Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
West, The (TV Series) (1996)
- Dir. Stephen Ives
- Steered by a protégé of documentary–guru Ken Burns (JAZZ), this epic TV–study of the conquest and reshaping of the American West shares…
When Saturday Comes (1996)
- Dir. Maria Giese
Feat. Sean Bean, Emily Lloyd, Pete Postlethwaite
- Sean Bean balances the prospect of football greatness with the consumption of much lager in a mining town of North England. It's…
When the Cat's Away (1996)
- Dir. Cedric Klapisch
Feat. Garance Clavel, Zinedine Soualem
- A movie for cat lovers and young romantics alike, this Latino–tinged, funky, yet alluringly modest French film follows the dowdy–cute…
When We Were Kings (1996)
- Dir. Leon Gast
- Dateline: Zaire, 1974, the 'Rumble in the Jungle'. The hype and drama of the Muhammad Ali/George Foreman boxing match is brilliantly caught in this…
Whole Wide World, The (1996)
- Dir. Dan Ireland
Feat. Vincent D'Onofrio, Renee Zellweger
- Biopic based on a romantic memoir of pulp fantasy writer Robert E. Howard, creator of CONAN THE BARBARIAN and RED SONJA. A beefed–up Vincent…
Will It Snow for Christmas? (1996)
- Dir. Sandrine Veysset
Feat. Dominique Reymond, Daniel Duval
- Not a seasonal film 'for the whole family', rather a slow–paced evocation of hard–won, rural life for an impoverished French family of…
Willows in Winter, The (1996)
- Dir. David Unwin
- The heroes of The Wind in the Willows, Rat, Mole, Badger and Toad continue their animated adventures in the bucolic yet unpredictable English…
Wind in the Willows, The (1996)
- Dir. Terry Jones
Feat. Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Nicol Williamson…
- With the cream of British comic acting talent, this live–action adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's classic children's story is quite possibly the…
Wish Upon a Star (1996)
- Dir. Blair Treu
Feat. Katherine Heigl, Danielle Harris
- A little Disney magic is sprinkled on this fetching TV movie about a younger sister who wishes to switch places with her popular older sister (a very…
World of Luc Jacquet, The (1996-2002)
- Dir. Luc Jacquet
- Fascinating retrospective of French naturalist filmmaker Luc Jacquet’s pre–MARCH OF THE PENGUINS career, working as a renowned…