Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3560 Films to Buy & Rent
- Animal House (1979)
- Feat. John Belushi, Donald Sutherland, Karen Allen…
- National Lampoon's frat–house classic with a grossly hilarious Belushi.
- Armchair Thriller Collection (1979-1981)
- Feat. Ian McKellen, James Bolam, Alun Armstrong
- With memorably unsettling opening credits and exceptional performances and direction, this anthology series became a significant hit for Thames…
- Ashanti (1979)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Omar Sharif…
- When his wife is kidnapped by Arab slave traders, UN medic Michael Caine hops aboard a camel and goes on an adventure quest to retrieve her. Caine…
- Bloodline (1979)
- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason…
- Suspense–lite, Sidney Sheldon–based outing for Audrey Hepburn, with the ageless movie icon battling hostile takeovers from within a newly…
- Butch and Sundance: The Early Years (1979)
- Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. William Katt, Tom Berenger, Jeff Corey…
- Surprisingly enjoyable prequel to BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID has the roguish duo pursued across various New Mexico landscapes. Utterly…
- Cat and the Canary, The (1979)
- Dir. Radley Metzger
Feat. Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox…
- The classic spooky–house mystery by John Willard is here adapted for the fifth time. The relatives a recently–deceased man gather to hear…
- Champ, The (1979)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Rick Schroder…
- Franco Zeffirelli's sentimental remake of the 1931 Academy Award–winning film stars Jon Voight as a debt–ridden Florida…
- Chapter Two (1979)
- Dir. Robert Moore
Feat. James Caan, Marsha Mason, Valerie Harper
- Neil SImon's hit play is competently adapted for the big screen. James Caan in a rare romantic role plays a man recently widowed who falls for a…
- Chilly Scenes of Winter (Head Over Heels) (1979)
- Dir. Joan Micklin Silver
Feat. John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert…
- A celebrated early rom–com from writer–director Joan Micklin Silver (CROSSING DELANCEY) with a likable John Heard playing a hopeless…
- Cribb (TV Series) (1979-1980)
- Feat. Alan Dobie
- Superior crime series set in Victorian London, following the wry Detective Sergeant Cribb, a member of Scotland Yard's newly formed CID unit, as he…