Subgenre Sampler
Cult > Drama: 129 Films to Buy & Rent
God Bless America (2011)
- Dir. Bobcat Goldthwait
Feat. Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Melinda Page Hamilton
- On a mission to rid society of its most repellent citizens, terminally ill Frank makes an unlikely accomplice in 16–year–old Roxy.
White Lightnin' (2009)
- Dir. Dominic Murphy
Feat. Edward Hogg, Carrie Fisher
- The life of Appalachian mountain dancer and criminal cult figure Jesco White is the inspiration for this nightmarish hillbilly biopic filmed in…
Mister Lonely (2008)
- Dir. Harmony Korine
Feat. Samantha Morton, Diego Luna, Werner Herzog
- Surreal drama from the king of skewed cinema Harmony Korine (GUMMO) following two parallel plots about identity: a couple of celeb impersonators…
Inland Empire (2006)
- Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux…
- Warped and optically haunting suspense starring Lynch regular Laura Dern as a focused actress ecstatic about receiving a part in a new film, until…
9 Songs (Nine Songs) (2004)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Margo Stilley, Kieran O'Brien
- A controversially explicit sex'n'rock'n' roll drama about two stray souls – an American student and a British bloke – who over a year…
Helter Skelter (2004)
- Dir. John Gray
Feat. Jeremy Davies, Clea Duvall
- A grimly rewarding TV docudrama about murderous hipster Charles Manson, played with screwy–eyed, whisper–voiced veracity by Jeremy…
Keane (2004)
- Dir. Lodge Kerrigan
Feat. Damian Lewis, Abigail Breslin, Amy Ryan
- A powerful and unnerving feat of ‘mental’ endurance, dir. Kerrigan’s follow–up to the equally unsettling CLEAN, SHAVEN plunges the viewer into…
Tulse Luper Suitcases, The (The Moab Story, Vaux to the Sea, From Sark to Finish) (2004)
- Dir. Peter Greenaway
- For the first time groundbreaking British director Peter Greenaway's three film oeuvre is released in this must–have set. Includes the three…
American Splendor (2003)
- Dir. Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Feat. Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis
- An ambitious celebration of the life of cult US comic–writer Harvey Pekar, told in a quilt–work of monologue, biopic, autobiography and…
Brown Bunny, The (2003)
- Dir. Vincent Gallo
Feat. Vincent Gallo, Chloe Sevigny
- Notoriously egocentric gem from Vincent Gallo, who stars, directs, writes, shoots, edits and produces an intriguingly desultry road–trip across…