Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2200 Films to Buy & Rent
Island, The (1980)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Michael Caine, David Warner
- Underrated high–seas adventure, based on the novel by JAWS author Peter Benchley, concerning an investigate reporter and his son who crash land…
Kagemusha (1980)
- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara
- A majestic 16th century saga about a petty thief who ascends to tribal leadership on account of his resemblance to a dying warlord. Shared the top…
Lion of the Desert (1980)
- Dir. Moustapha Akkad
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, John Gielgud…
- An epic account of the 'David and Goliath' battle on the Libyan desert between Mussolini's all–powerful army and the Bedouin, circa 1930.
Long Riders, The (1980)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine…
- Sombre treatment of the perennial Jesse James/Cole/Younger–gang saga, starring real–life brothers Carradine, Keach and Quaid, does…
North Sea Hijack (Ffolkes) (1980)
- Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen
Feat. Roger Moore, James Mason, Anthony Perkins…
- Roger Moore's attempt to distance himself from his typecasting as a cheeky playboy by playing an eccentric anti–terrorism expert who volunteers…
Octagon, The (1980)
- Dir. Eric Karson
Feat. Chuck Norris, Karen Carlson, Lee Van Cleef…
- Economical Chuck Norris martial arts adventure focusing on a retired karate champion recruited to take out a group of Central American terrorists he…
Raise the Titanic (1980)
- Dir. Jerry Jameson
Feat. Richard Jordan, Jason Robards Jr., David Selby…
- As ill–fated as the original vessel, this expensive adaptation of Clive Cussler's potboiler concerns the efforts of a salvage crew to refloat…
Sea Wolves, The (1980)
- Dir. Andrew McLagen
Feat. Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven…
- Salty War drama based on a real covert mission during World War II in which a group of middle–aged civilian ex–soldiers are sent by the…
Shogun (Mini Series) (1980)
- Dir. Jerry London
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune
- Exciting TV mini–series version of James Clavell's novel set in Feudal Japan. Great locations and rousing battle–scenes make for a most…
Stir (1980)
- Dir. Stephen Wallace
Feat. Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Dennis Miller…
- Grimily authentic prison drama (an Australian specialty) charts the brutality of the NSW penal system in the 1970s and the eventual consequence: mass…