Subgenre Sampler
History: 406 Films to Buy & Rent
Revolution (1985)
- Dir. Hugh Hudson
Feat. Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski…
- Disastrous epic with Pacino almost committing career suicide as a fur trapper caught in the upheaval of the American Revolution. Some handsome…
By the Sword Divided (TV Series) (1983)
- Feat. Sharon Maughan, Andrew MacLachlan , Lucy Aston
- Classic BBC period drama following the aristocratic Lacey family, whose lives are thrown into turmoil as their political allegiances split during the…
Kennedy (TV Mini-Series) (1983)
- Dir. Jim Goddard
Feat. Martin Sheen, Blair Brown, John Shea…
- Absorbing, detailed biography of the doomed president covering the key events of his brief reign and providing subtle insights into his private life.
I Remember Nelson (TV Mini-series) (1982)
- Dir. Simon Langton
Feat. Kenneth Colley, Geraldine James
- Soap–opera–tinged four–part miniseries taking a look at Naval Officer Lord Horatio Nelson, from the viewpoint of four who knew him…
Nancy Astor (TV Mini-series) (1982)
- Dir. Richard Stroud
Feat. Lisa Harrow, Pierce Brosnan
- Rags–to–riches biography of the life of Nancy Astor, the first woman to hold a seat in the house of commons.
Scarlet Pimpernel, The (TV Mini-Series) (1982)
- Dir. Clive Donner
Feat. Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen
- Top–notch mini–series version of the classic tale of The Scarlet Pimpernel – an English nobleman who lived a double–life…
Bunker, The (1981)
- Dir. George Schaefer
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Richard Jordan, Cliff Gorman…
- Absorbing account of Hitler's last days spent hiding under Berlin with Hopkins giving one of his finest performances. Somber adaptation of James P.…
Our Heritage (TV Series) (1981)
- A unique series of television snippets, in which seven ballads by legendary Waitakere historian Jack Diamond are recited over historical imagery and…
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)
- Dir. Ferninand Fairfax
Feat. Robert Hardy, Sian Phillips, Nigel Havers…
- 8–part drama series about the future British Prime Minister, during his years in political exile in the 1920s and 1930s. Robert Hardy plays…
Oppenheimer (TV Mini-series) (1980)
- Dir. Barry Davis
Feat. Sam Waterston, Shane Rimmer, David Suchet
- Excellent mini–series starring Waterson as nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who helped build the atomic bomb for the 'Manhattan…