Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 809 Films to Rent on VHS
- Beautiful People (1999)
- Dir. Jasmin Dizdar
Feat. Rosalind Ayres, Julian Firth, Bobby Williams…
- Set in London 1993 when the Balkan Wars were in full flight, this lively, panoramic drama reaches its ambitions in witnessing turbulence of the…
- Big Brass Ring, The (1999)
- Dir. George Hickenlooper
Feat. William Hurt, Nigel Hawthorne, Irene Jacob…
- Curiosity–piece that updates a dusty Orson Welles script from 1980. William Hurt plays a US presidential candidate, whose murky past is being…
- Bleeder (1999)
- Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Feat. Kim Bodnia
- Hard–nosed drama about a brooding man who turns destructive when he learns of his girlfriend’s pregnancy in…
- Body Shots (1999)
- Dir. Michael Cristofer
Feat. Sean Patrick Flannery, Amanda Peet, Tara Reid…
- Flashy tale of eight twentysomethings shares its style, setting and cultural niche with GO, dividing neatly into four typically smug boys and four…
- Cabaret Balkan (The Powder Keg) (1999)
- Dir. Goran Paskaljevic
Feat. Nikola Ristanovski
- Troubling split–portrait of the Serbian psyche, depicting a series of often violent incidents over the course of a single night in Belgrade,…
- Channeling Baby (1999)
- Dir. Christine Parker
Feat. Danielle Cormack, Kevin Smith
- 'First sight' romance between a blind pacifist and a shell–shocked soldier in the 70s ended in heartbreak after the tragic 'disappearance' of…
- Colour of Paradise, The (1999)
- Dir. Majid Majidi
Feat. Mohsen Ramezani
- A gripping, compassionate study of a blind Iranian boy’s attempts to connect with his egotistical father and a carpentry tutor when he is taken to…
- Cool Dry Place, A (1999)
- Dir. John N. Smith
Feat. Vince Vaughn, Monica Potter, Joey Lauren Adams
- Hot–shot lawyer Vince Vaughn is dumped by wife Monica Potter, and moves with his young son to a small town to restart his life. So begins a…
- Cooler Climate, A (1999)
- Dir. Susan Seidelman
Feat. Sally Field, Judy Davis
- Exploring the emotional climate between newly–separated Sally Field and her new boss, rich–bitch Judy Davis, this small–scale drama…
- Cotton Mary (1999)
- Dir. Ismail Merchant
Feat. Madhur Jaffrey, Greta Scacchi
- Set in post–Independence India, Merchant–Ivory spin one of their more disturbing tales around Indian nurse Madhur Jaffrey, who insinuates…