Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7936 Films to Rent
Tempest, The (1980)
- Dir. John Gorrie
Feat. Sir Michael Hordern, Nigel Hawthorne
- Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
Times Square (1980)
- Dir. Allan Moyle
Feat. Robin Johnson, Trini Alvarado, Tim Curry
- An NYC youth drama inspired by the "new wave" music and fashions of the time that follows the mildly anarchic wanderings of a pair of runaway…
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1980)
- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Alec Guinness, Ian Richardson, Michael Jayston
- Alec Guinness returns as John Le Carre's retired agent George Smiley, this time lured back to trace an infiltrator at his old stomping ground.
To Serve Them All My Days (TV Series) (1980)
- Feat. John Duttine
- A shell–shocked WWI vet retreats to a teaching post in Devon, England, where he inspires students through unconventional and empowering means.…
Un Mauvais Fils (A Bad Son) (1980)
- Dir. Claude Sautet
Feat. Patrick Dewaere, Brigitte Fossey, Yves Robert
- Affecting working–class drama about a young man returning to France after a jail term in the US for narcotics, where his attempt to restart his…
Union City (1980)
- Dir. Mark Reichart
Feat. Debbie Harry, Dennis Lipscomb
- Underrated low–budget film noir starkly depicts urban neurosis in a seedy apartment. Grungy lead performances from Debbie Harry and Dennis…
Urban Cowboy (1980)
- Dir. James Bridges
Feat. John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn…
- An early role for John Travolta, as an oil–worker trying to 'make it' riding mechanical bulls in the roadhouses of Houston. The grimy, downbeat…
Water Under the Bridge (TV Mini-series) (1980)
- Dir. Igor Auzins
Feat. Judy Davis, Robyn Nevin, David Cameron
- Unsentimental drama set between the two World Wars observes an aspiring actor and the three women who shape his life.
Xanadu (1980)
- Feat. Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly
- Diabolical disco–kitsch with a plot as thin as a plastic–wrapper. Designer Michael Beck is visited by ethereal muse Olivia…
Agatha (1979)
- Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, Dustin Hoffman, Timothy Dalton…
- Speculating over the 11 days in 1926 when detective–writer Agatha Christie (Vanessa Redgrave) went missing, this gently–toned drama sees…