Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Drama: 991 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
Lion in Winter, The (1968)
- Dir. Anthony Harvey
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn
- An acting feast for Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn (who won an Oscar) as tempestuous King Henry II and his estranged wife who fiercely…
Mandabi (The Money Order) (1968)
- Dir. Ousmane Sembene
- The first significant film to be made in an African language (Wolof), directed by the 'father of African cinema', Ousmane Sembène.
The title…
Milky Way, The (1968)
- Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Paul Frankeur, Laurent Terzieff, Alain Cuny…
- Bunuel experiments with narrative in relating theories of traditional Catholicism to the encounters of two wandering vagrants.
No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
- Dir. Jack Smight
Feat. Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal…
- Macabre cat–and–mouse thriller from the pen of suspense–master William Goldman (MARATHON MAN), about a psychotic master of disguise…
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The (1968)
- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin…
- Schoolteacher at a private girls school, Maggie Smith grooms and instructs her pupils with a passionate sense of vocation, unfortunately making more…