir. Georges Melies, Jacques Meny
- George Méliès was a unique pioneer of cinema, who virtually invented the 'trick shot' and created an astonishing 1000 short films using special…
- Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
- Dir. Shusuke Kaneko
Feat. Shinobu Nakayama, Ayako Fujitani
- Japanese Kaiju genre film (giant monsters!) which is the ninth inclusion to the Gamera film series, but enjoyable as stand–alone entertainment,…
- Return of Spinal Tap, The (A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out) (1992)
- Dir. Jim Di Bergi
Feat. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer
- Follow–up mockumentary to the beloved THIS IS SPINAL TAP, following the band on a sad final tour of the USA to promote their album Smell the…
- Comfort of Strangers, The (1991)
- Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Rupert Everett, Natasha Richardson, Christopher Walken…
- Genuinely unsettling, if not ultimately coherent, tale of an English couple (Rupert Everett and Natasha Richardson) in Venice who become the…
- Long Walk Home, The (1991)
- Dir. Richard Pearce
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg
- Set in 1955 Alabama during the civil rights bus boycott, this portrays the impact of change on two families, with Sissy Spacek as an uppercrust…