Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2196 Films to Buy & Rent
Woman King, The (2022)
- Dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood
Feat. Viola Davis, John Boyega
- Inspired by true events, this is the remarkable, action–packed story about the all–female unit of warriors who protected the African…
Black Widow (2021)
- Dir. Cate Shortland
Feat. Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour…
- Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow gets deserved time in the spotlight in this belated, but very much welcomed, Marvel movie.
Set before the events…
Boy Called Christmas, A (2021)
- Dir. Gil Kenan
Feat. Sally Hawkins, Michiel Huisman, Maggie Smith…
- A very nice festive–season family movie likely to appeal to all ages. Mostly consisting of a story–within–a–story, starting…
Chaos Walking (2021)
- Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Daisy Ridley, Tom Holland, Mads Mikkelsen…
- Doug Liman directs this young adult sci–fi film, based on the first book in the literary trilogy of the same name by Patrick Ness, who also…
Escape from Mogadishu (2021)
- Dir. Ryoo Seung-Wan
Feat. Yoon-seok Kim, In-sung Zo, Joon-ho Huh
- A gritty action–thriller based on true events following a diplomatic skirmish between North and South Korea that breaks out on the African…
Eternals (2021)
- Dir. ChloƩ Zhao
Feat. Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani…
- Sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster, with director ChloĆ© Zhao (NOMADLAND) bringing an enormous amount of humanity and maturity to the…
Everything Everywhere All At Once (2021)
- Dir. Daniel Scheinert, Dan Kwan
Feat. Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis…
- Likely to be THE film of 2022, this dazzling, ingenious sci–fi comedy adventure epic throws in a million ideas and makes most of them stick.…
F9 (The Fast and the Furious 9) (2021)
- Dir. Justin Lin
Feat. Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson…
- Director Justin Lin returns to the helm with this unashamedly grandiose entry into the bloated Fast & Furious franchise.
Dom and the crew come…
Finch (2021)
- Dir. Miguel Sapochnik
Feat. Tom Hanks, Caleb Landry Jones, Skeet Ulrich
- One of the nicer post–apocalyptic movies out there, starring Tom Hanks as a survivor of a solar flare that has left the earth a scorched…
Gold (2021)
- Dir. Anthony Hayes
Feat. Zac Efron, Susie Porter, Anthony Hayes
- Thriller set in a dystopian near–future where ex–teen heartthrob Zac Efron struggles to survive in an inhospitable Australian…