Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7936 Films to Rent
Alfred Hitchcock Presents… (1985)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Ned Beatty, John Huston, Steven Bauer…
- Four episodes from the TV–series, posthumously endorsed by Hitch, which replicate his blend of suspense, macabre humour and brutal…
American Flyers (1985)
- Dir. John Badham
Feat. Kevin Costner, Rae Dawn Chong, David Marshall Grant…
- Cross–country cycle drama about a couple of brothers striving to complete a race across the Rocky Mountains by summoning all their physical and…
An Indecent Obsession (1985)
- Dir. Les Marinos
Feat. Wendy Hughes, Bruno Lawrence, Gary Sweet…
- Set in a humid Asiatic mental hospital after the Japanese surrender in WW2, this moderately torrid psychodrama features a devout nun (Hughes) develop…
ANZACS (TV Series) (1985)
- Dir. John Dixon, George Miller, Pino Amenta
Feat. Paul Hogan, Andrew Clarke, Jon Blake…
- An exemplary depiction of a group of ANZAC soldiers in WWI as they progress through the horrors of the war in Europe. Told mainly from the Australian…
Assam Garden, The (1985)
- Dir. Mary McMurray
Feat. Deborah Kerr
- Gently paced drama finds Deborah Kerr tending her late husband's garden.
At Close Range (1985)
- Dir. James Foley
Feat. Sean Penn, Christopher Walken
- Sean Penn plays a wayward youth who reunites with his gangland father (Christopher Walken) with violent consequences. Sordid yet solid drama.
Aviator, The (1985)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Christopher Reeve, Rosanna Arquette, Jack Warden…
- Earnest aviation drama about a 1920's mail pilot and a rich man's daughter who crash–land on a mountain full of hungry wolves. Based on the…
Beethoven's Nephew (1985)
- Dir. Paul Morrissey
Feat. Wolfgang Reichmann, Dietmar Prinz, Nathalie Baye…
- Thoughtful story of the destructively possessive relationship between Ludwig Von Beethoven and his nephew, leading to humiliation and tragedy.…
Beiderbecke Affair, The (TV Series) (1985)
- Feat. James Bolam, Barbara Flynn, Dudley Sutton
- Character–centric Brit TV series that was the first in the 'Beiderbecke Trilogy' following a couple of Leed's teachers ensconced in a…
Bliss (1985)
- Dir. Ray Lawrence
Feat. Barry Otto
- Peter Carey's cult novel maintains its distinctive off–beat flavour in this screen adaptation, about a middle–aged ad–man who…