Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Drama: 959 Films to Buy & Rent
- 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)
- 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.
- Richard II (1978)
- Dir. David Giles
Feat. Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud, Jon Finch…
- Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
- Wise Blood (1978)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Brad Dourif
- Brad Dourif plays the obsessed leader of the 'Church Without Christ' in this marvellous satire on contemporary evangelism in the American South. From…
- Another Bouquet (TV Mini-Series) (1977)
- Dir. John Frankau
Feat. Frank Finlay, James Aubrey, Deborah Grant…
- So–so follow up to Andrea Newman's painful chronicle of incestual desire is set six months later, and the repercussions are still being felt.
- Ascent, The (Voskhozhdeniye) (1977)
- Dir. Larisa Shepitko
Feat. Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Anatoli Solonitsyn
- A Soviet WWII classic shot in appalling winter conditions in which two partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the winter cold, the…
- Joseph Andrews (1977)
- Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Ann-Margret, Peter Firth, Beryl Reid…
- Bawdy picaresque revolves around the romantic misadventures of switched–at–birth servant. Chief amongst his concerns are the unwelcome…
- Julia (1977)
- Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards Jr.…
- Dramatising the 1930s memories of playwright Lillian Hellman (THE LITTLE FOXES), this Oscar–winning classic centres on the relationship between…
- Last Wave, The (1977)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, David Gulpilil
- A provocative and eerie tale of prophecy and doom sees attorney Richard Chamberlain plagued by horrific visions when assigned to defend a group of…