Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7955 Films to Rent
Little Romance, A (1979)
- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Anna Massey, Arthur Hill…
- Sweet minor comedy in which aged charmer Olivier persuades two teenage lovers – American boy, French girl – to run off together.…
Littlest Hobo, The (TV Series) (1979-1985)
- Winning family serial follows a wandering German shepherd who who travels from place to place befriending and helping the struggling.
Macbeth (1979)
- Dir. Philip Casson
Feat. Ian McKellen, Judi Dench
- Excellent version of the 'Scottish play' that translates Trevor Nunn's RSC stage version to television complete with minimalistic staging and some…
Manhattan (1979)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway
- This classy introspective comedy from Woody Allen tributes his beloved city while his neurotic alter–ego searches for romantic and intellectual…
Measure for Measure (1979)
- Dir. Desmond Davis
Feat. Kate Nelligan, Tim Pigott-Smith
- Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
More American Graffiti (1979)
- Dir. Bill L. Norton
Feat. Ron Howard, Bo Hopkins, Candy Clark…
- College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s in this creaky sequel to the coming–of–age hit.
My Brilliant Career (1979)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Judy Davis, Sam Neill
- Landmark Australian film, with Judy Davis as a determinedly independent femme in the late 19th century. From the novel by Miles Franklin.
Norma Rae (1979)
- Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Sally Field, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges
- Sally Field won the 1979 Best Actress Oscar for her portrait of a feisty textile factory worker in North Carolina who becomes involved in the labour…
North Dallas Forty (1979)
- Dir. Ted Kotcheff
Feat. Nick Nolte, Bo Svenson, Steve Forrest
- A sports film set in late 1970s Texas, following American Football player Phil Elliott (Nolte), whose independent attitude and lifestyle of…
Onion Field, The (1979)
- Dir. Harold Becker
Feat. James Woods, John Savage
- Sporadically intense drama based on a real–life cop–killing in 1960s California, notable for James Woods' creepy debut as, you guessed…