Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics > Drama: 84 Films to Rent on VHS
- Staying On (1980)
- Dir. Silvio Narizzano
Feat. Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Saeed Jaffrey
- Drama based on the award–winning novel by Paul Scott (The Jewel in the Crown), and reuniting BRIEF ENCOUNTER actors Celia Johnson and Trevor…
- Chapter Two (1979)
- Dir. Robert Moore
Feat. James Caan, Marsha Mason, Valerie Harper
- Neil SImon's hit play is competently adapted for the big screen. James Caan in a rare romantic role plays a man recently widowed who falls for a…
- Boy in the Plastic Bubble, The (1976)
- Dir. Randal Kleiser
Feat. John Travolta, Glynnis O'Connor, Robert Reed
- A cult telemovie starring John Travolta as an immune–deficient youngster with potentially fatal allergies, who has to exist in a sealed…
- Last American Hero, The (1973)
- Dir. Lamont Johnson
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Valerie Perrine, Geraldine Fitzgerald…
- Jeff Bridges' mix of redneck roughness and choirboy sweetness is just right for this 1973 true story of a country kid running moonshine and making…
- Angel Levine, The (1970)
- Dir. Jan Kadar
Feat. Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, Ida Kaminska…
- In order to earn his wings Belafonte must convince the embittered Mostel that life still has value. Gentle yarn gets by chiefly on the charm of the…
- Baby Maker, The (1970)
- Dir. James Bridges
Feat. Barbara Hershey, Sam Groom, Scott Glenn
- Somewhat ahead of its time, this portrays a middle–class American couple who pay a hippy woman to be a surrogate mother for a child.…
- Only Game in Town, The (1970)
- Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Warren Beatty, Elizabeth Taylor
- An aging showgirl stumbles into a clandestine affair with a brash young gambler. Based on a stage play by Pulitzer Prize winner Frank D. Gilroy.
- Rabbit Run (1970)
- Dir. Jack Smight
Feat. James Caan, Carrie Snodgrass, Anjanette Comer…
- James Caan stars in this adaptation of John Updike's acclaimed 1960 novel about a has–been basketball star who impulsively abandones his life…
- Arrangement, The (1969)
- Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Faye Dunaway
- Advertising exec Kirk Douglas follows a mid–life suicide attempt with some desperate hi–jinks and a cry of rage at his hollow life.…
- Virgin Soldiers, The (1969)
- Dir. Norman Cohen
Feat. Lynn Redgrave, Hywel Bennett, Nigel Davenport…
- Comdey–drama following a squad of naive young British soldiers in 1950's Singapore who fall for the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major.