Subgenre Sampler
Rental > : 2587 Films to Rent on VHS
World of Suzie Wong, The (1960)
- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. William Holden, Nancy Kwan
- Aspiring artist William Holden courts the Chinese prostitute of the title (Nancy Kwan) in 1950s Hong Kong. Lukewarm dramatically, but with some…
4D Man (1959)
- Dir. Irvin S. Yeaworth
Feat. Robert Lansing
- Sullen scientist Robert Lansing becomes greedy and homicidal after being charged with the ability to pass through solid matter. A certain…
Al Capone (1959)
- Dir. Richard Wilson
Feat. Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory…
- Rod Steiger is a belligerent Scarface in this throwback to the 30s gangster films.
Angry Red Planet (1959)
- Dir. Ib Melchior
Feat. Gerald Mohr, Norah Hayden
- An expedition to Mars runs into all sorts of alien terrors in this extraterrestrial romp. 'Cinemagic' (which turns everything pink) is just one of…
Atomic Submarine (1959)
- Dir. Spencer Gordon Bennet
Feat. Arthur Franz, Dick Foran
- Entertaining sci–fi thriller with a decent script and a believable cast, even if the small budget is plainly obvious.
Beat Generation, The (1959)
- Dir. Charles Haas
Feat. Steve Cochran, Jackie Coogan, Louis Armstrong…
- Steve Cochran and Jackie Coogan are the fuzz who drop in to the beatnik world of cool jazz, dope and Kerouac on the trail of a sexual assaulter.…
Beyond the Time Barrier (1959)
- Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer
Feat. Robert Clarke
- An astronaut on a space mission is unwittingly catapulted into a plague–ridden Earth of 50 years into the future. Inriguing low–budgeter…
Bucket of Blood, A (1959)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Dick Miller, Ed Nelson
- This has the twin distinction of being both a hilarious send–up of 'beat' culture and a ripping black comedy. Dick Miller is Walter Paisley, a…
Carlton Browne of the F.O. / Hoffman (1959-1969)
- Dir. Jeffrey Dell, Roy Boulting, Alvin Rakoff
Feat. Peter Sellers
- A pair of eclectic, little known comedies starring Peter Sellers on one cassette.
Danger Within (1959)
- Dir. Don Chaffey
Feat. Richard Attenborough
- In an Italian POW camp in WW2, 400 plan to escape but one plans to betray. Can you spot the traitor? Richard Attenborough leads the cast of suspects.