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Subgenre Sampler
Insurance Man, The (1986)
- Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert Hines, Geoffrey Palmer… - A fascinating BBC production of Alan Bennett's screenplay about the one–and–only Franz Kafka, who is trapped in his own infernal…
Invaders from Mars (1986)- Dir. Tobe Hooper
Feat. Karen Black, Louise Fletcher, Bud Cort - Madeover by Tobe 'Texas Chainsaw' Hooper, this version of 50s paranoia classic is patchy but above–average. Same basic story with an…
Island of the Alive (It's Alive 3) (1986)- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Michael Moriarty, Karen Black - Eschewing the subtle creepiness of the first ALIVE movies, this goes for a more blackly comical tale of mutant babies, placed out of harm's way on a…
It's Garry Shandling's Show (1986-1990)- Feat. Garry Shandling
- Hugely influential show centered around the neurosis of Garry Shandling – basically playing himself, who along with the rest of the cast just…
Jean De Florette (1986)
- Dir. Claude Berri
Feat. Yves Montand, Gerard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil - A modern classic of love, greed and revenge set against the beauty of 1920s French Provence, superbly performed by three of France's biggest…
Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)- Dir. Penny Marshall
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, Carol Kane… - Amiable escapade with trouble aplenty for Goldberg after she starts receiving S.O.S messages from a British spy trapped in Soviet Russia. When she…
Kangaroo (1986)- Dir. Tim Burstall
Feat. Judy Davis, Colin Friels - Thinly veiled autobiographical account of novelist D.H. Lawrence features Colin Friels as 'a British writer' in Australia who gets unintentionally…
King Kong Lives (1986)- Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Linda Hamilton, Brian Kerwin, John Ashton - A truly blasphemous sequel to the already inessential 1976 remake, has the big ape somehow survive the fall from the World Trade Centre but needing a…
Labyrinth (1986)- Dir. Jim Henson
Feat. David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly - Jennifer Connelly goes in search of her baby brother, kidnapped by the Goblin King (David Bowie). An entourage of creatures from Jim Henson highlight…
Last Days of Frank and Jesse James, The (1986)- Dir. William A. Graham
Feat. Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson… - Likeable version of the last years, not days, of the legendary Frank and Jesse James played by 'outlaw' country music stars Johnny Cash and Kris…
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