Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Television: 2821 Films to Rent
Scales of Justice (TV Mini-series) (1983)
- Dir. Michael Jenkins
Feat. John Hargreaves, Bill Hunter, Isabelle Anderson…
- A three–part crime drama which links tales of drug–dealing, organised crime, police corruption and political conspiracy in 1980s…
Taggart (TV Series) (1983-2010)
- Feat. Mark McManus, John Hannah, Alan Cumming
- The rugged and tenacious Scottish detective (McManus) investigates the grim underside of Glasgow in a long–running series of murder cases for…
Tales from the Darkside (TV Series) (1983-1988)
- This popular horror/fantasy anthology TV series from the 1980's features more misses than hits, but all are gloriously tacky relics of their time.…
Terrahawks (TV Series) (1983)
- Dir. Gerry Anderson, Tony Bell
- A NASA mission to Mars encounters a hostile alien empire (from the planet Guk) in Gerry Anderson’s final stab at TV sci–fi…
Under Capricorn (TV Mini-Series) (1983)
- Dir. Rod Hardy
Feat. Peter Cousens, Lisa Harrow, John Hallam…
- Tumultuous drama with Cousens seeking his fortune in 19th century Australia, but his friendship with a convict threatens to scupper his plans.
Wagner (1983)
- Dir. Tony Palmer
Feat. Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud…
- Epic tele–production with Richard Burton as the manic German composer. Includes the Tony Palmer documentaries "In From the Cold? A Portrait of…
Waterfront (Mini-series) (1983)
- Dir. Chris Thompson
Feat. Jack Thompson, Greta Scacchi
- Intense mini–series depiction of labour relations hotting–up on the Melbourne waterfront in post–WWII Australia. Jack Thompson…
Winds of War, The (Mini-series) (1983)
- Dir. Dan Curtis
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Jan-Michael Vincent…
- Thorough and imposing wartime miniseries chronicling the width and breadth of events in the years leading up to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour in…
'Allo 'Allo (TV Series) (1982-1992)
- Feat. Gordon Kaye, Carmen Silvera
- British farce at its best and silliest, this sitcom takeoff of every WW2 French Resistance film (and the TV Series 'Secret Army') is set around the…
1915 (TV Mini-series) (1982)
- Feat. Scott Burgess, Scott McGregor, Lorraine Bayly…
- A solid recreation of the Great War era, this TV mini–series charts the experiences of several young men leaving the home–front in…