Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2200 Films to Buy & Rent
Indiana Jones DVD Collection (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) (1981-2008)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Harrison Ford
- Remastered collection of the iconic 'Indiana Jones' films, including hours of special features only available with these sets.
Loveless, The (1981)
- Dir. Kathryn Bigelow, Monty Montgomery
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Robert Gordon, Marin Kanter
- A brooding, fetishised love–letter to the motorcycle movies of the 1950s (THE WILD ONE et al), with a bike gang having a troubled interlude in…
My Young Auntie (1981)
- Dir. Liu Chia Liang
Feat. Kara Hui, Liu Chia Liang
- Screwball comedy fits like a glove in this kung fu farce concerning a family inheritance and the sexual tension between a side–kicking Aunt…
Night Hawks (1981)
- Dir. Bruce Malmuth
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Rutger Hauer…
- Two undercover NYC cops are faced with the unenviable task of tracking down Europe's number one terrorist in this underrated 80's action flick.…
Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
- Dir. David Hemmings
Feat. Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Donald Pleasence…
- Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Donald Pleasance and George Peppard cavort on and over the South Island in search of a 'McGuffin'.
Sharky's Machine (1981)
- Dir. Burt Reynolds
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Vittorio Gassman, Brian Keith…
- Burt Reynolds assumed directing duties for this sleazy cop–thriller about political corruption. Mixes exciting, gory action–scenes with…
Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)
- Dir. Charles B Griffith
Feat. Jimmy McNichol, Janet Julian, Walter Barnes
- Not in any way related to SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT, this cheapie from Roger Corman factory is enjoyable on its own terms. Charting the rivalry between a…
Southern Comfort (1981)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward…
- A foolish National Guard unit encounter anything but Southern hospitality while on training manoeuvres in the Louisiana bayous. This allegory of the…
Tarzan the Ape Man (1981)
- Dir. John Derek
Feat. Bo Derek, Richard Harris, Miles O'Keefe
- Famously atrocious 1980s retelling of the Tarzan story, with the lone distinction of featuring a semi–clothed Bo Derek. Playing the apeman,…
Victory (Escape to Victory) (1981)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow
- Implausible yet jolly entertaining WWII story has a soccer team of assorted POWs attempting to escape a Paris stadium during a match against the Nazi…