Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (1997)
- Dir. John Henderson
Feat. Rik Mayall, Jane Horrocks
- Rik Mayall delivers one of his oily variations in what is only his second feature. As a jaded music manager he decides to have his…
Brother (Brat) (1997)
- Dir. Aleksei Balabanov
Feat. Sergei Bodrov Jr
- Grimily captivating thriller follows a baby–faced veteran of the Chechen war as he quietly 'assists' his brother in the St Petersburg…
Brylcreem Boys, The (1997)
- Dir. Terence Ryan
Feat. Gabriel Byrne
- The ubiquitous face of Irish cinema, Gabriel Byrne, slicks his hair back in a neutral POW camp in WWII Ireland, bunking with a variety of allied and…
Buddy (1997)
- Dir. Caroline Thompson
Feat. Rene Russo, Robbie Coltrane
- Animal freaks Rene Russo and Robbie Coltrane incur a series of fine messes when they attempt to domesticate an adult gorilla into their feathered and…
Career Girls (1997)
- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Katrin Cartlidge, Lynda Steadman
- Mike Leigh sidesteps the impossibly tall order of living up to SECRETS AND LIES with a character–driven two–hander about a pair of…
Carla's Song (1997)
- Dir. Ken Loach
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Oyanka Cabezas, Scott Glenn
- Another not–so–average tale from Dir. Ken Loach, concerning a Glaswegian bus–driver getting involved with Nicaraguan politics.…
Casper - A Spirited Beginning (1997)
- Dir. Sean McNamara
Feat. Steve Guttenberg, Rodney Dangerfield
- Sequel to CASPER similarly combines live actors Steve Guttenberg and Rodney Dangerfield, with the usual gang of wispy animations: Casper, again on…
Castle, The (1997)
- Dir. Rob Sitch
Feat. Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Sophie Lee…
- Uniquely Antipodean comedy about a blissfully naïve family that become forced to take on the council Goliath who wish to convert their beloved…
Cats Don't Dance (1997)
- Dir. Mark Dindal
- Danny the cat has showbiz in his blood and tries to make it in Hollywood, but finds out that, damn, only humans get the parts. Packed with dance and…
Century of Cinema - Australia / NZ / UK (1997)
- Dir. George Miller, Sam Neill, Stephen Frears
- Director George Miller (MAD MAX) construes his own personal perspective on the history of Australian cinema and its wider cultural meanings. Perhaps…