Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8102 Films to Buy & Rent
Angel Mine (1979)
- Dir. David Blyth
Feat. Derek Ward, Jennifer Redford, Myra De Groot
- A punk, Bunuel–esque social satire in which a married couple escape their material lives through anarchic fantasies, staged as dream–like…
Bitch, The (1979)
- Dir. Gerry O'Hara
Feat. Joan Collins, Antonio Cantafora, Kenneth Haigh…
- Joan Collins returns in trashy sequel to THE STUD.
Blue Remembered Hills (1979)
- Dir. Brian Gibson
Feat. Colin Welland, Michael Elphick, Robin Ellis…
- Acutely observed teleplay from the genius of Dennis Potter: viewed through the prism of adolescence, Potter crafts a dark, elegiac, if always…
Breaker Morant (1979)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown
- An unjust court–martial in the Boer War provides much tension in one of the great Oz dramas.
Breaking Away (1979)
- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid
- Deftly scripted, immensely enjoyable tale of a group of college friends in small town America who have yet to decide what they'll do after graduating…
Caligula (1979)
- Dir. Tinto Brass
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud…
- Penthouse magnate Bob Guccione's notorious 'legitimate' porno–drama stars Malcolm MacDowell as the ruthless and randy Roman Emperor. This…
Camera Buff (Amator) (1979)
- Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski
- Pointed, if slightly familiar satire of Communist life, has a smalltown clerk in Poland buy a Super8 film camera and begin to film life around him,…
Champ, The (1979)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Rick Schroder…
- Franco Zeffirelli's sentimental remake of the 1931 Academy Award–winning film stars Jon Voight as a debt–ridden Florida…
Chapter Two (1979)
- Dir. Robert Moore
Feat. James Caan, Marsha Mason, Valerie Harper
- Neil SImon's hit play is competently adapted for the big screen. James Caan in a rare romantic role plays a man recently widowed who falls for a…
Children of Fire Mountain (TV Mini-Series) (1979)
- Dir. Peter Sharp
Feat. Terence Cooper, Mark Hadlow
- Fondly–remembered Kiwi period drama set in 1900 New Zealand, depicting the conflict between Maori and British settlers from the point of view…