Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7936 Films to Rent
Eureka (1981)
- Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Nicolas Roeg…
- Irishman Gene Hackman strikes it rich in Alaska, and retires to his own Carribean island for family fights with flaky son–in–law Rutger…
Evil Under the Sun (1981)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Colin Blakely…
- Murder at a resort hotel, with Peter Ustinov as Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. An all–star cast and top production values, with sun and sea…
Flame Trees of Thika, The (TV Mini Series) (1981)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Hayley Mills, Ben Cross
- A nostalgic and wonderfully–photographed adaptation of Elspeth Huxley's memoir of growing up in Kenya in the 1910s, where her well–off…
Four Seasons, The (1981)
- Dir. Alan Alda
Feat. Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Len Cariou…
- Inspired by the theme and format of SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR, Alda wrote and directed this grown–up comedy in which three wealthy,…
French Lieutenant's Woman, The (1981)
- Dir. Karel Reisz
Feat. Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons
- Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons star in an elegant portrayal of secretive affairs and social strictures. Screenplay by Harold Pinter.
Gallipoli (1981)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Mel Gibson, Mark Lee
- Well–crafted, intoxicating depiction of the Gallipoli landings in WWI with a boyish Mel Gibson and Mark Lee as youthful idealists who enlist as…
Going Gently (1981)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Judi Dench, Norman Wisdom, Fulton MacKay
- Quality BBC television drama about a group of terminally ill patients on a cancer ward.
Gregory's Girl (1981)
- Dir. Bill Forsyth
Feat. John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn
- An affectionate and entertaining Scottish comedy about a shy and awkward school footballer's infatuation with a female team–member.
Henry VI (Henry the Sixth) (1981-1983)
- Dir. Jane Howell
Feat. John Benfield, Peter Benson, Brenda Blethyn
- BBC adaptation of Shakespeare's three–part play across three discs.
Hill Street Blues (TV Series) (1981)
- Feat. Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Conrad, Veronica Hamel…
- Steven Bochco's progressive eighties policier found dramatic substance and acclaim in its realistic and ethnically diverse portrayal of the lives of…