Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8092 Films to Buy & Rent
American Film Theatre - Iceman Cometh, The (1973)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Fredric March…
- Masterly filmic adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's late stageplay set among the various seedy denizens of an early 20th century barroom, awaiting the…
American Film Theatre - Luther (1973)
- Dir. Guy Green
Feat. Stacy Keach, Patrick Magee, Hugh Griffith…
- Although receiving a somewhat muted reaction when originally released, this American Film Theatre production is a worthy adaptation of John Osborne's…
American Film Theatre - The Homecoming (1973)
- Dir. Peter Hall
Feat. Cyril Cusack, Ian Holm, Michael Jayston…
- One of the very finest of the American Film Theatre stageplay adaptations, dir. Hall and his cast came off a two–year run of Harold Pinter's…
American Graffiti (1973)
- Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss
- Seminal coming–of–age comedy set in '62 spawned a hit TV show (Happy Days), a mega–selling soundtrack and boosted many careers.
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
- Dir. John Hancock
Feat. Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty, Vincent Gardenia
- Robert De Niro plays a persecuted, simple–minded baseball player who contracts a terminal illness. The effect that it has on his fellow…
Blockhouse, The (1973)
- Dir. Clive Rees
Feat. Peter Sellers, Charles Aznavour, Jeremy Kemp
- A crafted, though minor serious role for Sellers as one of a number of slave–labourers at work on the Nazi's Normandy defence bunkers.
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Blume in Love (1973)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. George Segal, Kris Kristofferson, Susan Anspach…
- George Segal loves his wife dearly, but loses her because of an office fling. Controversial 70s exploration of mid–life angst.
Breezy (1973)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. William Holden, Kay Lenz
- Early, overlooked love affair from screen hard man Clint Eastwood, directing elder statesman William Holden as an aging recent divorcee who strikes…
Brontes of Haworth, The (Mini Series) (1973)
- Dir. Marc Miller
Feat. Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Alfred Burke
- BBC period drama that delves into the lives of the mysterious Bronte sisters, from their literary achievements to the tragedies that beset both them…
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1973)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker
- This flower–child rendition of the early years of St. Francis of Assisi draws a parallel to the hippy ethos. Songs by Donovan, script by Lena…