Subgenre Sampler
Rental > (1989-1989): 91 Films to Rent on VHS
- Lily Was Here (1989)
- Dir. Ben Verbong
Feat. Marion Van Thijn, Thom Hoffman, Coen Van Vrijberghe de Coningh
- Well known for Eurythmics' Dave Stewart's seductive score, the film follows the desperate plight of a young woman forced to resort to prostitution…
- Little Thief, The (1989)
- Dir. Claude Miller
Feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Didier Bezace
- Penned by the late Francois Trauffant and completed by his protege, this engaging tale of mis–spent youth follows the adventures of a…
- Lock Up (1989)
- Dir. John Flynn
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland
- Prison inmate Stallone is persecuted by sadistic warden Sutherland. A bit nasty.
- Mack the Knife (1989)
- Dir. Menahem Golan
Feat. Raul Julia, Richard Harris, Julie Walters…
- Muddled adaptation of The Threepenny Opera is notable for some pretty inept dance sequences and some rather overt mugging by some well–known…
- Magazine (1989)
- Feat. Howard Devoto
- Five songs from Howard Devoto and co's late 70s New Wave band.
- Man Called Rainbo, A (1989)
- Dir. Lesser Pizmo
Feat. Sylvester Stallone
- Awful hippy film Rebel featuring a young Stallone is here redubbed for comic effect by failed film students. Unfortunately they manage to make it…
- Master of the Marionettes, A (1989)
- Dir. Pedr James
Feat. Kenneth Cranham, Carol Drinkwater
- Effective though modest BBC drama–thriller posits a 'Twilight Zone' scenario of a salesman suspected of stabbing a man he has rescued.
As…
- Matter of Degrees, A (1989)
- Dir. W.T. Morgan
Feat. Arye Gross, Sarah Bork
- Student life on a Long Island university campus, centering around the imminent commercialisation of their beloved radio station. Well–made…
- Miles Davis in Paris (1989)
- Feat. Miles Davis
- Son of a dentist Miles blows life into his later material at the 1989 Paris Jazz Festival.
- Miracle Mile (1989)
- Dir. Steve DeJarnatt
Feat. Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, John Agar…
- Anthony Edwards has 60 minutes in which to contemplate a phone call that claims to be the instigation of an imminent nuclear assault. A good crack at…