Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Foreign Cinema: 3248 Films to Rent
Angel-A (2005)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Jamel Debbouze, Rie Rasmussen
- This sleek, stylized departure for dir. Luc Besson dabbles in an unlikely romance between a statuesque blonde (Rassmusen), and a nebbish, diminutive…
Apnea (2005)
- Dir. Roberto Dordit
Feat. Claudio Santamaria, Elio De Capitani
- Involving socio–political thriller about a man who discovers that his best friend, was not who he thought he was.
Aura, The (2005)
- Dir. Fabian Bielinsky
Feat. Ricardo Darín
- A taxidermist indulges his criminal fantasies in this brooding, atmospheric wilderness thriller from the late dir. of NINE QUEENS.
Unfolding as a…
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
- The BBC present a comprehensive visual and verbal account of the "Final Solution" phase of the Nazi Holocaust, focused on the most infamous of the…
Ax, The (Le Couperet) (2005)
- Dir. Costa-Gavras
Feat. Jose Garcia, Karin Viard, Olivier Gourmet
- Dastardly satire from the always–edgy Costa Gavras plumbs the depths of a corporate downsizing victim (Garcia) who resorts to murderous ways in…
Azumi 2 (2005)
- Dir. Shusuke Kaneko
Feat. Aya Ueto, Shun Oguri, Ai Maeda…
- Samurai girl–power sweeps feudal Japan once more in this competent, but lesser installment (minus the original director) in the Azumi…
Battle in Heaven (Batalla en el cielo) (2005)
- Dir. Carlos Reygadas
Feat. Marcos Hernández
- Heavyset follow–up to JAPON finds Mexican dir. Reygadas dealing in the spiritual and moral crises of two lost souls: one an underprivileged…
Beast in the Heart, The (La Bestia nel cuore, Don't Tell) (2005)
- Dir. Cristina Comencini
Feat. Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Stefania Rocca, Alessio Boni…
- Oscar–nominated Italian drama centred on the life of a successful career woman who finds herself haunted by nightmares of an abusive childhood…
Beat My Heart Skipped, The (De battre mon coeur s'est arrete) (2005)
- Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Romain Duris, Niels Arestrup, Jonathan Zaccai…
- A star–turn by Romain Duris invigorates this deft remake of James Toback's 1978 thriller FINGERS, playing a reluctant young thug with a…
Beauty Remains (Mei ren yi jiu) (2005)
- Dir. Ann Hui
Feat. Vivian Wu, Xun Zhou
- Two sisters negotiate the turbulent rise of communism in China during the 1940s in this family melodrama.
Sensuously filmed in tones reminiscent…