Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2192 Films to Buy & Rent
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
- Dir. Peter Berg
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Gina Rodriguez, Dylan O‘Brien…
- Action–packed survival tale dramatizing the BP oil rig accident that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20th, 2010, one of the world's…
Dog Eat Dog (2016)
- Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe
- Demonstrating that age hasn't tamed him, 70–year–old director Paul Schrader delivers this frenetic, nihilistic black comedy based on the…
Duel, The (2016)
- Dir. Kieran Darcy-Smith
Feat. Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Emory Cohen…
- Engagingly odd western with Hemsworth investigating a series of unexplained deaths in a town in thrall to Harrelson's preacher.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
- Dir. David Yates
Feat. Eddie Redmayne, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler…
- This 1920's period fantasy adventure is the first in the HARRY POTTER universe to be adapted for the screen by J. K. Rowling herself. Eddie Redmayne…
Finest Hours, The (2016)
- Dir. Craig Gillespie
Feat. Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster…
- Unpretentious disaster film with Chris Pine as a brave coast guard rescuing trapped sailors from a devastated oil tanker in the aftermath of a…
Free State of Jones (2016)
- Dir. Gary Ross
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Keri Russell…
- Matthew McConaughey stars in this fascinating true story as a disillusioned Confederate army deserter who returns to Mississippi and leads a militia…
Gods of Egypt (2016)
- Dir. Alex Proyas
Feat. Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gerard Butler…
- Ill–conceived fantasy epic in which a mortal hero must do battle with the god of darkness who has taken over the Egyptian empire.
Gold (2016)
- Dir. Stephen Gaghan
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Édgar Ramírez, Bryce Dallas Howard…
- A down–on–his–luck prospector strikes it lucky after finding a massive gold deposit in the uncharted Indonesian Jungle, but finds…
Great Wall, The (2016)
- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Jing Tian…
- Inventive mash–up of historical epic and action fantasy places Matt Damon in China during the Song dynasty, as a European mercenary in the…
Grimsby (2016)
- Dir. Louis Leterrier
Feat. Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Rebel Wilson…
- Sacha Baron Cohen brings his gift for mimicry to the action genre, playing a dim–witted football hooligan reuniting with his estranged brother…