Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8102 Films to Buy & Rent
Initiation (1987)
- Dir. Michael Pearce
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Rodney Harvey, Anna-Maria Winchester…
- Oddball coming of age tale with a young American venturing to the outback to reunite with his estranged father – a drug trafficker.
Inspector Morse (TV Series) (1987-2000)
- Feat. John Thaw
- Much–loved British TV Series that follows the criminal cases of Morse, probably John Thaw's most famous character – the cantankerous…
Intervista (1987)
- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Sergio Rubini
- An easy–going ode to dir. Fellini's early career at Cinecitta Studios, this takes the form of a mock interview–flashback, with the…
Ironweed (1987)
- Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep
- Rich, downbeat story of a guilt–ridden alcoholic hobo and his companion, with Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep in finest method.
Julia and Julia (1987)
- Dir. Peter Del Monte
Feat. Kathleen Turner, Gabriel Byrne, Sting
- Kathleen Turner leads a double (love) life with husband Gabriel Byrne and toy–boy photographer Sting.
Kitchen Toto, The (1987)
- Dir. Harry Hook
Feat. Edwin Mahinda, Bob Peck, Phyllis Logan
- Rewarding drama set in Kenya, during the Mau Mau insurrection.
La Bamba (1987)
- Dir. Luis Valdez
Feat. Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Elizabeth Pena…
- Tightly constructed biopic of Hispanic rock'n'roller Richie Valens lends the usual 'rise to fame' tale an unusual ethnic slant. Lou Diamond Phillips…
Last Emperor, The (1987)
- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. John Lone, Peter O'Toole
- Grand scale interpretation of the true life of Pu Yi (John Lone), the last emperor of China, who ascended the throne at three years–old to live…
Less Than Zero (1987)
- Dir. Marek Kanievska
Feat. Andrew McCarthy, Robert Downey Jnr., Jami Gertz…
- A slick, rather thin adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ cult–novel set among the bored, coke–snorting youth of 1980s upper–crust…
Little Dorrit (TV Mini-Series) (1987)
- Dir. Christine Edzard
Feat. Alec Guinness, Derek Jacobi, Joan Greenwood…
- Exemplary, all–star reworking of the Charles Dickens' classic in two parts. The first, "Nobody's Fault", is told from Arthur Clennam's (Derek…