Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Foreign Cinema: 1782 Films to Buy & Rent
The Devil, Probably (Le diable probablement) (1977)
- Dir. Robert Bresson
Feat. Antoine Monnier, Tina Irissari, Henri de Maublanc…
- Distinctive late–period inclusion into the incredible canon of films from director Robert Bresson (DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST), following a…
1900 (Novecento) (1976)
- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Robert De Niro
- Spectacular saga spans the first half of 20th Century Italy, and follows two men, one a peasant (Gerard Depardieu), the other a nobleman (Robert de…
Cria Cuervos (1976)
- Dir. Carlos Saura
Feat. Ana Torrent, Geraldine Chaplin
- The remarkable Ana Torrent (SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE) turns in another mesmerizing performance as the middle child of recently deceased parents. A…
Desert of the Tartars, The (1976)
- Dir. Valerio Zurlini
Feat. Vittorio Gassman, Jacques Perrin, Helmut Griem…
- Italian drama set in a hostile East Asian desert, where a isolated Lieutenant defends an old, unmaintained border fortress while awaiting an attack…
Face to Face (1976)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Liv Ullmann
- A harrowing insight into a nervous breakdown suffered by a woman psychiatrist. Bleak yet compulsive through stylised photography and Liv Ullmanns…
Fellini's Casanova (1976)
- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Donald Sutherland
- Fellini indulges himself just short of self–parody for a gorgeously stylised, absurdist revision of the life of the 18th Century lover. Donald…
Heart of Glass (1976)
- Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Clemens Scheitz
- Werner Herzog committed his cast to six months of hypnosis, before embarking on a spellbinding tale of an 18th Century Bavarian glassblower whose…
In the Realm of the Senses (Ai No Corrida) (1976)
- Dir. Nagisa Oshima
Feat. Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda
- Hailed as an erotic masterpiece in some quarters and condemned as mere sexually explicit exploitation in others, Oshima’s indisputably elegant…
Kings of the Road (1976)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Rudiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer
- Two men embark on an odyssey of discovery along Germany's East/West border. A thoughtful, illuminating road movie that will ultimately reward…
L'Innocente (1976)
- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, Jennifer O'Neill
- Visconti's swan–song is an exquisite noble period drama in which a faithless husband in driven to extremes when his wife bears a child to…