Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7955 Films to Rent
Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Hanna Schygulla
- During the reconstruction of post–war Germany, a woman emerges from the ruins of war and marriage to build an empire. Hanna Schygulla oozes…
Mayor of Casterbridge, The (1978)
- Dir. David Giles
Feat. Alan Bates, Anna Massey, Anne Stallybrass…
- Dennis Potter–scribed Victorian saga sees Alan Bates, battling alcoholism, sell his wife and daughter under the influence, before resolving to…
Midnight Express (1978)
- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Brad Davis, Randy Quaid
- Brad Davis stars in this riveting fact–based story as a young American facing a 30–year sentence in a brutal Turkish prison for a minor…
Mill on the Floss, The (1978)
- Dir. Ronald Wilson
Feat. Pippa Guard, Christopher Blake, Anton Lessor
- Loosely based on George Eliot's own childhood, this bleak tale of fueding families and thwarted love is adequately told in this eight part BBC…
Newsfront (1978)
- Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Bill Hunter, Wendy Hughes, Chris Haywood…
- Picture perfect if conservative account of the newsreel professionals who became obsolete by the advent of television in the late 1950s. The episodic…
Nighthawks (1978)
- Dir. Ron Peck
- Hailed on release as the first British gay feature , this groundbreaking drama focuses on the double life of a school–teacher who remains in…
Oliver's Story (1978)
- Dir. John Korty
Feat. Ryan O'Neal, Candice Bergen, Nicola Pagett…
- Ryan O'Neal returns as Oliver Barrett IV in this tender sequel to LOVE STORY.
Orchestra Rehearsal, The (1978)
- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Baldwin Baas, Clara Colosimo, Elizabeth Labi
- A comedy of the absurd about a group of orchestra musicians who stage a revolt against the conductor after the building collapses. Allegory may be…
Paradise Alley (1978)
- Dir. Sylvester Stallone
Feat. Armand Assante, Anne Archer, Tom Waits
- Sly’s directorial debut replays the ROCKY plotline, as a Hell’s Kitchen Italian–American trying to wrestle his way out of tenements of the…
Pennies From Heaven (Mini Series) (1978)
- Dir. Piers Haggard
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Cheryl Campbell, Gemma Craven…
- The original television version of Dennis Potter's acclaimed and much–remembered musical drama, set around philandering sheet–music…