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Subgenre Sampler

 
Mrs. SoffelMrs. Soffel (1984)
Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine
Sombre though interesting drama set in 1901 Pittsburgh about a woman who helps one of the inmates of her prison warden husband.
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) (1984-1990)
Feat. Angela Lansbury
The archetypal amateur sleuth series, this long–running show starred the indomitable Angela Lansbury as a mystery…
My First WifeMy First Wife (1984)
Dir. Paul Cox
Feat. John Hargreaves, Wendy Hughes
A man is devastated when his wife of ten years walks out on him. His experience is achingly realised through an incisive screenplay and virtuoso…
Natural, TheNatural, The (1984)
Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger
The classic novel by Bernard Malamud gets a typical Hollywood going over, with Robert Redford playing a young dreamer who aspires to baseball…
Nineteen NineteenNineteen Nineteen (1984) Recommended
Dir. Hugh Brody
Feat. Paul Scofield, Maria Schell
Paul Scofield and Maria Schell are two former patients of Sigmund Freud are brought together 50 years later to assemble fragments of their forgotten…
Other HalvesOther Halves (1984)
Dir. John Laing
Feat. Lisa Harrow, Mark Pilisi
An unlikely relationship blossoms between a 32–year–old white woman and a polynesian street–kid half her age.
Paris, TexasParis, Texas (1984) Recommended
Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski
The German director takes his enigmatic, dilatory style Stateside for this intoxicating work about a mysterious mute loner in search of his missing…
Passage to India, APassage to India, A (1984) Recommended
Dir. David Lean
Feat. Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft
Judy Davis leads a troupe of perenial British actors in this, the legendary director's final film – an immaculate production of E.M. Forster's…
Places in the HeartPlaces in the Heart (1984)
Dir. Robert Benton
Feat. Sally Field, Danny Glover, John Malkovich
Moving period drama with Sally Field's Oscar–winning performance as a widowed cotton–farmer in Depression era Texas.
Pope of Greenwich Village, ThePope of Greenwich Village, The (1984)
Dir. Stuart Rosenberg
Feat. Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke
Perennial no–hoper Eric Roberts cons pal Mickey Rourke into a final heist, but stealing from the Mob proves to be a bad idea.…

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