Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7936 Films to Rent
World Apart, A (1988)
- Dir. Chris Menges
Feat. Barbara Hershey
- True account of a teenage girl's isolated upbringing in aparteid–torn South Africa, whose obsessed mother is jailed for political activism in…
Zelly and Me (1988)
- Dir. Tina Rathborne
Feat. Isabella Rossellini, David Lynch
- Poignant story of a young orphan girl caught between her possessive grandmother and her governness (Isabella Rosellini). David Lynch has a major…
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
- Dir. David Jones
Feat. Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins
- Book–loving New Yorker Anne Bancroft corresponds with London bookseller Anthony Hopkins in the decades following WWII, leading to some platonic…
Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987)
- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejto, Francine Racette…
- Dir. Malle has transformed a childhood memoir into a powerful and vivid account of a catholic schoolboy who unknowingly witnesses anti–semitism…
Babette's Feast (1987)
- Dir. Gabriel Axel
Feat. Stephane Audran
- Oscar–winning and mouth watering delight which tells a wistful, wise tale with a subtle sense of humour. Exiled French housekeeper Stephane…
Barfly (1987)
- Dir. Barbet Schroeder
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige
- Mickey Rourke relishes his role as an alcoholic low–life with a gift for poetry. Loosely based on one Charles Bukowski, who wrote the script.
Belly of an Architect, The (1987)
- Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb, Sergio Fantoni
- Brian Dennehy excels as an American architect who faces a mid–life crisis while setting up his exhibition in Rome. Oblique yet trenchant and of…
Best Seller (1987)
- Dir. John Flynn
Feat. Brian Dennehy, James Woods, Victoria Tennant
- An arresting thriller with Brian Dennehy and an on–form James Woods.
Billionaire Boys Club (1987)
- Dir. Marvin J. Chomsky
Feat. Judd Nelson, Ron Silver
- Glossy but compulsive TV mini–series about a preppy blue–blood who persuades his well–connected classmates to join his investment…
Blind Chance (Przypadek) (1987)
- Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski
Feat. Boguslaw Linda
- In the opening scene a young Polish medical student (Linda) hurries to catch a train departing from Lodz to Warsaw, from which point dir.…