Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Cult > Controversy: 50 Films to Rent
- Dog Days (2001)
- Dir. Ulrich Seidl
Feat. Maria Hofstatter, Alfred Mrva, Erich Finsches…
- A wilfully transgressive Euro–drama examining middle–class dysfunction and despair in a Viennese suburb over a few days in a summer heat…
- Jackass (TV Series) (2001)
- Feat. Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O , Bam Margera…
- Compilation of the 'best' moments from MTV's cult TV–series in which a group of warped individuals inflict pranks, painful,…
- Audition (1999)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina
- An almost–masterpiece of the macabre that sets up and sustains itself brilliantly with a restrained pace and jewel of a premise, then careens…
- I Stand Alone (Seul Contre Tous) (1998)
- Dir. Gaspar Noe
Feat. Philippe Nahon, Blandine Lenoir, Frankie Pain…
- Staunch attempt to shake up the “bourgeois” values in French cinema, first–time director Gaspar Noe fleshes out his short film about a…
- Another 9 1/2 Weeks (Love in Paris) (1997)
- Dir. Anne Goursaud
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Angie Everhart, Steven Berkoff…
- Depending on your sensibilities this Parisian set sequel either represents a career nadir for Rourke or some kind of gonzo triumph. Either way…
- Crash (1996)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. James Spader, Holly Hunter, Deborah Kara Unger…
- Auteur David Cronenberg's latest vision is an anti–fable about accident victims James Spader and Holly Hunter, who become sexually obsessed…
- Kids (1995)
- Dir. Larry Clark
Feat. Leo Fitzpatrick, Sarah Henderson, Justin Pierce…
- Cult photographer Larry Clark's debut, 24hrs of New York streetkid life, attracted immediate controversy. The unblinking depictions of sex, drugs and…
- Boy Meets Girl (1994)
- Dir. Ray Brady
Feat. Tim Poole, Danielle Sanderson, Margot Steinberg
- For many years banned in the UK on video at least, this abrasive, low–budget drama plays out the wilfully unpleasant scenario of a man who gets…
- Natural Born Killers (1994)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis
- Oliver Stone turns a Tarantino script into a mean–spirited satire that points fingers at the decline of America without any measure of…
- Beavis and Butthead (TV Series) (1993-1997)
- Dir. Mike Judge
- Once rejected by our television networks on moral grounds, this might've been your only chance to catch America's favourite miscreants in animated…