Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Documentary > Cult: 73 Films to Rent
Grey Gardens (1976)
- Dir. Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde
- An intimate portrait of acute eccentricity, this offers a ‘home movie’–style insight into the lives of colourful high–society…
Overlord (1975)
- Dir. Stuart Cooper
Feat. Brian Stirner
- Remarkable one–off that seamlessly interweaves archival war footage and a fictional narrative, this accounts a twenty–year–old’s…
Shocking Asia Vol.1 & 2 (1974-1985)
- Dir. Rolf Olsen
- One of the original ‘video nasties’, this mondo–style reportage on extreme social practices on the Asian continent includes cremations in…
Ciao! Manhattan (Edie) (1972)
- Dir. Sam Green, David Weisman
Feat. Roger Vadim, Isabel Jewell, Viva
- The notorious documentary portrait of Andy Warhol 'superstar' Edie Sedgwick, whose beguiling good looks and dissolute lifestyle came to symbolise the…
Crystal Voyager (1972)
- Dir. George Greenough
- A psychedelic surf oddity which sees a lone narrator build a boat and cross the ocean to find that perfect wave. Hippie tomfoolery climaxes in a…
Endless Summer (1966)
- Dir. Bruce Brown
Feat. Mike Hynson, Robert August
- Widely popular cult documentary follows two American surfers who trot the globe looking for the perfect wave, even stopping off at Raglan, NZ.…
Divine Horseman (1953)
- Dir. Maya Deren
- Interesting filmic record of Voodoo 'possession' dances from Haiti, shot by experimental filmmaker Deren, whose rhythmic editing patterns enhance the…
Hooked: Anti-Drug Films from the 30's to the 70's (1935-1979)
- Dir. Various
- Typically alarmist and all the funnier for it this set of nine "educational" shorts never lets research get in the way of putting the fear into…
Las Hurdes (Land Without Bread) (1933)
- Dir. Luis Bunuel
- Surrealist non–fiction short film focused around Las Hurdes, the poorest region of Western Spain. An unnervingly straight travelogue delivered…
50 Worst Movies Ever Made 
- An appropriately schlocky, American–centered countdown of the 'worst movies ever made', ranging from classic cult items like "Glen or Glenda"…