Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8092 Films to Buy & Rent
Joseph Andrews (1977)
- Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Ann-Margret, Peter Firth, Beryl Reid…
- Bawdy picaresque revolves around the romantic misadventures of switched–at–birth servant. Chief amongst his concerns are the unwelcome…
Julia (1977)
- Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards Jr.…
- Dramatising the 1930s memories of playwright Lillian Hellman (THE LITTLE FOXES), this Oscar–winning classic centres on the relationship between…
Killer of Sheep (1977)
- Dir. Charles Burnett
Feat. Henry Sanders
- A recently exhumed landmark of African–American cinema, dir. Burnett’s long–lost thesis film observes the daily hardships of an…
Kiss of Death, The (1977)
- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. David Threlfall
- Something of a forerunner to Leigh's masterpiece NAKED, with David Threlfall playing an undertaker's assistant with a macabre, unpredictable streak.…
Last Wave, The (1977)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, David Gulpilil
- A provocative and eerie tale of prophecy and doom sees attorney Richard Chamberlain plagued by horrific visions when assigned to defend a group of…
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
- Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, Tuesday Weld…
- Repressed schoolteacher Diane Keaton cruises the singles bars of New York for action, and has mixed results in a series of dispiriting encounters. An…
Love For Lydia (TV Series) (1977)
- Dir. Tony Wharmby, Christopher Hodson
Feat. Mel Martin, Jeremy Irons, Christopher Blake…
- Adapted from the H.E. Bates' book, this scrumptious Masterpiece Theatre series details the exploits of the beautiful but vapid Lydia and the four men…
Man Who Loved Women, The (1977)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Charles Denner, Leslie Caron, Brigitte Fossey…
- Charles Denner plays a dedicated skirt–chaser, who falls in love with women so constantly he is brought to the point of…
Mango Tree, The (1977)
- Dir. Kevin Dobson
Feat. Geraldine Fitzgerald, Sir Robert Helpmann, Christopher Pate
- Good–looking, if rather pedestrian coming–of–age tale set in Bundaberg, where a young man leaves his comfortable rural life for the…
Message, The (Al-risalah Aka Mohammad, Messenger Of God) (1977)
- Dir. Moustapha Akkad
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Michael Ansara
- An Islamic alternative to Hollywood epics such as GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD and BEN HUR, dealing with the rise of an initially persecuted…