Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics > Drama: 946 Films to Rent
- A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
- Dir. Krzysztof Zanussi
Feat. Maja Komorowska, Scott Wilson
- Realistic and poignant drama that depicts the tentative yet soulful romance that blooms between a Polish woman and an American soldier who is…
- Amadeus (1984)
- Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham
- Academy–award winning biopic of Mozart's illustrious but brief existence that spawned much of the greatest music ever written. A humourous yet…
- Annie's Coming Out (A Test of Love) (1984)
- Dir. Gil Brealey
Feat. Angela Punch McGregor, Drew Forsythe, Liddy Clark…
- A therapist learns to communicate with cerebral palsy patient Annie using an alphabet board and comes to believe that although physically disabled,…
- Birdy (1984)
- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage
- Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage star in this complex yet compelling tale of a disturbed war veteran's descent into believing he is a bird. A bold and…
- Bodyline (TV Mini-series) (1984)
- Feat. Gary Sweet, Hugo Weaving
- A classy TV drama which follows the infamous 1932–33 cricket tour of Australia by the English team led by Douglas Jardine (Weaving).
The…
- Choose Me (1984)
- Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Genevieve Bujold, Keith Carradine, Lesley-Anne Down
- A sultry, out–of–the–ordinary comedy/drama centred around a luminous late–night L.A. bar, this cemented Robert Altman protege…
- Coolangatta Gold, The (1984)
- Dir. Igor Auzins
Feat. Joss McWilliam, Nick Tate, Colin Friels…
- Fair dinkum sports drama in which a father pushes his son to become a champion of the nascent Iron Man competition on the southern Queensland…
- Cotton Club, The (1984)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Gregory Hines…
- Richard Gere heads the ensemble for Coppola's glossy musical melodrama set in the thick of New York's glitzy gangster culture of the 1930s.
- Falling in Love (1984)
- Dir. Ulu Grosbard
Feat. Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep
- Star–combination of Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep, as train–commuters having an affair which puts a wee glow back into their fairly…
- Harry and Son (1984)
- Dir. Paul Newman
Feat. Paul Newman, Robby Benson, Ellen Barkin…
- Earnest drama concerning cantankerous working stiff Newman and his struggling author son. Those allergic to overt symbolism may want to give this one…