Subgenre Sampler
Adventure: 482 Films to Buy & Rent
Spy Kids (2001)
- Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Cheech Marin…
- Smashing kidult adventure, in which action dir. Rodriguez lends his action talents to a James Bond–type tale with a twist: Antonio Banderas and…
All the Pretty Horses (2000)
- Dir. Billy Bob Thornton
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Matt Damon, Henry Thomas…
- Serious–minded adaptation of Cormac McCarthey’s neo–western novel, the epic journey of 1950s cowboy Matt Damon across the Texan border…
Amazon (Amazone) (2000)
- Dir. Phillipe De Broca
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Arielle Dombasle
- Convoluted sci–fi adventure has jewel thief Belmondo stumbling upon an alien visitor in the guise of a twelve year old girl.
Almost…
Cast Away (2000)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Tom Hanks
- Tom Hanks commits to his craft once again, here as a cocky, time–obsessed Fed–Ex courier who suffers the irony of having to subsist…
Claim, The (2000)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Peter Mullan, Nastassja Kinski, Sarah Polley…
- On the mountainous frontier of the 1860s California goldrush, dir. Winterbottom (JUDE, WONDERLAND) reimagines Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Mayor of…
Dogwatch (2000)
- Dir. Laurie McInnes
Feat. Steven Vidler, John Brumpton
- A tale of lost souls set on a drifting merchant–ship in the Triad–infested South China Sea during the 1960s, this floats over some clunky…
Gladiator (2000)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris…
- As good a Roman Sandal epic as ever there was, with a stoic and be–sandalled Russell Crowe refusing to carry over his loyalty to the new…
Les Miserables (TV Mini-series) (2000)
- Dir. Josee Dayan
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, John Malkovich…
- Well mounted and faithful adaptation of Victor Hugo's tale of persecution and revenge set in early 19th century France, with Gerard Depardieu playing…
Perfect Storm, The (2000)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane…
- Fishing boat captain George Clooney gets his crew back to sea, just in time for the biggest storm in recorded history.
Dividing into two distinct…
Prince and the Pauper, The (2000)
- Dir. Giles Foster
Feat. Aidan Quinn, Alan Bates
- Admirable, entertaining adaptation of Mark Twain's classic story of lookalikes who get caught up in imperial intrigue when a young Prince and a…