Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Drama: 978 Films to Buy & Rent
- Bliss (1985)
- Dir. Ray Lawrence
Feat. Barry Otto
- Peter Carey's cult novel maintains its distinctive off–beat flavour in this screen adaptation, about a middle–aged ad–man who…
- Color Purple, The (The Colour Purple) (1985)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover…
- Striking interpretation of Alice Walker's novel about a black girl's life and hard times in the South, spanning forty years. Whoopi Goldberg's screen…
- Death of a Salesman (1985)
- Dir. Volker Schlondorff
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, John Malkovich, Charles Durning
- An excellent adaptation of Arthur Miller’s most famous play, with Dustin Hoffman bringing pathos, seediness and tragedy to the central…
- Eleni (1985)
- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. John Malkovich, Kate Nelligan, Linda Hunt
- John Malkovich plays a U.S. reporter in Greece trying to find the long–lost truth about his mother's political execution.
- Equalizer, The (TV Series) (1985-1989)
- Feat. Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka
- Classic '80's show noted for its mix of espionage, crime drama, and the private eye genres rolled into a classy film noir package. Woodward excels…
- Fool for Love (1985)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Sam Shepard, Kim Basinger, Harry Dean Stanton…
- One of dir. Altman's ambitious stageplay adaptations, this largely succeeds in bringing Sam Shepard's brand of 'surreal Americana' to life.
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- Fortunate Life, A (Mini-series) (1985)
- Feat. Dominic Sweeney
- At the turn of the 20th century, a motherless child faces hard labour, the trauma of Gallipoli, and the unforgiving outback in this life affirming…
- Kane And Abel (Mini-series) (1985)
- Dir. Buzz Kulik
Feat. Sam Neill, Peter Strauss, Ron Silver
- Based on the epic best selling novel by Jeffrey Archer, about two ambitious men born on the same day on either side of the Atlantic, one to a…
- Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
- Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Raul Julia, William Hurt
- Evocative drama posits a political activist and a gay window dresser in a South American prison cell, where fantasy becomes their only tool for…
- Mask (1985)
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Eric Stoltz, Cher, Sam Elliott
- Highly watchable tearjerker skillfully steers a facially–deformed teenager through the trials of adolescence, dodging most of the cliches and…