Subgenre Sampler
Adventure: 482 Films to Buy & Rent
Grizzly Man (2005)
- Dir. Werner Herzog
- One of dir. Herzog's (AGUIRRE) true classics, this is a devastating glimpse into the life of a self–styled naturalist, whose obsession with…
King Kong (2005)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black…
- Peter Jackson's colossal remake lavishes one of the cinema's greatest legends in 21st century technology and ratchets up the emotional stakes to…
Mangal Pandey (2005)
- Dir. Ketan Mehta
Feat. Aamir Khan, Toby Stephens
- Accomplished and stirring Hindi epic based on the life and times of Mangal Pandey (Khan), leader of the 1857 'Indian Mutiny' which severely…
MirrorMask (2005)
- Dir. Dave McKean
Feat. Gina McKee, Stephanie Leonidas
- Inventive fantasy drama in which a teenage girl – born into a circus family – is traumatised by her mother's sudden illness and retreats…
Mysterious Geographic Explorations Of Jasper Morello, The (2005)
- Dir. Anthony Lucas
- Visually accomplished short animation, set in a 'Victorian–style' future where steam–powered airships navigate across polluted skies and…
Once You're Born (Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti) (2005)
- Dir. Marco Tullio Giordana
Feat. Alessio Boni, Adriana Asti
- Frank Italian adventure by acclaimed director Marco Tullio Giordana (THE BEST OF YOUTH) telling the coming–of–age story of a wealthy…
Serenity (2005)
- Dir. Joss Whedon
Feat. Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk
- Thoroughly enjoyable sci–fi romp based upon the cult TV series FIREFLY, in which the ship 'Serenity' cruises a future solar federation of human…
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…
King Solomon's Mines (TV Mini-series) (2004)
- Feat. Patrick Swayze, Alison Doody, Roy Marsden…
- Two–part miniseries based on H. Rider Haggard's timeless tale of Allan Quartermain's quest to find the fabled mines of King Solomon, and the…
Masai - The Rain Warriors (2004)
- Dir. Pascal Plisson
- Simple and visually–sweeping, this African epic follows a group of teenage warriors from their drought–stricken village out into the…