Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Drama: 978 Films to Buy & Rent
- Welcome Home (1989)
- Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. Kris Kristofferson, JoBeth Williams, Sam Waterston…
- Fairly tepid post–Vietnam War drama has Kris Kristofferson play a pilot shot down over Cambodia and was rescued by a Khmer Rouge woman, whom he…
- 1969 (1988)
- Dir. Ernest Thompson
Feat. Kiefer Sutherland, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jnr.…
- Keifer Sutherland and Winona Ryder lead a brat–pack of sensitive anti–war youths in the summer of '69.
- Accidental Tourist, The (1988)
- Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis…
- A travel author faces problems with the two eccentric women in his life. A dry leisure.
- Accused, The (1988)
- Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
Feat. Jodie Foster, Kelly McGillis
- Jodie Foster won an Academy Award for her portrayal of a rape victim who suffered the additional ordeal of prosecuting her attackers in the face of…
- Another Woman (1988)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Gene Hackman, Ian Holm…
- Gena Rowlands heads a cast of Woody Allen regulars in this absorbing Bergman–esque portrait of a successful professor who is forced to reflect…
- Bagdad Cafe (1988)
- Dir. Percy Adlon
Feat. Marianne Sagebrecht, Jack Palance, C.C.H. Pounder
- Marianne Sagebrecht plays an aloof German tourist who meets a group of equally lovable eccentrics at a remote desert inn. A quirky, expressive and…
- Beaches (1988)
- Dir. Garry Marshall
Feat. Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard…
- Bette Midler's tour–de–force about the lifetimes of two childhood friends pulls the heart strings in all the right places.
- Bird (1988)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Keith David
- Eastwood's biopic tribute to legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie 'Bird' Parker. His turbulent and extraordinary life is sympathetically characterised…
- Boost, The (1988)
- Dir. Harold Becker
Feat. James Woods, Sean Young
- An explicit cautionary tale about the effect of cocaine on the careers and private lives of an affluent L.A. couple. Superb, explosive drama.
- Celia (1988)
- Dir. Ann Turner
Feat. Rebecca Smart, Nicholas Eadie
- Fans of Jane Campion should enjoy this eerie antipodean tale of a 9–year–old girl who surrenders to her nightmarish fantasies when her…