Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8108 Films to Buy & Rent
Chance or Coincidence (1998)
- Dir. Claude Lelouch
Feat. Alessandra Martines, Pierre Arditi, Marc Hollogne
- Bereaved wife Alessandra Martine speeds like a comet through this intriguing comedy from dir. Lelouch equal parts melodrama, musical and…
Charmed (TV Series) (1998-2005)
- Feat. Shannen Doherty, Alyssa Milano, Holly Marie Combs
- A career–reviving hit for Doherty and Milano, as two of a trio of sisters who discover they have the supernatural powers of witches. This…
Children of Heaven (1998)
- Dir. Majid Majidi
Feat. Mohammad Amir Naji, Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi
- More simplicity from Iran in this child's tale of small disasters and small triumphs, as a lost pair of shoes provides a catalyst for change for a…
Chinese Box (1998)
- Dir. Wayne Wang
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung
- Set in Hong Kong just prior to the British handover to China, this follows the last dissatisfied days of dying journalist Jeremy Irons as he pads the…
City of Angels (1998)
- Dir. Brad Silberling
Feat. Meg Ryan, Nicolas Cage
- Hollywood resurrects Wim Wenders' classic WINGS OF DESIRE as a syrupy romantic vehicle for eligible everywoman Meg Ryan.
A leaden, fatally miscast…
Coming Home (TV mini-series) (1998)
- Dir. Giles Foster
Feat. Joanna Lumley, Peter O'Toole, Emily Mortimer…
- Star–studded adaptation of Rosamunde Pilcher's best–selling novel of love, friendship and the discovery of womanhood set on the Cornish…
Cookie's Fortune (1998)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Glenn Close, Liv Tyler, Chris O'Donnell…
- A satisfying, home–spun Southern patchwork, stuffed with little–biddy–town idiosyncracies and a slightly kooky plot surrounding the…
Così ridevano (The Way We Laughed) (1998)
- Dir. Gianni Amelio
Feat. Enrico Lo Verso, Francesco Giuffrida
- A superbly novelistic epic set amid the rigours of post–WW2 Italy where two poor Sicilian brothers settle in northern Turin in search of future…
Dance Me to My Song (1998)
- Dir. Rolf De Heer
Feat. Heather Rose
- Like the thriller PROOF, this Australian drama grapples with the subtle psychology of disability, here involving lead actress (and co–creator)…
Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
- Dir. Pat O'Connor
Feat. Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack
- The acclaimed stageplay by Brian Friel is given a top notch cast to embody the passionate Irish dilemmas of its characters. Family and National…