Subgenre Sampler
Rental > : 24514 Films to Rent
King of the Kickboxers I & II (1990-1991)
- Dir. Lucas Lowe
Feat. Loren Avedon, Richard Jaeckel, Don Stroud
- Spectacular fight sequences lift this spin–off from the NO RETREAT NO SURRENDER films out of the dreck, with Loren Avedon returning as a cop…
Krays, The (1990)
- Dir. Peter Medak
Feat. Billie Whitelaw, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp
- Excellent biographical account of the rise and fall of London's notorious Kray twins, with Spandau Ballet's Kemp brothers doing an admirable job in…
Kurosawa's Dreams (1990)
- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baisho, Martin Scorsese
- Opinions vary wildly over this sequence of eight re–enactments of Akira's very own dreams – stunning photography and subtle use of…
Lambada (1990)
- Dir. Joel Silberg
Feat. J. Eddie Peck, Melora Hardin, Adolfo Quinones
- A "dance–ploitation" drama produced by the gloriously low–brow Cannon Films to cash in on the suggestive South American Lambada dance…
Leatherface: the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 (1990)
- Dir. Jeff Burr
Feat. William Butler, Miriam Byrd-Nethery
- Judging by the title this makes a bid in the horror franchise stakes, but death–by–chainsaw just never quite caught the teenage…
Lenny Henry - Live and Unleashed (1990)
- Feat. Lenny Henry, Robbie Coltrane
- The black British comedian, doing some of his best impersonations ever. Old and new material also includes favourite characters: Theophilus P.…
Licence to Kill (License to Kill) (1990)
- Dir. John Glen
Feat. Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell
- Dalton continues as a tougher and more cynical Bond, as he attempts to avenge the murder by ruthless drug lord Franz Sanchezz, of his best friend.…
Life and Nothing But (1990)
- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Philippe Noiret, Sabine Azema
- Philippe Noiret plays a Missing–in–Action chief officer whose obsession to account for the anonymous casualties of WW1 draws him to a…
Life Is Sweet (1990)
- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Alison Steadman, Timothy Spall, Jane Horrocks…
- Life is always bittersweet in a Mike Leigh film, but never so funny. Naturalism and caricature harmonise is this domestic black comedy thanks to his…
Little Gangster, The (Le Petit Criminel) (1990)
- Dir. Jacques Doillon
Feat. Gerald Thomassin, Richard Anconina, Clotilde Courau
- Jacques Doillon (PONETTE) combines his eye for youthful naturalism with technical and storytelling assurance in this neatly formed movie about a…