Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Television: 2821 Films to Rent
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…
Dangerous Brothers, The (TV Series) (1986)
- Feat. Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson
- Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson perform raucous skits lifted from British tele's “Saturday Live”. Tape features the sketch 'Kinky Sex' which was…
Edge of Darkness (TV Mini-series) (1986)
- Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Joanne Whalley…
- Multi award–winning suspense drama journeys into the secret, high–stakes world of the nuclear state. This is television at its most…
Great Bookie Robbery, The (TV Mini Series) (1986)
- Dir. Mark Joffe
Feat. John Bach, Bruno Lawrence, Andy Anderson…
- Classic heist drama based on a multi–million dollar robbery in 1976 Melbourne, and re–enacted by the cream of New Zealand's acting…
It's Garry Shandling's Show (1986-1990)
- Feat. Garry Shandling
- Hugely influential show centered around the neurosis of Garry Shandling – basically playing himself, who along with the rest of the cast just…
London's Burning (TV Series) (1986-1988)
- This long running drama series was developed from a feature length telemovie which focused on the lives of the Blue Watch firefighters in London's…
Lovejoy (TV Series) (1986-1994)
- Feat. Ian McShane, Phyllis Logan, Dudley Sutton
- An engaging series about a devious antiques dealer (McShane) with almost unnatural talent for distinguishing exceptional items from fakes or…
Matlock (TV Series) (1986)
- Feat. Andy Griffith, Linda Purl
- Updating the "Perry Mason" blueprint with rumpled Southern charm, the ultra laid–back Andy Griffith plays Ben Matlock, an Atlanta defense…
Monocled Mutineer, The (TV Mini-series) (1986)
- Dir. Jim O'Brien
Feat. Paul McGann, Robert Fellows
- A four–part BBC historical drama depicting the life of Private Percy Toplis, who supposedly led a British army mutiny against training officers…
Oprah Winfrey Show: 20th Anniversary Collection (1986-2006)
- Feat. Oprah Winfrey
- A gigantic 6–DVD distillation of the extremely influential US daytime TV show which propelled Oprah Winfrey into mega–celebrity, wealth…