Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8102 Films to Buy & Rent
Prancer (1989)
- Dir. John Hancock
Feat. Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Abe Vigoda…
- Warm–hearted festive tale of a young girl who after stumbling across a wounded reindeer and after nursing him back to health sets out to return…
Press Gang (TV Series) (1989-1993)
- Feat. Julia Sawalha, Dexter Fletcher
- Much–loved British TV series follows the fortunes of a newspaper, the 'Junior Gazette', run by a troublesome crowd of teenage students in North…
Rainbow, The (1989)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Sammi Davis, Amanda Donohoe
- The director steers away from his usual excesses for D.H. Lawrence's portrait of a young woman's sexual and feminist liberation, set in Edwardian…
Rikyu (1989)
- Dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara
Feat. Rentaro Mikuni, Tsutomu Yamazaki
- A unique dramatic meditation on the symbolic qualities of the Japanese tea ceremony, set around a Buddhist priest and the ruling Shogun of Japan in…
Romero (1989)
- Dir. John Duigan
Feat. Raul Julia, Richard Jordan
- Provocative political drama details the story of Salvadorian Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was assassinated in 1980 by representatives of an…
Sandwich Years (Les années sandwiches) (1989)
- Dir. Emile Ghigo
Feat. Michel Aumont, Clovis Cornillac
- In post–war France, a young Jewish boy befriends an elderly op–shop owner after his parents are arrested.
Scandal (1989)
- Dir. Michael Caton-Jones
Feat. John Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Bridget Fonda…
- Polished dramatisation of events that led to the downfall of politician John Profumo, who engaged in an liaison with a controversial call–girl.
Secret Wedding (1989)
- Dir. Alejandro Agresti
Feat. Floria Bloise, Mirta Busnelli, Tito Haas
- An amnesic returns to his home village after 15 years to try to reconstruct his life, but the townspeople shun him and the authorities get…
Seventh Continent, The (1989)
- Dir. Michael Haneke
Feat. Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Birgit Doll
- The disintegration of a seemingly content, middle–class family is at the center of this chilling domestic autopsy; a clinical and cynical…
Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. James Spader, Peter Gallagher, Andie MacDowell…
- Palm d'or winning exploration of modern sexuality concerns an enigmatic drifter who affects the dysfunctional lives of an old college pal, his wife…