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Classics > Drama: 978 Films to Buy & Rent

 
Warm Nights on a Slow Moving TrainWarm Nights on a Slow Moving Train (1988)
Dir. Bob Ellis
Feat. Wendy Hughes, Colin Friels, Norman Kaye
A Catholic schoolteacher moonlights as a prostitute to fund her disabled brother’s morphine dependence, later falling under the influence of a…
BarflyBarfly (1987)
Dir. Barbet Schroeder
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige
Mickey Rourke relishes his role as an alcoholic low–life with a gift for poetry. Loosely based on one Charles Bukowski, who wrote the script.
Broadcast NewsBroadcast News (1987) Recommended
Dir. James L. Brooks
Feat. Holly Hunter, William Hurt, Albert Brooks…
Superb TV newsroom dramedy in which vacuous newsreader Hurt and neurotic reporter Brooks compete for the attentions of Holly Hunter.
Five CornersFive Corners (1987)
Dir. Tony Bill
Feat. Jodie Foster, Tim Robbins, Todd Graff…
Ambitious, although ultimately chaotic, drama set in the Bronx in 1964, where a young Jodie Foster is stalked by her former boyfriend (Turturro), who…
Harp in the South, The (TV Mini Series)Harp in the South, The (TV Mini Series) (1987)
Dir. George Whaley
Feat. Martyn Sanderson, Anne Phelan, Anna Hruby…
A TV mini–series about an Irish family who migrate to Australia in the post WW2 years to find their hopes of prosperity dashed on the streets…
High TideHigh Tide (1987)
Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Judy Davis, Claudia Karvan, Colin Friels
The director of MY BRILLIANT CAREER encores with Judy Davis for this bittersweet exploration of mother–daughter relations at a bleak coastal…
HousekeepingHousekeeping (1987)
Dir. Bill Forsyth
Feat. Christine Lahti, Sara Walker
A sombre but wonderful tale of a free–spirited woman in 1950s Idaho who voluteers to take care of her two orphaned nieces despite her being an…
Less Than ZeroLess Than Zero (1987)
Dir. Marek Kanievska
Feat. Andrew McCarthy, Robert Downey Jnr., Jami Gertz…
A slick, rather thin adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ cult–novel set among the bored, coke–snorting youth of 1980s upper–crust…
NutsNuts (1987)
Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen Stapleton…
Barbra Streisand must prove her sanity in order to stand trial for manslaughter. Richard Dreyfuss helps out with some heavy duty courtroom banter.
Radio DaysRadio Days (1987)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Julie Kavner
Woody Allen revisits his childhood days in the golden era of radio.

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