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Subgenre Sampler

 
Billionaire Boys ClubBillionaire Boys Club (1987)
Dir. Marvin J. Chomsky
Feat. Judd Nelson, Ron Silver
Glossy but compulsive TV mini–series about a preppy blue–blood who persuades his well–connected classmates to join his investment…
Brimstone and TreacleBrimstone and Treacle (1987)
Dir. Barry Davis
Feat. Michael Kitchen, Denholm Elliott
Recorded for the BBC in 1976 but not broadcast until 1987, this pointed Dennis Potter stageplay of an unwelcome houseguest who believes he's the…
China GirlChina Girl (1987)
Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. David Caruso, James Russo
Dir. Abel Ferrara’s violent riff on ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (and WEST SIDE STORY for that matter) set around rival Chinese and Italian street gangs…
Dangerous OrphansDangerous Orphans (1987)
Dir. John Laing
Feat. Peter Stevens, Michael Hurst, Jennifer Ward-Lealand
Three orphans act on their plan to avenge the death of their father but must undermine an elaborate crime ring to carry it out. With Peter Stevens,…
Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries (TV Series)Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries (TV Series) (Strong Poison, Have His Carcase, Gaudy Night) (1987)
Feat. Harriet Walter, Edward Petherbridge, Richard Morant
A series of BBC TV adaptations of three novels by Dorothy L. Sayers that follow the aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey's romance with the crime…
Ebony Tower, TheEbony Tower, The (1987)
Dir. Robert Knights
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Roger Rees, Greta Scacchi
Self–conscious but watchable satire has a young art critic finding himself attracted to the unusual lifestyle of a reclusive painter. Based on…
Echoes In The Darkness (TV Mini-series)Echoes In The Darkness (TV Mini-series) (1987)
Dir. Glenn Jordan
Feat. Peter Coyote, Stockard Channing, Robert Loggia
The true life murder of Pennsylvanian woman Susan Reinert and her two children in the 1970s gets a successful treatment in this taut…
EpidemicEpidemic (1987)
Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Lars Von Trier
Typically divisive earlier Lars von Trier effort concerns the making of a low–budget horror movie about a highly contagious disease, thrown…
Fatal AttractionFatal Attraction (1987)
Dir. Adrian Lyne
Feat. Glenn Close, Michael Douglas
Glenn Close and Michael Douglas star in this, the ultimate yuppie cautionary tale, about a married man who has a weekend fling that turns his life…
Fatal BeautyFatal Beauty (1987)
Dir. Tom Holland
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Ruben Blades
Whoopi Goldberg stars in this action–comedy thriller as a tough narc cop with a wig for every occasion. Clearly modelled after the BEVERLY…

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