Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama > Foreign Cinema: 169 Films to Rent on VHS
- Slingshot, The (1993)
- Dir. Ake Sandgren
Feat. Jesper Salen, Stellan Skarsgard, Basia Frydman
- A bittersweet snapshot of pre–war Stockholm in which an enterprising 10–year–old flirts with boyhood rebellion. This local…
- Sofie (1993)
- Dir. Liv Ulmann
Feat. Liv Ullmann
- Actress Liv Ullmann makes a confident directing debut with this period drama about a Jewish woman's emotional journey over 20 years that begins with…
- Temptation of a Monk (1993)
- Dir. Clara Law
Feat. Joan Chen, Zhang Fenyi
- Graphic chronicle of blood–letting by a fierce warrior general in 7th century China, that hews to the visual traditions of the classic Japanese…
- Accompanist, The (1992)
- Dir. Claude Miller
Feat. Richard Bohringer, Romane Bohringer
- A humble pianist is hired to accompany a wealthy soprano in occupied France, but their partnership becomes fraught with rivalry and…
- Best Intentions (1992)
- Dir. Bille August
Feat. Samuel Froler, Pernilla August, Max von Sydow…
- Sincere, meticulous yet characteristically bleak adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's biographical account of his parents' turbulent courtship and…
- Conte D'hiver (A Winter's Tale) (1992)
- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Charlotte Very, Frederic Van Den Driessche
- A whirlwind romance ends abruptly for a young woman when she accidentally gives her lover a wrong address. Four years pass and she remains possessed…
- Discrete, La (1992)
- Dir. Christian Vincent
Feat. Fabrice Luchini, Judith Henry, Maurice Garrel…
- Things don't go to plan for a philandering writer who refuses to commit emotionally. A literary yet accessible essay on sexual game–playing,…
- Fiorile (1992)
- Dir. Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Feat. Claudio Bigagli, Galatea Ranzi, Michael Vartan
- The brothers' Taviani spin three torrid tales of hot–blooded Italians at love and war, recounted by a father to his children about family myths…
- La Reine Blanche (1992)
- Dir. Jean-Loup Hubert
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Richard Bohringer
- The return of a childhood friend to his home fishing village has fateful consequences for a long–married couple.
- Lolo (1992)
- Dir. Francisco Athie
Feat. Damian Alcazar, Lorena Caballero, Alonso Echanove
- An unflinching portrait of an urban Mexican slum in which a 17–year–old's pursuit of happiness is shattered when a petty crime leads to…