Subgenre Sampler
Cult > Drama: 156 Films to Buy & Rent
Duke of Burgundy, The (2014)
- Dir. Peter Strickland
Feat. Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D’Anna, Monica Swinn
- BORGEN star Sidse Babett Knudsen throws aside the responsibilities of leading the Danish nation to star in this slice of arty–kink from the…
Computer Chess (2013)
- Dir. Andrew Bujalski
Feat. Kriss Schludermann, Tom Fletcher, Wiley Wiggins
- Mumblecore maestro Andrew Bujalski directs this left–of–field mockumentary, shot on low–fi video, about a surreal chess tournament…
Filth (2013)
- Dir. Jon S. Baird
Feat. Jamie Bell, Imogen Poots, James McAvoy…
- James McAvoy plays a self–destructing copper whose corruption and bigotry manifest in a spiral of sex, drugs and violence. From an Irving Welsh…
God Bless America (2011)
- Dir. Bobcat Goldthwait
Feat. Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Melinda Page Hamilton
- Irrepressible writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait returns with another sizzling, charcoal–black comedy that takes aim at the worst proponents of…
Love Exposure (2011)
- Dir. Sion Sono
Feat. Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima
- Notorious cinematic oddity from Japanese director Sion Sono (WHY DON'T YOU PLAY IN HELL), following the adventures of a Catholic teenage boy who…
White Lightnin' (2009)
- Dir. Dominic Murphy
Feat. Edward Hogg, Carrie Fisher
- The life of Appalachian mountain dancer and criminal cult figure Jesco White is the inspiration for this nightmarish hillbilly biopic filmed in…
Mister Lonely (2008)
- Dir. Harmony Korine
Feat. Samantha Morton, Diego Luna, Werner Herzog
- Surreal drama from the king of skewed cinema Harmony Korine (GUMMO) following two parallel plots about identity: a couple of celeb impersonators…
Inland Empire (2006)
- Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux…
- Warped and optically haunting suspense starring Lynch regular Laura Dern as a focused actress ecstatic about receiving a part in a new film, until…
9 Songs (Nine Songs) (2004)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Margo Stilley, Kieran O'Brien
- A controversially explicit sex'n'rock'n' roll drama about two stray souls – an American student and a British bloke – who over a year…
Helter Skelter (2004)
- Dir. John Gray
Feat. Jeremy Davies, Clea Duvall
- A grimly rewarding TV docudrama about murderous hipster Charles Manson, played with screwy–eyed, whisper–voiced veracity by Jeremy…