Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8117 Films to Buy & Rent
Albert Schweitzer (2009)
- Dir. Gavin Millar
Feat. Jeroen Krabbe, Barbara Hershey, Judith Godreche
- Admirable biopic of German medical missionary and philosopher Schweitzer (regarded for his text on the "Reverence for Life"), whose deed treating…
Amelia (2009)
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor…
- A conventional retelling of the Amelia Earhart legend, examining the ground–breaking aviator’s turbulent love life during the years between…
Amreeka (2009)
- Dir. Cherien Dabis
Feat. Hiam Abbass, Nisreen Faour, Alia Shawkat
- Timely, bittersweet immigrant tale of a Palestinian mother and son who escape the West Bank for a promised 'better life' in the States, only to…
An Education (2009)
- Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina…
- An assured and alluring coming–of–age drama set in swinging sixties London (1961 in fact), with teenage ingenue Carey Mulligan falling in…
An Englishman in New York (2009)
- Dir. Richard Laxton
Feat. John Hurt, Swoosie Kurtz, Jonathan Tucker…
- Sequel to THE NAKED CIVIL SERVANT with John Hurt reprising his role as gay raconteur Quentin Crisp as he spends the latter parts of his life in New…
Answer Man, The (2009)
- Dir. John Hindman
Feat. Jeff Daniels, Lauren Graham, Lou Taylor Pucci…
- Misanthropic self–help author Daniels finds his curmudgeonly nature challenged when his paths cross with single mother Graham and recovering…
Army of Crime, The (2009)
- Dir. Robert Guediguian
Feat. Simon Abkarian, Virginie Ledoyen
- Part of a recent wave of prestigious WWII resistence dramas, this one reconstructs events around a group of Paris–based resistance fighters,…
Autumn Hearts (Emotional Arithmetic) (2009)
- Dir. Paolo Barzman
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Christopher Plummer, Gabriel Byrne…
- Drama focused on three Holocaust survivors who spent time together at the Drancy internment camp and re–unite decades after their…
Away We Go (2009)
- Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Catherine O'Hara…
- An ersatz hipster road movie that follows a 30–something expectant couple as they travel across America looking for the perfect place to start…
B-Girl (2009)
- Dir. Emily Dell
Feat. Jules Urich, Missy Yager, Wesley Jonathan…
- Female breakdancing is the focus of this underdog 'story', where a down–on–her–luck dancer strives to 'break' her way into the…