Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics > Drama: 947 Films to Rent
American Film Theatre - Iceman Cometh, The (1973)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Fredric March…
- Masterly filmic adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's late stageplay set among the various seedy denizens of an early 20th century barroom, awaiting the…
Blockhouse, The (1973)
- Dir. Clive Rees
Feat. Peter Sellers, Charles Aznavour, Jeremy Kemp
- A crafted, though minor serious role for Sellers as one of a number of slave–labourers at work on the Nazi's Normandy defence bunkers.
On…
Last American Hero, The (1973)
- Dir. Lamont Johnson
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Valerie Perrine, Geraldine Fitzgerald…
- Jeff Bridges' mix of redneck roughness and choirboy sweetness is just right for this 1973 true story of a country kid running moonshine and making…
Offence, The (1973)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant…
- One of the better Lumet films. Sean Connery – in a rare impressive performance – as a British cop who loses control while interrogating a…
Paper Chase, The (1973)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. James Bridges
Feat. Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, John Houseman…
- Terrified Harvard Law students square off against the magnificent John Houseman (Oscar winner for his role as the professor from hell) in this well…
Picture Of Dorian Gray (1973)
- Dir. Glenn Jordan
Feat. Shane Briant, Nigel Davenport
- Capable TV version of Oscar Wilde's classic novel in which young Dorian (Shane Briant) cashes in his soul, in a deal whereby his painted portrait…
Save the Tiger (1973)
- Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Harvey Jason…
- Spotty meditation on moral conflict in 1970's America with Lemmon as a troubled business owner longing for the past.
Wordy and overstuffed with…
Touki Bouki (1973)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Djibril Diop Mambety
Feat. Magaye Niang, Mareme Niang
- A Senegalese drama, recently restored, about a cowherd and a university student try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past…
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (Une Belle Fille Comme Moi) (1972)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Bernadette Lafont, Andre Dussollier
- Twisted French black comedy of a licentious, manipulative murderess recounting her sordid past to a green criminology student. Dripping in silly…
Edwardians, The (1972)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. John Howard Davies, James Cellan Jones, Alan Clarke
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Timothy West, Robert Powell…
- Superb examination of eight famous Edwardians who helped shape the early 20th century. Impeccably presented and directed by some of the BBC's finest…