Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3560 Films to Buy & Rent
- Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Anne Baxter, Robert Powell, MIchael Wager…
- Delightful Merchant Ivory production has two rival theatre companies dueling over the right to produce a recently discovered Jane Austen manuscript.…
- Jayne Mansfield Story, The (1980)
- Dir. Dick Lowry
Feat. Loni Anderson, Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Loni Anderson plays the titular blonde bombshell in this tacky biopic of one of the Hollywood's most likeable sex kittens. Arnie co–stars as…
- Jerk, The (1980)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Steve Martin
- Classic debut for Steve Martin as a hayseed inventor raised in the bayou.
- Last Married Couple in America, The (1980)
- Dir. Gilbert Cates
Feat. George Segal, Natalie Wood, Richard Benjamin…
- A "happily married" Californian couple begin to doubt their 15 year marriage after their friends all divorce and pressure them to do the same.
- Little Miss Marker (1980)
- Dir. Walter Bernstein
Feat. Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis…
- Comedy set in the 30's, following a gloomy, cantankerous bookie (Walter Matthau) running a gambling operation, who finds himself with a 6–year…
- McVicar (1980)
- Dir. Tom Clegg
Feat. Roger Daltrey, Adam Faith, Cheryl Campbell…
- Based on the true story of infamous UK criminal John McVicar, this gritty thriller stars Daltrey as the bad boy sent to a maximum security prison…
- Melvin and Howard (1980)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Paul Le Mat, Jason Sr. Robards
- Low–key gem of a road–movie in which yokel Paul Le Mat (AMERICAN GRAFFITI) rescues a grizzled tramp on a desert highway one night, who…
- My Bodyguard (1980)
- Dir. Tony Bill
Feat. Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon…
- A newcomer to a Chicago high school hires the biggest fellow student to be his 'bodyguard', especially to protect him from a lunch–money…
- Private Benjamin (1980)
- Dir. Howard Zieff
Feat. Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante…
- Well–fashioned vehicle for Hawn's natural comic talents, she here plays a swanky socialite who joins the army on the spur of the…
- Rising Damp (TV Series) (1980)
- Dir. Ronnie Baxter
Feat. Leonard Rossiter, Richard Beckinsale, Frances de la Tour…
- A dank Brit boarding–house is the setting for this classic sitcom written by Eric Chappell.
Series 1 & 2 (15 episodes) available across two…