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Subgenre Sampler

Classics > Drama: 991 Films to Buy & Rent

 
Family LifeFamily Life (Wednesday's Child) (1971)
Dir. Ken Loach
Feat. Sandy Ratcliff, Bill Dean, Grace Cave
Grating realist cinema from ‘kitchen sink’ original Ken Loach, about a troubled young girl whose domineering parents drive her to a nervous…
Fat CityFat City (1971) Recommended
Dir. John Huston
Feat. Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell
One of dir. Huston's later accomplishments, this gritty, yet warmly toned drama inhabits a neighbourhood of boxing gyms, lowrent bars and amiable…
FriendsFriends (1971)
Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Sean Bury, Anicee Alvina
Sentimental, page–turning romance blossoms an enternal love between two idealistic French teens head over heels. Hit soundtrack by Elton John…
Go-Between, TheGo-Between, The (1971)
Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Julie Christie, Alan Bates
A young boy acts as a secret messenger for class–divided lovers Julie Christie and Alan Bates during a hot Norfolk summer in Edwardian England.…
HomeHome (1971)
Dir. Lindsay Anderson
Feat. John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Dandy Nichols…
Worthy TV adaptation of the stageplay by David Storey (THIS SPORTING LIFE), set amid the twilight psychodramas of residents at an old peoples' rest…
Hospital, TheHospital, The (1971)
Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes…
Gallows humour permeates this caustic comedy of medical ineptitude and indifference. Scott plays a suicidal surgeon contending with multiple patient…
Long Day's Journey into NightLong Day's Journey into Night (1971)
Dir. Michael Blakemore
Feat. Laurence Olivier
A made–for–television National Theatre production of Eugene O'Neill's classic play, which won Laurence Olivier an Emmy for best actor.
Love StoryLove Story (1971)
Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, Ray Milland
Romance on a New England campus between Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal. A huge hit. Oscar–winning theme–tune by Francis Lai.
Mary, Queen of ScotsMary, Queen of Scots (1971)
Dir. Charles Jarrott
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan…
Historical epic the maps the power struggle between the last Catholic ruler of Scotland and her cousin, the Queen of England.
Nicholas and AlexandraNicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman…
The last Czars of Russia get an appropriately lavish send–off in this wagon–load of Hollywood corn. With Tom Baker (as Rasputin) and…
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