Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7955 Films to Rent
As Tears Go By (Wong gok ka moon) (1988)
- Dir. Wong Kar-Wai
Feat. Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung
- Dir. Wong Kar–Wai debuted with this ambitious remake of MEAN STREETS, where best buddies Andy Lau and Jacky Cheung struggle through the…
Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988)
- Dir. John Erman
Feat. Mary Steenburgen, Paul Scofield
- Well–remembered telemovie depiction of the well–known story of Anne Frank, who with her Jewish family was hidden from the Nazis during…
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.
Beast, The (the Beast Of War) (1988)
- Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. George Dzundza, Jason Patric, Stephen Baldwin…
- Laying aside the usual sympathies, this American war–drama pursues a tense running–battle between a Soviet tank–crew and Afghani…
Big (1988)
- Dir. Penny Marshall
Feat. Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia…
- Tom Hanks is perfect as a 12–year–old trapped in an adults body, having to cope with big business and romance without the benefit of…
Big Blue, The (1988)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Jean-Marc Barr, Rosanna Arquette, Jean Reno
- Visually, aurally (and literally) breathtaking tale of two rival free–fall divers, an American journalist, and the glorious Mediterranean.…
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.
Bourne Identity, The (Mini-series) (1988)
- Dir. Roger Young
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Jaclyn Smith, Anthony Quayle…
- Mini–series based on Robert Ludlam's best–seller about an injured, unconscious man who washes ashore in a small French town and discovers…