Subgenre Sampler
Rental > : 24514 Films to Rent
Spies Like Us (1985)
- Dir. John Landis
Feat. Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd
- Sending up the spy–caper genre, this piece of Chevy Chase–Dan Aykroyd fluff is amusing enough. Filled with numerous cameos by film…
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy…
- The definitive 'Brat Pack' movie – seven graduates find the big wide world and the urge to pair off has consequences on their friendship as a…
Starfleet (TV Series) (X Bomber) (1985)
- Dir. Go Nagai
- Heavily influenced by Gerry Anderson's supermarionation series, this sci–fi Japanese production from manga creater Go Nagai kicks off when an…
Steaming (1985)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Brenda Bruce…
- A low–rent London bathhouse is the setting for six women’s weekly get–togethers, in this adaptation of Neil Dunn’s stageplay. Often…
Stick (1985)
- Dir. Burt Reynolds
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Candice Bergen, George Segal…
- Moody action flick with a paroled Reynolds becoming embroiled in drug–running with an old friend. Unintentionally campy fun based on the Elmore…
Stuff, The (1985)
- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Garrett Morris
- Witty consumerist parable from low–budget maestro Larry Cohen about a new dessert product, which turns out to be lethal. Call it…
Subway (1985)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Christopher Lambert, Isabelle Adjani
- Fast paced action thriller set in the Paris underground. A cool rebel–hero (Christopher Lambert) teams up with Isabelle Adjani in stylish…
Summer Lovers (1985)
- Dir. Randal Kleiser
Feat. Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannah, Valerie Quennessen…
- Daffy drama set on a Greek isle with Gallagher and Hannah as a holidaying couple, trouble ensues when Gallagher meets a sexy archaeologist.
Summer Rental (1985)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. John Candy, Richard Crenna, Kerri Green…
- A half–decent, though critically–panned, comic vehicle for John Candy in which the big man plays an overworked air–traffic…
Supergrass, The (1985)
- Dir. Peter Richardson
Feat. Adrian Edmondson, Robbie Coltrane, Jennifer Saunders…
- A clever, understated comedy from the Comic Strip team with Adrian Edmondson as an ordinary bloke mistaken for a major–league drug dealer.