Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Experience Preferred, but Not Essential (1983)- Dir. Peter Duffell
Feat. Elizabeth Edmonds, Sue Wallace - Amusing, low–key drama about a young woman waitressing at a seaside resort.
Local Hero (1983)
- Dir. Bill Forsyth
Feat. Peter Reigert, Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson… - Peter Riegert plays an American oil executive assigned to buy out a small Scottish community where, of course, not everyone takes the bait. Burt…
Return to Eden (TV Series) (1983)- Feat. Rebecca Gilling
- Early 80s mini–series set around the survivor of a treacherous crocodile attack, that garnered a small cult due to its Aussie–kitsch…
A Good Marriage (Le Beau Marriage) (1982)- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Beatrice Romand, Andre Dussollier, Féodor Atkine - An art history student is growing tired of being the mistress of a married painter, then meets a handsome and wealthy younger man whom she vows to…
Diner (1982)- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Kevin Bacon… - Endearing, and enduring, tale of college friends growing up in the 1950s Baltimore was a box–office flop but soon found an enthusiastic…
Home Sweet Home (1982)- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Timothy Spall, Frances Barber - Postmen, social workers, and desperate housewives converge in this biting Mike Leigh feature, one of the director’s early achievements. Originally…
Losing Ground (1982)- Dir. Kathleen Collins
Feat. Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones - Noted as the first feature–length drama directed by a black American woman since the 1920s – a semi–autobiographical story of a…
Starstruck (1982)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Jo Kennedy - A fabulous, overlooked Aussie musical in which an ambitious barmaid lives out her dreams to be a singing star in the new wave–inflected early…
All's Well That Ends Well (1981)- Dir. Elijah Moshinsky
Feat. Ian Charleson, Angela Down, Sir Michael Hordern… - Adaptation of the Shakespeare play about a low–born daughter of a doctor who falls in love with the son of a countess, and attempts to cure the…
Aviator's Wife, The (La femme de l'aviateur) (1981)- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Philippe Marlaud, Marie Riviere - A young student is devastated when he finds that his girlfriend is cheating on him. In order to find out why she did it, he decides to spy on her and…
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