Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8092 Films to Buy & Rent
Rocky Boxset (Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V, Rocky Balboa) (1976-2006)
- Feat. Sylvester Stallone
- The complete Rocky legacy in one box–set, including Stallone's final recent swansong in the career–defining role.
Romeo and Juliet (1976)
- Dir. Joan Kemp-Welch
Feat. Christopher Neame, Ann Hasson, Peter Jeffrey…
- Creditable British TV version of the most famous romantic tragedy of all time, with Neame and Hassan playing the fate–crossed lovers.
Scar, The (Blizna) (1976)
- Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski
Feat. Franciszek Pieczka
- Dir. Kieslowski's debut theatrical feature follows on from his earlier documentary work in dramatising what happens when a large chemical plant is…
Sebastiane (1976)
- Dir. Derek Jarman
Feat. Barney James, Neil Kennedy, Leonardo Treviglio
- A Roman soldier is banished to an outpost because of his Christian sympathies where he is eventually immortalised as a martyred saint. Jarman doesn't…
Seven Percent Solution, The (1976)
- Dir. Nicholas Meyer
Feat. Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall…
- Intriguing re–imagining of the Sherlock Holmes legend has the master sleuth fighting his own drug addiction under the guidance of Sigmund…
Small Change (L'argent de Poche) (1976)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Nicole Felix, Chantal Mercier
- Childhood in a small French village is portrayed as a series of witty poetic moments in a comedy that’s sunny, tender and finally serious in…
Stay Hungry (1976)
- Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jeff Bridges, Sally Field…
- This boasts the first dramatic role for Arnold Schwarzenegger but it serves as more than a curiosity, it's an intriguing portrait of a social…
Stroszek (1976)
- Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Bruno S., Eva Mattes
- Powerful tragi–comedy follows a simple–minded Bruno S to America with a prostitute trying to escape her unsavoury past. The film's…
Sullivans, The (TV Series) (1976-1983)
- Feat. Mel Gibson
- Long–running Australian series set during WW2 Melbourne that became an iconic, antipodean version of THE WALTONS, eventually running to 1114…
Sybil (1976)
- Dir. Daniel Petrie
Feat. Sally Field
- Sally Field gives a tour–de–force performance in this profoundly disturbing dramatisation of the life of a woman who developed 17…