Subgenre Sampler
: 25134 Films to Buy & Rent
Diary of Anne Frank, The (Mini-series) (2009)
- Dir. Jon Jones
Feat. Kate Ashfield, Tamsin Greig, Iain Glen…
- Superlative BBC adaptation of Anne Frank's enduring story is sensitively written and perfectly cast. Told over five half–hour episodes, one of…
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
- Dir. Marc Lawrence
Feat. Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Elisabeth Moss…
- Charmless romantic comedy finds high–rollers Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica–Parker slumming it in hicktown, Wyoming, after being relocated…
Diplomatic Immunity (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. Dave Fane, Craig Parker, Lesley-Ann Brandt
- Mischievous Kiwi comedy series set on a small scattering of islands in the South Pacific ruled by a group of irreverent Pacific Islanders, who refuse…
Disappearance of Alice Creed, The (2009)
- Dir. J Blakeson
Feat. Gemma Arterton, Eddie Marsan, Martin Compston
- Nominally another addition to the flavorless torture genre, this ransom drama centred on the abduction of a millionaire's daughter by two…
District 13: Ultimatum (2009)
- Dir. Patrick Alessandrin
Feat. Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle
- Cash–in sequel to the Luc Besson–produced sci–fi thriller whose action was shaped creatively around Parkour, an athletic pursuit…
District 9 (2009)
- Dir. Neill Blomkamp
Feat. Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James
- Superb sci–fi blockbuster from first–time writer/director Blomkamp, set in an alternate–reality Johannesburg where an…
Doctor Who (Series 5) [Matt Smith] (Dr. Who) (2009)
- Feat. Matt Smith, Karen Gillan , Arthur Darvill …
- Eleventh 'regeneration' of the time travelling Doctor Who puts Matt Smith in control of a brand new TARDIS, joined by new sidekick Amy Pond (Karen…
Dogtooth (Kynodontas) (2009)
- Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
Feat. Aggeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni, Hristos Passalis…
- An astringent, blackly comic tale of a modern Greek family whose adult children have been imprisoned in their home since birth.
Something of a…
Dolan's Cadillac (2009)
- Dir. Jeff Beesley
Feat. Christian Slater, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Wes Bentley
- Revenge yarn based on a Stephen King short story sees Christian Slater play the titular Dolan, a crooked slimeball begging for punishment after he…
Dollhouse (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. Eliza Dushku
- Joss Whedon's short–lived sci–fi series set in a futuristic laboratory that assigns different tasks to its various residents, who then…