Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7961 Films to Rent
Missing, The (2003)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood…
- A brooding historical thriller set in 19th–century New Mexico in which Blanchett reunites with her estranged father (Jones) to search for her…
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles…
- Julia Roberts is restrained and fairly effective in this Ivy–League drama, set at the renowned Wellesley College in the 1950s, where she…
Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
- Dir. Francois Dupeyron
Feat. Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger
- Set on the multicultural streets of 1960s working–class Paris, this warm–hearted tale has a Sufi grocery store owner befriend a lonely…
Monster (2003)
- Dir. Patty Jenkins
Feat. Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern…
- Powerful dramatization of the story of female serial–killer Aileen Wournos, strong enough to support an astonishing, Oscar–winning…
Mother, The (2003)
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Anne Reid, Daniel Craig, Stephen Mackintosh…
- An unforgettable British drama about an aging widow, alienated from her ambitious son and neurotic daughter, who confronts the vacuum of her life…
Murmurs (2003)
- Dir. Alexander Greenhough, Elric Kane
Feat. James Ashcroft, Daniel Northcott, Kristin Smith…
- The daily movements of a Mt Victoria flat are wryly observed in this sophomore DV feature from the directors of KISSY KISSY.
Ensconced in a…
My House in Umbria (2003)
- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Maggie Smith, Chris Cooper, Giancarlo Giannini…
- Maggie Smith centres this superior telemovie, playing an ex–pat romance novelist whose life in Italy is disturbed when she is caught up in a…
My Life Without Me (2003)
- Dir. Isabel Coixet
Feat. Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Deborah Harry…
- This award–winning vignette concerns a young woman (Polley), told by her doctor she has only a short time to live, who strives to secretly…
Mystic River (2003)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon…
- Dignified crime thriller shot in unfussy style by old pro Clint Eastwood, this is less thrilling than a reliable entertainment, with the emotional…
Napoleon (TV Mini-series) (2003)
- Dir. Yves Simoneau
Feat. Christian Clavier, Gerard Depardieu, John Malkovich…
- A handsomely staged French (though English language) production of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte (Clavier) from his youthful antics, military…