Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7955 Films to Rent
Lords of Flatbush, The (1974)
- Dir. Martin Davidson, Stephen Verona
Feat. Perry King, Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler…
- Boasting early appearances for various stars–in–waiting, this is an affectionate view of the rites–of–passage for members of…
Love in the Rain (Un amour de pluie) (1974)
- Dir. Jean-Claude Brialy
Feat. Romy Schneider, Nino Castelnuovo, Suzanne Flon
- More pomp and circumstance from Romy Schneider, here playing a well–to–do French woman indulging in various love affairs while holidaying…
Martha (1974)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Bohm
- Addressing his favourite subject, emotional cruelty, Dir. Fassbinder skillfully works a vein of pitch–black comedy in depicting Margit…
Melissa (TV Mini-series) (1974)
- Dir. Peter Moffatt
Feat. Peter Barkworth, Moira Redmond
- Riveting BBC mystery thriller series adapted from the Francis Durbridge novel that tells the tale of a husband who begins to uncover the mysterious…
Mirror (Zerkalo) (1974)
- Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
Feat. Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya
- Appropriately titled autobiography of Tarkovsky's childhood, impressioned by the volatile cultural environment. Unique in both form and vision, this…
Napoleon and Love (TV Mini-Series) (1974)
- Feat. Ian Holm, Billie Whitelaw, Peter Bowles…
- Plodding account of the famed emperor's conquests – in the bedroom. Holm and Whitelaw rise above some fairly pedestrian film–making.
Night Porter, The (1974)
- Dir. Liliana Cavani
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling
- Bizarre yet sensual melodrama about an ex–gestapo officer who resumes a sado–masochistic affair with his Jewish former–prisoner.…
Onedin Line, The (TV Series) (1974-1980)
- Feat. Peter Gilmore, Howard Lang, Brian Rawlinson…
- A sterling soap–opera of the 1970s, this immensely popular TV saga followed the empire–building and family fortunes of gruff 19th Century…
Pallisers, The (TV Series) (1974)
- Dir. Hugh David
Feat. Phillip Latham, Barbara Murray, Susan Hampshire…
- Substantial saga of wealth, passion, power, and scandal set in the palatial country houses and grand Mayfair salons of mid–Victorian England,…
Policewoman (TV Series) (1974)
- Feat. Angie Dickinson, Earl Holliman
- Angie Dickinson stars in this classic police drama – the first cop show to feature a woman as the lead character– as Sergeant "Pepper"…