Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Shadows in Paradise (Varjoja paratiisissa) (1986)
- Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Matti Pellonpaa, Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen - The first film in Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy follows a lonely garbage collector who finds romance with a check–out clerk (Kaurismäki…
Shanghai Surprise (1986)- Dir. Jim Goddard
Feat. Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman… - Universally panned adventure flick stars Madonna as a missionary (!) on the hunt for medicinal opium (!) and then–husband Penn plays the…
She's Gotta Have It (1986)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Spike Lee - Spike Lee's stylish debut accounts the love–lives of Nola Darling, a black siren with three boyfriends all demanding her fidelity. A remarkably…
Sherman's March (1986)- Dir. Ross McElwee
- A wonderfully oddball chronicle of the disastrous and wacky lovelife and times of the film–maker. Intending to make a historical doco, he veers…
Short Circuit (1986)- Dir. John Badham
Feat. Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg - A family adopts an alien–robot which develops a personality of its own. Good family fodder.
Sid and Nancy (1986)- Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb - Pretty grim portrait of the life and times of Sex Pistol Sid Vicious and his girlfriend. Both are stunningly personified by Gary Oldman and Chloe…
Singing Detective, The (TV Series) (1986)- Dir. Jon Amiel
Feat. Michael Gambon, Joanne Whalley, Patrick Malahide… - Ground–breaking fantasy–drama from the unique genius of Dennis Potter. Michael Gambon is brilliant as a bed–ridden, frustrated…
Sledge Hammer! (TV Series) (1986)- Feat. David Rasche, Harrison Page, Anne-Marie Martin
- GET SMART meets DIRTY HARRY in this riotous late–night spoof detailing the exploits of unorthodox Inspector 'Sledge Hammer', a loose cannon of…
Slinger's Day (TV Series) (1986-1987)- Bruce "The Generation Game" Forsyth stars in his only sitcom role as the beleaguered manager of a London supermarket, with scripts courtesy of…
Something Wild (1986)- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Melanie Griffith, Jeff Daniels, Ray Liotta - The then–hip Melanie Griffith takes conservative Jeff Daniels on a crash course in carefree living and kinky sex. But the fun turns to terror…
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