Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Drama: 978 Films to Buy & Rent
- 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…
- Highway to Heaven (TV Series) (1984)
- Feat. Michael Landon, Victor French
- Feelgood, down–to–earth fantasy series for the whole family, starring Michael Landon (Little House on the Prairie) as a "probational"…
- Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
- Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Jodie Foster, Rob Lowe, Nastassja Kinski
- Jodie Foster falls in love with brother Rob Lowe. From the John Irving novel.
- Killing Fields, The (1984)
- Dir. Roland Joffe
Feat. Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich…
- Devastating and award–winning account of Pol Pot's regime in Cambodia.
- Last Bastion, The (1984)
- Dir. Chris Thomson
Feat. Bill Hunter, Ray Barrett, Robert Vaughn…
- Australia's involvement in World War II is explored from behind closed doors in this dramatisation of the decisions made by politicians and generals…
- Maria's Lovers (1984)
- Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
Feat. Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Robert Mitchum…
- An embittered war veteran (Savage) experiences girl trouble upon returning from Vietnam. With a steamy Nastassja Kinski as the film's obscure object…
- Mistral's Daughter (Mini-series) (1984)
- Feat. Stefanie Powers, Robert Urich, Lee Remick…
- Blubbery, melodramatic saga of three generations of women by way of artist Julien Mistral. Based on a novel by Judith Krantz.
- Mrs. Soffel (1984)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine…
- Sombre though interesting drama set in 1901 Pittsburgh about a woman who helps one of the inmates of her prison warden husband.
- Places in the Heart (1984)
- Dir. Robert Benton
Feat. Sally Field, Danny Glover, John Malkovich
- Moving period drama with Sally Field's Oscar–winning performance as a widowed cotton–farmer in Depression era Texas.