Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 800 Films to Rent on VHS
- 21 Grams (2003)
- Dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Feat. Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio Del Toro…
- For his English–language debut, the celebrated Mexican director of AMORES PERROS weighs in with an unconventional, soul–baring drama that…
- All the Real Girls (2003)
- Dir. David Gordon Green
Feat. Patricia Clarkson, Zooey Deschanel, Paul Schneider
- Wistful, nuanced tale set in a tiny North Carolina town, where the town stud must prove himself in a romance with his best friend's…
- Blind Flight (2003)
- Dir. John Furse
Feat. Ian Hart, Linus Roache
- True story of the 4–year kidnapping in 80s Lebanon of Irishman Brian Keenan and Englishman John McCarthy, given an affecting depth by its…
- Bloom (2003)
- Dir. Sean Walsh
Feat. Stephen Rea, Angeline Ball, Hugh O'Conor…
- The second attempt at adaptating James Joyce's famously 'difficult' novel "Ulysses" is more ambitious (and successsful) than the 1967 version at…
- Lost Prince, The (2003)
- Dir. Stephen Poliakoff
Feat. Gina McKee, Miranda Richardson, Bibi Andersson…
- A sumptuous BBC production concerning Prince John, the youngest son of King George V of England, whose autism and mild epilepsy embarrassed the…
- My Life Without Me (2003)
- Dir. Isabel Coixet
Feat. Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Deborah Harry…
- This award–winning vignette concerns a young woman (Polley), told by her doctor she has only a short time to live, who strives to secretly…
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
- Dir. Callie Khouri
Feat. Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn, Ashley Judd…
- In this spirited adaptation of Rebecca Wells’ novel, alienated daughter Sandra Bullock is given the lowdown on her mother Ellen Burnstyn’s…
- Heaven (2002)
- Dir. Tom Tykwer
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi
- An art–thriller worked from a script by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski which follows the enigmatic trail of recently widowed and vengeful Cate…
- Off (.OFF.) (2002)
- Dir. Colin Hodson
Feat. Colin Hodson, Gregory King, George Rose…
- Locally produced DV–feature which observes the activities of several drug associates, with a style both languid and, at times,…
- Swimming Upstream (2002)
- Dir. Russell Mulcahy
Feat. Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis
- A sturdily dramatic account of Australian Anthony Fingleton’s rise from his working class origins in 1950s Brisbane to becoming a champion…