Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8092 Films to Buy & Rent
Betrayal (1983)
- Dir. David Jones
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Patricia Hodge, Jeremy Irons
- Amorality tale of a publisher, his wife and her lover, adapted from Harold Pinter's powerhouse play, effectively told in reverse chronology. Ben…
Big Chill, The (1983)
- Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, William Hurt…
- Old college friends gather together for a weekend after the funeral of one of their peers, where they reconcile their current lives in the 1980's…
By the Sword Divided (TV Series) (1983)
- Feat. Sharon Maughan, Andrew MacLachlan , Lucy Aston
- Classic BBC period drama following the aristocratic Lacey family, whose lives are thrown into turmoil as their political allegiances split during the…
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983)
- Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Karen Black
- Uniquely kooky concoction set around the unpredictable neuroses of a newly single woman (Black), who enters a world of whimsy, crazed encounters and…
Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)
- Dir. Carl Schultz
Feat. Wendy Hughes, Robyn Nevin
- Rewarding period drama about a young orphan who becomes the object of a bitter dispute between his late mother's sisters.
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).…