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Subgenre Sampler
Crimes of the Heart (1986)- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek… - Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange and Sissy Spacek play the Magrath sisters, who reunite in their family home in Mississippi to regroup and settle their…
Life and Loves of a She-Devil, The (1986)- Dir. Philip Saville
Feat. Julie T Wallace, Dennis Waterman, Patricia Hodge… - Splendidly ripe BBC adaptation of Fay Weldon's quasi–feminist satire in which a housewife (Wallace) discovers her husband's (Waterman)…
Peking Opera Blues (1986)
- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Brigitte Lin, Cherie Chung, Sally Yeh - One of prolific Hong Kong director/producer Tsui Hark's most celebrated films is a genre–blending romp set around the Peking Opera in 1913. A…
Space Camp (1986)- Dir. Harry Winer
Feat. Kate Capshaw, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott… - Good natured 80's adolescent romp in which a group of young attendees of a space camp find themselves in space for real when their shuttle is…
Working Girls (1986)- Dir. Lizzie Borden
Feat. Louise Smith, Deborah Banks - A frankly realistic, 'fly–on–the–wall' insight into the daily lives of women working in a high–class New York brothel.…
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean (Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean) (1985)- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black - The repressed anxieties and memories of five women are triggered when they congregate to celebrate their childhood hero, James Dean. Stunningly…
Desert Hearts (1985)- Dir. Donna Deitch
Feat. Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau - '50s Nevada provides the backdrop for a freindship between two women that develops in a love affair. Provocative yet dignified drama is well served…
Legend of Billie Jean, The (1985)- Dir. Matthew Robbins
Feat. Helen Slater, Christian Slater, Keith Gordon… - Under–rated 80's youth drama about a young woman and her pals who become media–hyped "legends" after an incident involving a gun and…
Plenty (1985)- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Meryl Streep, John Gielgud, Sam Neill… - Meryl Streep plays a hero of WWII, who finds the rest of her life an anticlimax.
Smooth Talk (1985)- Dir. Joyce Chopra
Feat. Laura Dern, Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place… - Poignant yet sinister coming–of–age tale chronicles a young girl's sexual awakening and the attention she attracts from a mysterious…
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