Subgenre Sampler
Politics: 627 Films to Buy & Rent
Blue Kite, The (1993)
- Dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang
Feat. Tian Yi, Wenyao Zhang, Xiaoman Chen
- Emotive and honest account of the realities of daily life under chairman Mao's regime as witnessed by one Beijing family from the 1950s through…
Bopha! (1993)
- Dir. Morgan Freeman
Feat. Danny Glover, Malcolm McDowell, Alfre Woodard
- Danny Glover plays a loyal police sergeant in 1980 South Africa who comes under fire from his militant son. Examines the less visible conflicts that…
Burning Season, The (1993)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Raul Julia, Carmen Argenziano, Sonia Braga…
- Raul Julia stars as Chico Mendes, the activist who lost his life protesting the destruction of the Brazilian rain forests. The continued volatile…
Dave (1993)
- Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver
- Kline makes a few policy changes as an average Joe presidential lookalike who gets a shot as president after the real McCoy has a stroke. Thoroughly…
Fatherland (1993)
- Dir. Christopher Menaul
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Miranda Richardson
- Ambitious film posits an alternative history in which Germany controls Europe and is locked in a cold war with the U.S. twenty years after winning…
In the Line of Fire (1993)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo…
- Clint Eastwood's ageing, guilt–ridden bodyguard plays a dangerous cat–and–mouse game with a chameleonic assassin (John Malkovich)…
In the Name of the Father (1993)
- Dir. Jim Sheridan
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson
- Daniel Day–Lewis gives a devastating performance in this powerhouse re–creation of the tragedy that beset Jerry Conlon, his family and…
JFK: Reckless Youth (1993)
- Dir. Harry Winer
Feat. Patrick Dempsey, Claire Forlani, Loren Dean…
- Credible bio–pic dramatising the first 30 years of JFK's life by concentrating on the childhood and teenage events that eventually shaped John…
La Scorta (1993)
- Dir. Rick Tognazzi
Feat. Ennio Morricone
- Bold dramatic thriller draws from real events surrounding the indictment of Mafia collaborators with the focus on the four bodyguards of a maverick…
Malcolm X (1993)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Denzel Washington
- Epic bio of the black–American minister and human rights activist from his beginnings as a Harlem crook to his 1965 assassination. Breezes…