Subgenre Sampler
: 25139 Films to Buy & Rent
Bank, The (2001)
- Dir. Robert Connolly
Feat. David Wenham, Anthony LaPaglia
- When computer geek David Wenham presents a system that can predict stockmarket fluctuations to avaricious banking chief Anthony LaPaglia, the scene…
Baran (2001)
- Dir. Majid Majidi
- Patiently rewarding, bittersweet drama in which a young Afghan woman disguises herself as a man in order to assume her injured father's construction…
Barbie in the Nutcracker (2001)
- Dir. Owen Hurley
- Barbie is CGI–ed to life in this version of Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet, in which Clara (Barbie) must defeat the Mouse King with the help of…
Barbra Streisand - Timeless (2001)
- Feat. Barbra Streisand
- Complete version of Barbra Streisand's farewell "Timeless" concerts recorded at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas at the turn of the millennium. The…
Bat Thumb (2001)
- Dir. David Bourla
- Further thumb puppetry from writer Steve Oedekerk, this time spoofing the BATMAN franchise, in the parallel universe of 'Gaaathumb City'. Here, Wuse…
BBC Earth Collection Boxset (The Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Life) (2001-2009)
- David Attenborough's three landmark BBC nature series, collated in one impressive boxset. Special Editions of THE BLUE PLANET and PLANET EARTH are…
Beautiful Mind, A (2001)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris
- This ‘true story’ of mental illness in academia is the kind of earnest gloss that’s tailor made for the ‘Academy’, but its Oscar glory for…
Beckett on Film (Waiting for Godot, et al.) (2001)
- Dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Neil Jordan, Kieron J Walsh
Feat. Julianne Moore, David Kelly, Jeremy Irons…
- An ambitious anthology of Samuel Beckett's nineteen stageplays, filmed here creatively by a roster of prestige actors and directors.
Disc…
Bee Gees - The Official Story (2001)
- Released as a tie–in with the 2001 Greatest Hits this collection sweetly summarizes the Gibb brothers extraordinary career, plenty of home…
Before You Go (2001)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Julie Walters, Tom Wilkinson, Joanne Whalley…
- A lightly melancholic comedy, in which three sisters settle scores at their mother’s funeral.
The talents of the sparky threesome –…