Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8102 Films to Buy & Rent
Milou En Mai (May Fools) (1989)
- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Michel Piccoli, Miou-Miou
- In May of '68, a rural family gather for the reading of their matriarch's will, an event that will strangely affect their idyllic existence. Stephane…
Music Box (1989)
- Dir. Costa-Gavras
Feat. Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest…
- Jessica Lange plays the attorney daughter of a Hungarian immigrant (Mueller–Stahl), now accused of WW2 war crimes. Her quest for the truth…
My Left Foot (1989)
- Dir. Jim Sheridan
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis
- Daniel Day Lewis won the Oscar for his incredible portrayal of Irishman Christy Brown who, in spite of his severe physical handicap became a…
My Name is Bill W. (1989)
- Dir. Daniel Petrie
Feat. James Woods, JoBeth Williams, James Garner
- James Woods plays Bill Wilson, the famed co–founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, in this tele–movie charting his descent from 1920's business…
Mystery Train (1989)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Joe Strummer, Screamin' Jay Hawkins
- Three consecutive stories that take place at the same time and place; one night in a seedy Memphis hotel. Quirky and thought–provoking with…
New York Stories (1989)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Marvin Chatinover, Mae Questel…
- Three unrelated tales from the collective genius of the Big Apple's most respected modern film–makers.
Nocturne Indien (1989)
- Dir. Alain Corneau
Feat. Jean-Hugues Anglade, Clémentine Célarié, Otto Tausig
- Moody drama from dir. Corneau (TOUS LES MATINS DU MONDE) sees a young Frenchman travel to India to search for a missing friend, and get lost in…
On a Moonlit Night (Up to Date) (1989)
- Dir. Lina Wertmuller
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Nastassja Kinski, Peter O'Toole…
- A reporter (Rutger Hauer) travels the world pretending to have AIDS so that he write a story. In English.
Open Doors (1989)
- Dir. Gianni Amelio
Feat. Gian Maria Volente, Ennio Fantastichini, Renato Carpentieri
- A resonant political drama set in corrupt fascist Italy about a juror's attempt to save a political murderer from the gallows.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1989)
- Dir. Beeban Kidron
Feat. Geraldine McEwan, Kenneth Cranham, Charlotte Coleman
- Landmark adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's novel about a young girl raised in the cult–like surrounds of a strict evangelist household in the…