Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Foreign Cinema: 3260 Films to Rent
Warrior, the (Jaka Sembung) (1981)
- Dir. Sisworo Gautama Putra
Feat. Barry Prima
- A shirtless Robin hood figure with magical powers fights off the evil Dutch Imperialists. Jam packed with ambitious stunts and unique special effects…
Woman Next Door, The (1981)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant
- Emotional chaos ensues for a happily married man when his old flame, now also married, becomes his immediate neighbour. Taut, intimate melodrama…
Berlin Alexanderplatz (TV Series) (1980)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Gunter Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Elisabeth Trissenaar…
- This monolithic tome set in Weimar–era Germany represented the peak of dir. Fassbinder's filmmaking career. Across 15 hours, it details the…
Encounters of the Spooky Kind (Gui da gui) (1980)
- Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen
- A groundbreaking Hong Kong blend of martial arts action, horror, and slapstick humour, set around Hung's attempts to battle the voodoo and hopping…
From the Life of the Marionettes (1980)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Robert Atzom, Heinz Bennent, Martin Benrath
- A dark themed and intricately plotted drama from dir. Bergman's later period, concerning a businessman who commits the sex–murder of a…
Germany, Pale Mother (Deutschland bleiche Mutter) (1980)
- Dir. Helma Sanders-Brahms
Feat. Eva Mattes, Ernst Jacobi
- Bleak WWII drama that follows the tragic fate of a couple who marry the day before the war breaks out when he is drafted to the Eastern front only to…
Kagemusha (1980)
- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara
- A majestic 16th century saga about a petty thief who ascends to tribal leadership on account of his resemblance to a dying warlord. Shared the top…
La Cage Aux Folles 2 (1980)
- Dir. Edouard Molinaro
Feat. Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Galabru
- Cast and crew reunite for this enjoyable sequel to one of the most successful French comedies of all time. This time our two heroes find themselves…
Last Metro, The (1980)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu
- Elegant war story in occupied France, Catherine Deneuve struggles to keep her Jewish husband's theatre operating while concealing his whereabouts.
Lili Marleen (1980)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, Mel Ferrer
- Fassbinder's fact–based account of the recording of the Nazi anthem, sung by a jaded cabaret singer with a Jewish love interest.