Subgenre Sampler
Television > Classics: 302 Films to Buy & Rent
Not the Nine O'Clock News (TV Series) (1982)
- Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys-Jones…
- The breakthrough series for comic superstars Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and, er, Pamela Stephenson. The political sketches are as…
Dallas - Season 5 (TV Series) (1981-1982)
- Feat. Larry Hagman, Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy…
- Further episodes in the classic piece of 80s TV Americana, following the fortunes of the well–heeled Ewing and Barnes families. Available over…
East of Eden (TV Mini-series) (1981)
- Dir. Harvey Hart
Feat. Timothy Bottoms, Jane Seymour, Bruce Boxleitner…
- Over six hours long, this sumptuous Emmy and Golden Globe winning mini–series, adapts Steinbeck’s quintessential novel "more fully and…
Fine Romance, A (TV Series) (1981-1984)
- Feat. Judi Dench, Michael Williams
- Dame Judi Dench stars opposite her real–life husband, Michael Williams, in this touching Britcom about middle–aged romance between two…
Hill Street Blues (TV Series) (1981)
- Feat. Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Conrad, Veronica Hamel…
- Steven Bochco's progressive eighties policier found dramatic substance and acclaim in its realistic and ethnically diverse portrayal of the lives of…
Peter and Paul (1981)
- Dir. Robert Day
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Robert Foxworth, Eddie Albert…
- Epic account of the early spread of Christianity follows disciples Peter and Paul as they struggle against violent opposition and their own personal…
Private Schulz (1981)
- Feat. Michael Elphick, Ian Richardson, Billie Whitelaw…
- Gleefully macabre farce focuses on the scheming titular character who convinces the Nazis to mass counterfeit millions of five pound notes in a bid…
Simon and Simon (TV Series) (Simon & Simon) (1981)
- Feat. Gerald McRaney, Jameson Parker
- Two sibling sleuths, one a sophisticate, the other a slacker, hunt counterfeiters, drug dealers and contract killers in this classic action series…
Cowboys (TV Series) (1980)
- Dir. Michael Mills
Feat. Colin Welland, David Kelly, Roy Kinnear
- Wickedly funny early–80's comedy centered around a dubious firm of dis–functional builders.
Dallas - Season 4 (TV Series) (1980-1981)
- Feat. Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray…
- Further episodes in the classic piece of 80s TV Americana, following the fortunes of the well–heeled Ewing and Barnes families. Available over…