Subgenre Sampler
: 25139 Films to Buy & Rent
Unfaithful (2002)
- Dir. Adrian Lyne
Feat. Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Olivier Martinez
- Another slick sex melodrama from genre specialist, Adrian Lyne, this loose remake of Chabrol’s “La Femme Infidele” is a…
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election (2002)
- Dir. Richard R. Perez, Joan Sekler, Robert Greenwald
- Astute examination of the controversial battle for the presidency in Florida from an unabashed pro–Democrat viewpoint that asserts that the…
Uzak (Distant) (2002)
- Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Exuding a sense of melancholic accomplishment, this slowly unfolding Turkish drama centres on two cousins – one, a successful but cynical…
Vampire Hunters (2002)
- Dir. Wellson Chin
Feat. Ken Chang
- Typically enjoyable and overblown Hong Kong mayhem, where five powerful warriors battle the Vampire King and his followers.
Written and produced…
Vatel (2002)
- Dir. Roland Joffe
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth…
- Talent–studded drama set in the cuisine–conscious French nobility of Louis XIV’s reign, where master chef Gerard Depardieu must prepare…
Vietnam's Unseen War - Pictures from the Other Side (2002)
- National Geographic documentary focuses on the unusual perspective of North Vietnamese photojournalists who covered the Vietnam War from the…
Villa Des Roses (2002)
- Dir. Frank Van Passel
Feat. Julie Delpy, Shirley Henderson, Timothy West
- A visually stylish excursion to Paris on the eve of WWI, in a shabby boarding house run by an English couple (Henderson and West) into which a new…
Waiting for Happiness (Heremakono) (2002)
- Dir. Abderrahmane Sissako
Feat. Khatra Ould Abder Kader, Mohamed Mahmoud
- A worldly 17–year–old returns to his coastal hometown, only to find himself a stranger amongst a community caught in limbo between…
Walk to Remember, A (2002)
- Dir. Adam Shankman
Feat. Mandy Moore, Peter Coyote, Daryl Hannah…
- Based on the Nicholas Sparks novel (who also wrote THE NOTEBOOK) this romantic drama tells the classic story of two teens from different worlds who…
Walking on Water (2002)
- Dir. Tom Ayres
Feat. Vince Colosimo
- Award–winning drama concerns a modern, open household thrown into crisis after the death of a close friend from AIDS.
Unsentimental about…