Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8102 Films to Buy & Rent
Bourne Identity, The (Mini-series) (1988)
- Dir. Roger Young
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Jaclyn Smith, Anthony Quayle…
- Mini–series based on Robert Ludlam's best–seller about an injured, unconscious man who washes ashore in a small French town and discovers…
Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
- Dir. James Bridges
Feat. Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates…
- Michael J. Fox succumbs to drugs and the high–life in 80s NYC.
Camille Claudel (1988)
- Dir. Bruno Nuytten
Feat. Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, Alain Cuny
- Intense, robust biopic of the French artist and lover of fellow sculptor, Auguste Rodin. Their tumultuous affair is passionately incarnated by…
Celia (1988)
- Dir. Ann Turner
Feat. Rebecca Smart, Nicholas Eadie
- Fans of Jane Campion should enjoy this eerie antipodean tale of a 9–year–old girl who surrenders to her nightmarish fantasies when her…
China Beach (TV Series) (1988)
- Feat. Dana Delany, Michael Boatman, Nan Woods
- TV series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War, following the unique perspectives of a range of characters including US Army doctors…
Chocolat (1988)
- Dir. Claire Denis
Feat. Isaach de Bankole, Giulia Boschi, Francois Cluzet
- Quietly rewarding autobiographical work follows a young woman to West Africa where she reminisces her childhood. Early work by the director of BEAU…
Christmas Wife, The (1988)
- Dir. David Hugh Jones
Feat. Jason Robards Jr., Julie Harris
- Afraid to spend the Christmas holiday alone, an aging widower responds to an ad for "social introductions".
Clara's Heart (1988)
- Dir. Robert Mulligan
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg
- Whoopi Goldberg plays housemaid to various insufferable yuppies.
Clean and Sober (1988)
- Dir. Glenn Gordon Caron
Feat. Michael Keaton, Kathy Baker, Morgan Freeman…
- Unflinching, powerful drama with Michael Keaton utterly convincing as a real estate broker who decides to lay low at a drug rehabilitation facility…
Cobra Verde (1988)
- Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Klaus Kinski
- Klaus Kinski stars for the last time for Herzog as another doomed outcast in an alien environment. West Africa is portrayed as a cruel, highly…