Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7936 Films to Rent
Fortunes of War (TV Mini-series) (1987)
- Dir. James Cellan Jones
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Alan Bennett…
- An under–appreciated historical epic focused on the personal experience of war, starring then–English glamour couple Kenneth Branagh and…
Friendship's Death (1987)
- Dir. Peter Woollen
Feat. Ruby Baker, Patrick Buchanan
- Philosophical sci–fi film subverts genre conventions to instead deliver a delicate drama about a woman who alleges she is a robot sent to Earth…
Gardens of Stone (1987)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones…
- Downbeat story of a frustrated soldier appointed to guard the US military cemetery during the Vietnam war.
Gathering of Old Men (1987)
- Dir. Volker Schlondorff
Feat. Holly Hunter, Louis Jr. Gossett, Richard Widmark
- Racial tensions overboil in the Deep South when a white man is killed in a black man's yard. Holly Hunter and a group of white elders emerge in…
Ghosts (1987)
- Dir. Elijah Moshinsky
Feat. Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Kenneth Branagh…
- BBC television adaptation of Ibsen's great, once–controversial play about secrets and lies, sex and hypocrisy, starring Judy Dench as Mrs…
Girl Who Lived Twice, The (1987)
- Dir. Francois Villiers
Feat. Julian Sands
- Julian Sands stars in this fantasy/drama about an Indian girl's obsession with finding her alleged rich husband of a past life. Shot in Nepal.
Grand Chemin, Le (1987)
- Dir. Jean-Loup Hupert
Feat. Anemone , Richard Bohringer
- A charming, heartfelt drama about a childless and unhappy couple who are entrusted with the care of a 9–year–old relative over the summer…
Harp in the South, The (TV Mini Series) (1987)
- Dir. George Whaley
Feat. Martyn Sanderson, Anne Phelan, Anna Hruby…
- A TV mini–series about an Irish family who migrate to Australia in the post WW2 years to find their hopes of prosperity dashed on the streets…
High Tide (1987)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Judy Davis, Claudia Karvan, Colin Friels
- The director of MY BRILLIANT CAREER encores with Judy Davis for this bittersweet exploration of mother–daughter relations at a bleak coastal…
Hope and Glory (1987)
- Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Sebastian Rice-Edwards, Geraldine Muir
- Well–crafted account of Dir. Boorman's childhood in wartime London.