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Subgenre Sampler

 
First Deadly Sin, TheFirst Deadly Sin, The (1980)
Dir. Brian G. Hutton
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Faye Dunaway, Bruce Willis
Probably Ol' Blue Eyes' last decent film, giving an understated, effective performance as a pressured NYC detective hunting a serial killer and…
Flickers (TV Series)Flickers (TV Series) (1980)
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Frances de la Tour, Sheila Reid
An amiable Cockney rogue seeking investors in the silent–film industry finds that building a business out of make believe isn't as easy as he…
Formula, TheFormula, The (1980)
Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Marlon Brando, George C. Scott, Marthe Keller
Muddled thriller with Scott as a detective caught up in a conspiracy to manipulate world fuel prices. Brando –only in three scenes– does…
FoxesFoxes (1980)
Dir. Adrian Lyne
Feat. Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman
Four teenage loose cannons speed towards self–destruction in this frank, impressionistic portrait of L.A. teen culture. A young Jodie Foster…
From the Life of the MarionettesFrom the Life of the Marionettes (1980)
Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Robert Atzom, Heinz Bennent, Martin Benrath
A dark themed and intricately plotted drama from dir. Bergman's later period, concerning a businessman who commits the sex–murder of a…
Germany, Pale MotherGermany, Pale Mother (Deutschland bleiche Mutter) (1980) Recommended
Dir. Helma Sanders-Brahms
Feat. Eva Mattes, Ernst Jacobi
Bleak WWII drama that follows the tragic fate of a couple who marry the day before the war breaks out when he is drafted to the Eastern front only to…
Grown-UpsGrown-Ups (1980)
Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Philip Davis, Lesley Manville, Brenda Blethyn
A working class couple discovers the joys of living in a council flat in this early Mike Leigh drama for the BBC (part of the 'Play for Today'…
HamletHamlet (1980)
Dir. Rodney Bennett
Feat. Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Patrick Stewart
Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
HussyHussy (1980)
Dir. Michael Chapman
Feat. Helen Mirren, John Shea, Paul Angelis
A prostitute working in a posh London nightclub begins an affair with a mysterious American and is pulled further into the criminal underworld she is…
Jane Austen in ManhattanJane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Anne Baxter, Robert Powell, MIchael Wager
Delightful Merchant Ivory production has two rival theatre companies dueling over the right to produce a recently discovered Jane Austen manuscript.…

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