Subgenre Sampler
Rental > : 2587 Films to Rent on VHS
Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
- Dir. Bud Yorkin
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Gene Wilder, Hugh Griffith…
- Cult favourite has Donald Sutherland and Gene Wilder playing identical twins in pre–revolution France.
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970)
- Dir. Hy Averback
Feat. Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Suzanne Pleshette…
- Tensions rise to boiling point between an Army base and a neighbouring redneck town in this off–beat satire.
There Was a Crooked Man (1970)
- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda
- Prison inmate Kirk Douglas matches wits with warden Henry Fonda in an attempt to escape. Curious mix of black comedy and melodrama.
Venus in Furs (1970)
- Dir. Massimo Dallamano
Feat. Laura Antonelli, Renate Kasche
- Leopold Sacher–Masoch’s ‘infamous’ novel made over as a 70s soft–core excursion that is typically more faithful to (male)…
Walk in the Spring Rain, A (1970)
- Dir. Guy Green
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Hopkins
- Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Hopkins conduct an illicit affair in their middle age. Romantic slush best enjoyed as unintentional comedy.
Wanda (1970)
- Dir. Barbara Loden
Feat. Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins
- The sole writing/directing credit of Barbara Loden, whose command of verite storytelling is matched by her own astonishing performance as a feckless…
Where's Poppa? (Going Ape) (1970)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Leibman…
- George Segal becomes determined to hurry along the demise of his ultra–demanding, super–senile 87 year–old mom (Ruth Gordon). Few…
Wizard of Gore, The (1970)
- Dir. Herschell Gordon Lewis
Feat. Ray Sager
- One of gore–merchant Lewis’ (BLOOD FEAST) best, involving a bogus stage magician, whose act carves murderous carnage through his…
Arrangement, The (1969)
- Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Faye Dunaway
- Advertising exec Kirk Douglas follows a mid–life suicide attempt with some desperate hi–jinks and a cry of rage at his hollow life.…
Benny Hill Show, The (TV Series) (1969-1989)
- Dir. Dennis Kirkland
Feat. Benny Hill
- Despite his political incorrectness, Benny had one of the funniest comedy shows of the 70s – the greatest 'its of which are fondly assembled…