Subgenre Sampler
Rental > : 24514 Films to Rent
Johnny Be Good (1988)
- Dir. Bud Smith
Feat. Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey Jnr., Uma Thurman…
- Woeful comedy with a miscast Hall as a talented high school football player enjoying the perks and pitfalls of college celebrity.
Judgement in Berlin (1988)
- Dir. Leo Penn
Feat. Martin Sheen, Sean Penn, Sam Wanamaker…
- Stolid courtroom drama about the trial of an man who hijacked an airplane in order to flee East Germany for the West, Martin Sheen plays the American…
Just Ask for Diamond (1988)
- Dir. Stephen Bayly
Feat. Colin Dale, Dursley McLinden, Saeed Jaffrey…
- Whimsical British spoof on 'The Maltese Falcon' that tells the story of a precocious private eye and his kid brother who are given £200 to guard a…
Juvenatrix (1988)
- Dir. Brian Thomas Jones
Feat. Vivian Lanko, John Mackay, James Hogue
- Aging woman commissions 'youth serum', with horrible side–effects. True 80s schlock.
Kansas (1988)
- Dir. David Stevens
Feat. Matt Dillon, Andrew McCarthy, Leslie Hope…
- Thriller sees Andrew McCarthy play a drifter who inadvertently gets mixed up in the plans of Matt Dillon's psychopath. Paint–by–numbers…
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
- Dir. Stephen Chiodo
Feat. Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson
- Smalltown folk are harvested by blood–drinking alien clowns in this novelty horror confection. Has something of a reputation, but that doesn't…
Kingsajz (Kingsize) (1988)
- Locked inside an abandoned library basement, tiny dwarfs work hard to maintain their all–male dwarf commune.
When a scientist synthesizes…
Kiss, The (1988)
- Dir. Pen Densham
Feat. Joanna Pacula, Meredith Salenger, Mimi Kuzyk
- Fairly trashy rendition of 'Cat People'–style story about evil curse passed on by smooching.
Kiwi Shorts Volume 1 (1988-1992)
- Dir. Grant Lahood, Scott Reynolds, Nicky Marshall
- A good sampling of eight short films funded by the NZ Arts Council and Film Commission, including the classic "The Lounge Bar". Compiled by the good…
La Boheme (Puccini) (1988)
- Dir. Brian Large
Feat. Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti
- Superlative production of one of the greatest operas, conducted by Tiziano Severini.