Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Girl-centric: 86 Films to Rent on VHS
- Double Happiness (1994)
- Dir. Mina Shum
Feat. Sandra Oh, Allanah Ong, Stephen Chang…
- A Chinese–Canadian woman faces a common dilemma – how far is she willing to compromise her parents expectations and values in pursuit of…
- Fun (1994)
- Dir. Rafal Zielinski
Feat. Renee Humphrey, Alicia Witt
- Two teenage girls just want to have fun, but their obsessive pursuit of it leads them to murder an old lady for no other reason.
This remarkable…
- Heroic Trio 2 - Executioners (1994)
- Dir. Johnnie To, Ching Siu Tung
Feat. Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui, Maggie Cheung…
- Downbeat sequel returns the trio of feisty femmes to combat the evil mega–corporation that taken a stranglehold on the world's…
- I Like It Like That (1994)
- Dir. Darnell Martin
Feat. Griffin Dunne, Rita Moreno
- Dynamic, funny Bronx comedy in which a young mother takes on a job at a record company while juggling the demands of her children, headstrong husband…
- Martha and Ethel (1994)
- Dir. Jyll Johnstone
- This touching and absorbing recount of the lives and times of two octogenarian nannies, one a fastidious German immigrant, the other a compassionate…
- My Crazy Life (Mi Vida Loca) (1994)
- Dir. Allison Anders
Feat. Angel Aviles, Seidy Lopez, Jacob Vargas
- Latino, girl–centic spin on BOYZ 'N THE HOOD from the director of GAS, FOOD, LODGING derives its script from anecdotes from real gang girls and…
- Silences of the Palace (1994)
- Dir. Moufida Tlatli
Feat. Amel Hedhili, Hend Sabri, Najia Ouerghi…
- The daughter of a palatial servant reflects on her upbringing and steady revolt of her birthright obligations.
Impassioned look at the status of…
- Chantilly Lace (1993)
- Dir. Linda Yellen
Feat. Lindsay Crouse, JoBeth Williams, Martha Plimpton
- Satisfying story of friendship among seven women who trade memories at a country retreat.
- Go Fish (1993)
- Dir. Rose Troche
Feat. Guinevere Turner, V.S Brodie
- A free–wheeling and revealing study of things lesbian with all its inherent prejudices and dilemmas. Not a 'coming–out' movie, but rather…
- Heroic Trio (1993)
- Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh
- An invisible criminal is stealing babies for a sewer–dwelling villain and it's up to three dazzling super–chicks. Hugely entertaining…