Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7955 Films to Rent
Chiefs (TV Mini Series) (1983)
- Dir. Jerry London
Feat. Charlton Heston, Keith Carradine, Brad Davis…
- A well–regarded television series stretching across three generations of policemen in a small city in the American South, beset by changing…
Constance (1983)
- Dir. Bruce Morrison
Feat. Donogh Rees
- Donogh Rees gives a restrained performance in this post–war period drama as a school–teacher whose fanciful dreams are realised and then…
Dangerous Corner (1983)
- Dir. James Ormerod
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Susan Fleetwood, Anthony Valentine
- A dated, though juicy BBC potboiler with Daniel Day–Lewis amongst a circle of friends hiding illicit affairs and other unsavory secrets.…
Day After, The (1983)
- Dir. Nicholas Meyer
Feat. Jason Robards Jr., JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg…
- Emmy award–winning cautionary tale of the Reagan era chillingly dramatises the day after (and less successfully – the day 'before') a…
Dresser, The (1983)
- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay
- Classic backstage tale of the theatre, with an imperious actor–manager (Finney) being pampered and supported by his loyal dresser (Courtenay).…
Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
- Dir. Martin Davidson
Feat. Michael Pare, Ellen Barkin, Joe Pantoliano…
- Unusual drama, only partially realised, based around a legendary presumed–dead 60s rock’n’roller (Michael Pare) whose life is investigated…
El Norte (The North) (1983)
- Dir. Gregory Nava
Feat. Zaide Silvia Gutierrez, David Villalpando
- The journey northward of a Guatemalan brother and sister (Zaide Silvia Gutierrez and David Villalpando) on the run is an epic saga of the modern…
Experience Preferred, but Not Essential (1983)
- Dir. Peter Duffell
Feat. Elizabeth Edmonds, Sue Wallace
- Amusing, low–key drama about a young woman waitressing at a seaside resort.
Exposed (1983)
- Dir. James Toback
Feat. Nastassja Kinski, Harvey Keitel, Rudolph Nureyev…
- Typically unrestrained effort from cult director Toback has Nastassja Kinski in fine form as a midwestern girl seeking fame in New York CIty.
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Fanny and Alexander (1983)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Kristina Adolphson, Borje Ahlstedt, Pernilla Allwin
- Dir. Bergman's last film is his least typical, yet one of his finest. It tells a semi–autobiographical family saga through the eyes of two…