Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2166 Films to Rent
Kill! (Kiru) (1968)
- Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Tatsuya Nakadai
- A sharp and blackly comic tale set in 1830s Japan around two bedraggled swordsman – one a former samurai (Nakadai), the other a farmer aspiring…
Mod Squad, The (TV Series) (1968-1969)
- Feat. Michael Cole, Peggy Lipton, Clarence Williams III
- Love beads, afros and hipster pants abound in this jive–talkin' police series that tapped into the excitement and paranoia of the 60's youth…
Play Dirty (1968)
- Dir. Andre De Toth
Feat. Michael Caine, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Green
- During the Desert War in North Africa, a group of British commandos disguised in Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital…
Scalphunters, The (1968)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Ossie Davis…
- A 'mountain' Western, with fur trapper Lancaster and ex–slave Davis teaming up to recapture a cargo of stolen pelts. The script aims at various…
Villa Rides (1968)
- Dir. Buzz Kulik
Feat. Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum, Herbert Lom…
- Violent western set during the Mexican revolution, with Robert Mitchum playing a corrupt Texas gunrunner and pilot who joins Pancho Villa (Yul…
Will Penny (1968)
- Dir. Tom Gries
Feat. Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett, Donald Pleasence…
- An impressive, unromanticised view of an aging cowpuncher – played by Charlton Heston in possibly his finest dramatic performance – as he…
Assassin, The (Da ci ke) (1967)
- Dir. Chang Cheh
Feat. Yu Wang
- More understated than later Shaw Brothers efforts, this costume actioner stars 'Jimmy' Wang Yu as a patriotic swordsman of ancient Han–era…
Dirty Dozen, The (1967)
- Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson…
- A group of hardened criminals redeem themselves when recruited for a suicide mission during World War 2. An exciting adventure classic.
Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (Se sei vivo spara) (1967)
- Dir. Giulio Questi
Feat. Tomas Milian, Ray Lovelock
- A rather entrancing surrealistic version of the 'spaghetti western' involving a robbery gone wrong and an avenger from beyond the grave... but also…
Flim-Flam Man, The (1967)
- Dir. Irvin Kershner
Feat. George C. Scott, Sue Lyon, Harry Morgan…
- Light–hearted comedy in which a veteran Southern conman attempts to pass on his tricks to a young army deserter, only to discover his novice is…