Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Turtle Diary (1985)- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Glenda Jackson - Ben Kingsley and Glenda Jackson seek to liberate giant turtles from London Zoo. Screenplay by Harold Pinter.
Vagabond (1985)
- Dir. Agnes Varda
Feat. Sandrine Bonnaire - Award–winning drama that artfully presents poetic moments from young vagabond Sandrine Bonnaire’s last month alive, listlessly drifting…
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985)- Dir. Lamont Johnson
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Alice Krige, Kenneth Colley… - The true story of Hungarian diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who risked his own life manufacturing protective passports for thousands of Jews in exile…
Water (1985)- Dir. Dick Clement
Feat. Michael Caine, Billy Connolly, Valerie Perrine… - When oil is discovered on a peaceful Caribbean outpost island it swiftly finds itself embroiled in a political upheaval with all sides fighting for…
Wetherby (1985)- Dir. David Hare
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Judi Dench… - Haunting psychodrama with Vanessa Redgrave and Judi Dench as guests at a dinner party that is overshadowed by a repressed tragedy which threatens to…
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)- Dir. Emir Kusturica
Feat. Moreno de Bartolli, Miki Manojlovic, Mira Furlan - A delightful dramedy of social upheaval, set during Yugoslavia’s Tito–Stalin conflict of the 1950s. Kusturica filters the tribulations of…
White Nights (1985)- Dir. Taylor Hackford
Feat. Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski… - Baryshnikov and Hines try to dance themselves free from Soviet oppression in this amusing dated thriller. The dance sequences still hold up though.
Zed and Two Noughts, A (1985)- Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Andrea Ferreol, Brian Deacon, Eric Deacon… - Enigmatic visual essay centres around a pair of identical twin zoologists and a paraplegic Spanish seductress! A difficult but rewarding film…
1984 (1984)- Dir. Michael Radford
Feat. John Hurt, Richard Burton - Adaptation of George Orwell's novel remains faithful to his book and is thus a despairing experience. John Hurt and Richard Burton represent the…
A Soldier's Story (1984)- Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Howard Jr. Rollins, Adolph Caesar, Art Evans… - In charge of an inquiry into the murder of a black sergeant on an army base in 1944, investigator Howard E Rollins Jnr uncovers a knot of racial…
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