Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3559 Films to Buy & Rent
Clockwise (1986)
- Dir. Christopher Morahan
Feat. John Cleese, Alison Steadman, Joan Hickson
- Headmaster John Cleese, with pupil in tow, gets hopelessly lost enroute to a conference. In a more deadpan mode than the usual Python–esque…
Club Paradise (1986)
- Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. Harold Ramis, Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole…
- Robin Williams retreats to a tropical Caribbean island, helping to renovate a run–down resort at the mercy of ruthless developers. With Jimmy…
Color of Money, The (1986)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Tom Cruise, Paul Newman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio…
- 25 years on from the THE HUSTLER, Paul Newman is the tainted ex–pool shark who passes his baton on to rookie Tom Cruise. Unremarkable Scorsese,…
Crime Story (TV Series) (1986-1988)
- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Dennis Farina, Andrew Dice Clay
- Genre stylist Michael Mann (COLLATERAL) followed up MIAMI VICE with this good–looking crime story set in hardboiled 60s Chicago. Dennis Farina…
Crimes of the Heart (1986)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek…
- Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange and Sissy Spacek play the Magrath sisters, who reunite in their family home in Mississippi to regroup and settle their…
Crocodile Dundee (1986)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Peter Faiman
Feat. Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, David Gulpilil…
- Immensely successful Aussie comedy with outbacker Hogan encountering New York.
Crossroads (1986)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Ralph Macchio, Jami Gertz, Joe Seneca…
- Great Ry Cooder music peps this light drama in which Ralph Macchio seeks lost blues tunes in the Deep South.
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Nick Nolte, Richard Dreyfuss, Bette Midler…
- Street bum Nick Nolte moves in to the plush home of neurotic fat cat Richard Dreyfuss and family, to amply comedic effect.
Fringe Dwellers, The (1986)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Donald McAlpine, Ernie Dingo
- Quietly dramatic race drama, has an Aboriginal woman move into the mainstream white suburbs with her mother, but finds her extended family have…
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Michael Caine, Dianne Wiest…
- Spot–on romantic comedy from Woody Allen, aligning another witty and perceptive script with a stellar cast.