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Rental > Classics > Drama: 947 Films to Rent
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)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- 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.
Pope of Greenwich Village, The (1984)
- Dir. Stuart Rosenberg
Feat. Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke
- Perennial no–hoper Eric Roberts cons pal Mickey Rourke into a final heist, but stealing from the Mob proves to be a bad idea.…
Racing with the Moon (1984)
- Dir. Richard Benjamin
Feat. Sean Penn, Elizabeth McGovern, Nicolas Cage…
- A well–observed and resonant drama, about the last few days of boyhood for a couple of inductees into the US Marines in 1942. The cast all…