Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
Friday (1995)
- Dir. F. Gary Gray
Feat. Ice-Cube, Anna Maria Horsford
- Ice Cube co–wrote as well as stars in this blaxploitation comedy, which means that sex is the spin here, not violence. Motherlodes of South…
From the Journals of Jean Seberg (1995)
Funny Bones (1995)
- Dir. Peter Chelsom
Feat. Oliver Platt, Jerry Lewis, Lee Evans…
- A fascinating ode to laughter and the business of laughter. After failing on the cut–throat Las Vegas circuit, would–be comic Oliver…
Gaea Girls / Shinjuku Boys (1995-2000)
- Dir. Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams
- Two documentaries, one on the fascinating and hitherto unexplored world of Japanese women wrestlers (GAEA) and a second on Japanese transmen 'Onnabe'…
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
- Dir. Shusuke Kaneko
Feat. Shinobu Nakayama, Ayako Fujitani
- Japanese Kaiju genre film (giant monsters!) which is the ninth inclusion to the Gamera film series, but enjoyable as stand–alone entertainment,…
Georgia (1995)
- Dir. Ulu Grosbard
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mare Winningham
- Sibling rivalry in the music industry contrasts the careers and temperaments of two sisters. Jennifer Jason–Leigh and Mare Winningham are in…
Gesualdo - Death for Five Voices (1995)
- Dir. Werner Herzog
- A sharp, sometimes unflattering profile of 16th century composer Don Carol Gesualdo, with dir. Herzog dividing his time between the artist's sexual…
Get Shorty (1995)
- Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Feat. John Travolta, Danny De Vito, Gene Hackman…
- Riding the wave of PULP FICTION, this is the most successful stab at translating Elmore Leonard for the screen. John Travolta is an amiable mobster…
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
- Dir. Mamoru Oshii
- An Anime feature technically superior to AKIRA. There's car chases, shoot–outs, tongue–in–cheek dialogue aplenty, but where it…
Grave, The (1995)
- Dir. Jonas Pate
Feat. Craig Sheffer, Josh Charles, Gabrielle Anwar…
- Craig Sheffer and Josh Charles break jail to dredge though redneck country in pursuit of buried treasure. Though indebted to the likes of the Coen…