Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Drama: 978 Films to Buy & Rent
- Women in Love (1969)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson
- Ken Russell's esteemed version of D.H. Lawrence's finest novel about a macho entrepreneur, his philosophically and sexually dubious friend and their…
- A Lovely Way to Die (1968)
- Dir. David Lowell Rich
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Eli Wallach, Sylva Koscina
- Dramatic suspense in which a retired vigilante NYC cop hired to look after a potential murderess ends up unprofessionally mixing business and…
- Age of Consent (1968)
- Dir. Michael Powell
Feat. James Mason, Helen Mirren
- Dir. Michael Powell's (PEEPING TOM) last feature, based on Aussie artist Norman Lindsay (who also inspired SIRENS). Here, a cranky James Mason goes…
- Birthday Party, The (1968)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Robert Shaw, Patrick Magee, Dandy Nichols
- A lodger at a boarding house is menaced by two sinister visitors, in this version of Harold Pinter's Kafka–esque first play. Flashes of black…
- Boom! (1968)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Sir Noel Coward…
- Thud: Only film buffs who admire Losey's very original directorial style are likely to appreciate fuzzy adaptation of Tennessee Williams' The Milk…
- Charly (1968)
- Dir. Ralph Nelson
Feat. Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala…
- Child–minded Cliff Robertson has experimental brain–surgery, but his resulting super–intellect proves a mixed blessing. Credible,…
- Damned, The (1968)
- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Berger
- Italian dir. Luchino Visconti casts a languorous eye over the decline of a German industrialist family during the Nazi era. Heavyweight cast includes…
- Hellfighters (1968)
- Dir. Andrew McLagen
Feat. John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Bruce Cabot…
- A John Wayne–led action melodrama about a group of Houston–based oil well firefighters who are sent down to Venezuela to deal with a…
- Immortal Story, The (1968)
- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau
- Orson Welles directs and stars in this little–seen French TV production, playing a European merchant who lures a sailor into seducing his fake…
- Isadora (1968)
- Dir. Karel Reisz
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, John Fraser, James Fox…
- Vanessa Redgrave is memorable as Isadora Duncan in this watchable biopic of the iconic free–style dancer's flamboyant youth and radical…