Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7936 Films to Rent
Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
- Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Jodie Foster, Rob Lowe, Nastassja Kinski
- Jodie Foster falls in love with brother Rob Lowe. From the John Irving novel.
Iceman (1984)
- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, Josef Sommer…
- Arctic explorers discover the body of a prehistoric man who is still alive in this enjoyable piece of sci–fi hokum, with John Lone giving a…
Jewel in the Crown, The (TV Mini series) (1984)
- Dir. Christopher Morahan
Feat. Peggy Ashcroft, Charles Dance, Art Malik…
- One of the supreme TV events of the 1980s, this epic adaptation of Paul Scott's novels 'The Raj Quartet' is set in 1930–40s India: the 'jewel…
Kaos (1984)
- Dir. Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
- Marvellous but rarely seen compendium of four tales (and an epilogue) by Luigi Pirandello set in the parched landscape of Sicily.
'The Other Son'…
Killing Fields, The (1984)
- Dir. Roland Joffe
Feat. Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich…
- Devastating and award–winning account of Pol Pot's regime in Cambodia.
King Lear (1984)
- Dir. Michael Elliot
Feat. Laurence Olivier
- Made for Granada television, this magnificent version stars Laurence Olivier who, in the twilight of his career, gives a riveting performance as the…
King Pin (1984)
- Dir. Mike Walker
Feat. Nicholas Rogers, Junior Amega, Mitchell Manuel
- Polynesian juveniles experience bonding, rivalry and violence at a child welfare training facility. Though budget constraints are evident, it's…
Last Bastion, The (1984)
- Dir. Chris Thomson
Feat. Bill Hunter, Ray Barrett, Robert Vaughn…
- Australia's involvement in World War II is explored from behind closed doors in this dramatisation of the decisions made by politicians and generals…
Legend of the Suram Fortress (1984)
- Dir. Sergei Paradjanov
- Soviet dir. Sergei Paradjanov resumed his filmmaking career after years of exile with this visually rapturous, obscure folk tale.
More opaque in…
Love Streams (1984)
- Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel
- Rarely–seen film by indie iconoclast John Cassavetes, described by some as he at his self–indugent worst, but praised in other quarters…