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Rental > Classics > Drama: 947 Films to Rent
An Unmarried Woman (1978)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Michael Murphy…
- Jill Clayburgh endeared herself to a generation of women with this well–loved character study of a divorced New Yorker navigating the single…
Disraeli (TV Mini-series) (1978)
- Dir. Claude Whatham
Feat. Ian McShane, Rosemary Leach, Mary Peach…
- Detailed biopic of the remarkable life of the author turned British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. Talky and visually limited this is more than a…
End, The (1978)
- Dir. Burt Reynolds
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise
- Black comedy directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, who plays a real–estate agent who decides to kill himself when he is diagnosed with a…
F.I.S.T. (Fist) (1978)
- Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle…
- Earnest union drama with Stallone as a Jimmy Hoffa type union leader whose idealism is gradually corrupted. Curious misfire is worth a watch with a…
Fedora (1978)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. William Holden, Marthe Keller, Jose Ferrer…
- Fascinating later work from dir. Wilder, in which an impoverished film producer travels to the Greek islands to track down an elusive European star…
Holocaust (TV Mini-series) (1978)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Marvin J. Chomsky
Feat. Meryl Streep, James Woods, Michael Moriaty…
- Captivating saga of a Jewish family shattered by the rise of the Nazis. One of the top–rating and best quality mini–series of the 1970s.
Irishman, The (1978)
- Dir. Donald Crombie
Feat. Michael Craig, Robyn Nevin, Simon Burke…
- Rousing tale of hard living Irish teamster Paddy Doolan whose refusal to acquiesce to fashionable new technology pushes his family close to ruin in…
King of the Gypsies (1978)
- Dir. Frank Pierson
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Sterling Hayden…
- A credible and fascinating depiction of Gypsy culture through the smog of modern day America. Eric Roberts makes his screen debut as a New Yorker who…
Law And Order (TV Mini-Series) (1978)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Les Blair
Feat. Peter Dean, Derek Martin
- Discerning Brit crime series focusing on three men involved in a bungled armed robbery – the Criminal, the Inspector and the Lawyer and played…
Oliver's Story (1978)
- Dir. John Korty
Feat. Ryan O'Neal, Candice Bergen, Nicola Pagett…
- Ryan O'Neal returns as Oliver Barrett IV in this tender sequel to LOVE STORY.