Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3559 Films to Buy & Rent
- Amadeus (1984)
- Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham
- Academy–award winning biopic of Mozart's illustrious but brief existence that spawned much of the greatest music ever written. A humourous yet…
- Annie's Coming Out (A Test of Love) (1984)
- Dir. Gil Brealey
Feat. Angela Punch McGregor, Drew Forsythe, Liddy Clark…
- A therapist learns to communicate with cerebral palsy patient Annie using an alphabet board and comes to believe that although physically disabled,…
- At Last Smith And Jones (TV Series) (Alas Smith and Jones) (1984-1998)
- Feat. Mel Smith, Griff Rhys-Jones
- Best of the British sketch show ALAS SMITH AND JONES.
Similar in tone to NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS, this is equally hit–and–miss,…
- Birdy (1984)
- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage
- Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage star in this complex yet compelling tale of a disturbed war veteran's descent into believing he is a bird. A bold and…
- Blame it on Rio (1984)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Michael Caine, Demi Moore, Joseph Bologna…
- French–style farce in which Caine and his business partner holiday in Rio de Janeiro with their respective teenage daughters in tow. Caine has…
- Bodyline (TV Mini-series) (1984)
- Feat. Gary Sweet, Hugo Weaving
- A classy TV drama which follows the infamous 1932–33 cricket tour of Australia by the English team led by Douglas Jardine (Weaving).
The…
- Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Mia Farrow
- Woody is a well–meaning show–biz agent who signs up any odd–ball with an act on the notion that they may pay long–term…
- Cannonball Run 2 (1984)
- Dir. Hal Needham
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin…
- The answer to the trivia question: which film features both Jackie Chan and Frank Sinatra? More star–studded carnage in this fitfully amusing…
- Charles In Charge (TV Series) (1984)
- Feat. Scott Baio, Willie Aames, Nicole Eggert
- Popular eighties sitcom starring then–heartthrob Scott Baio as a college student who takes on the role of live–in–carer for a…
- Cheech and Chong: Corsican Brothers (1984)
- Dir. Thomas Chong
Feat. Cheech and Chong
- Cheech and Chong abandon drug–humour for this comic historical spoof, taking three roles each, with their own families being recruited to fill…