Subgenre Sampler
Female-centric: 795 Films to Buy & Rent
Pocahontas (1995)
- Dir. Michael Gabriel, Eric Goldberg
- Disney accounts the historical union between the daughter of an Indian chief and an English colonist. No surprise that this is politically and…
Politician's Wife, The (TV mini-series) (1995)
- Dir. Graham Theakston
Feat. Juliet Stevenson, Trevor Eve, Minnie Driver…
- Hell hath no fury like Juliet Stevenson in this Bafta and Emmy award–winning drama as a woman humiliated by the public revelation that her…
She's Out (TV Mini-series) (1995)
- Dir. Ian Toynton
Feat. Ann Mitchell, Linda Marlowe, Maureen Sweeney…
- Six–part crime drama written by Lynda La Plante (PRIME SUSPECT) as a sequel to her 1980's series, Widows. Ann Mitchell is superb as Dolly…
Something to Talk About (1995)
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid, Robert Duvall…
- The screenwriter of THELMA AND LOUISE penned this tale of a happily married woman (Julia Roberts) whose life is turned on its head when she discovers…
Tank Girl (1995)
- Dir. Rachel Talalay
Feat. Lori Petty, Malcolm McDowell, Ice-T…
- Lori Petty is well cast as the rumbuncious heroine of Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett's subversive comic strip. Purists may cry foul but though its…
Waiting to Exhale (1995)
- Dir. Forest Whitaker
Feat. Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett
- Well–trodden version of men–bemoaning female bonding flick in which Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett among others share tales of…
War Stories (War Stories our Mothers never told us) (1995)
- Dir. Gaylene Preston
- Remarkable documentary manages to compel almost exclusively via the spoken word as seven elderly women offer candid yet articulate and boldy frank…
West Side Waltz (1995)
- Dir. Ernest Thompson
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Liza Minnelli, Jennifer Grey…
- Cold widow Shirley Maclaine lives for playing the piano and isolates all except her violin accompanist, Liza Minnelli. A prelude to change comes in…
Xena: Warrior Princess (TV Series) (1995-1996)
- Dir. Charles Siebert, Anson Williams, Gary Jones
Feat. Lucy Lawless
- Spinoff to the iconic 1990s 'Hercules' series, that became a cult in its own right.
Mixing slapstick action and snappy one–liners into a…
Attack of the 50ft Woman (1994)
- Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Daryl Hannah, Daniel Baldwin
- Remake of the 1958 classic is a cheesy spoof of the B–movie genre with Hannah in strapping form as the she–beast who avenges her…