Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama > Road Movie: 122 Films to Rent
- Old Joy (2006)
- Dir. Kelly Reichardt
Feat. Will Oldham, Daniel London
- Downbeat naturalism is the tramping ground for this meditative, softly spoken indie of two distanced friends who reunite for a weekend camping trip…
- TranSylvania (2006)
- Dir. Tony Gatlif
Feat. Asia Argento, Birol Unel, Amira Casar
- Tony Gatlif tones his freewheeling musical romanticism down a notch, but doesn’t discard the ramshackle sensuality of his earlier films, in this…
- Broken Flowers (2005)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Bill Murray, Julie Delpy, Frances Conroy…
- A beguiling middle–age lament starring Bill Murray, unfurled in typical low gear by the world's 'coolest' director, Jim Jarmusch.
Playing an…
- Everything is Illuminated (2005)
- Dir. Liev Schreiber
Feat. Elijah Wood
- An ambitious debut for dir. Schreiber, telling the deadpan, yet wistful tale of an earnest NYC Jew (Wood) who travels to the Ukraine to find the…
- Transamerica (2005)
- Dir. Duncan Tucker
Feat. Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers
- Gender–bender road drama with a winning central performance by 'Desperate Housewife' Felicity Huffman as a transsexual about to take the final…
- Bombon (El Perro) (2004)
- Dir. Carlos Sorin
Feat. Juan Villegas
- A middle–aged man (Villegas), struggling to maintain his meager lifestyle working as a mechanic in remote Patagonia, and selling knives on the…
- Coast to Coast (2004)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Judy Davis, Selma Blair…
- Audience faves Judy Davis and Richard Dreyfuss play a married couple on the verge of divorce who take a road trip together in this witty but…
- Exils (Exiles) (2004)
- Dir. Tony Gatlif
Feat. Romain Duris
- Possibly dir. Gatlif's most exuberant and personal film yet, this observes a bohemian French couple's journey southwards to their family's respective…
- Land of Plenty (2004)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Michelle Williams, John Diehl
- There's good intentions aplenty in dir. Wenders latest dramatic meditation on the state of post–9/11 America, set mainly around the…
- Sideways (2004)
- Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen…
- Reserve quality odd–couple comedy–drama from the consistent talent behind ELECTION and ABOUT SCHMIDT, about two middle–aged friends…