Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8092 Films to Buy & Rent
King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
- Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn
- Bleak, talky tale of two misguided siblings with big ideas is a strong acting showcase for Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern and Ellen Burstyn. Ambitious…
Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
- Dir. Robert Bolt
Feat. Sarah Miles, Jon Finch, Richard Chamberlain…
- Playwright Robert Bolt (A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS) debuts as dir. with this intelligent account of the titular Englishwoman. Managing to rock early 19th…
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
- Dir. Sidney J. Furie
Feat. Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor…
- Diana Ross is terrific in her acting debut as famously–troubled jazz legend Billie Holiday in this flawed but fascinating biographical drama…
Last Tango in Paris (1972)
- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider
- A breakthrough film of the 70s, this account of a chance encounter, then torrid affair between Maria Schneider and Marlon Brando, is artfully glossy,…
Love in the Afternoon (L'Amour l'après-midi) (1972)
- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Bernard Verley, Zouzou , Françoise Verley…
- The sixth and final movie in Rohmer's "Six Moral Tales" series concerning a bourgeois man who is still tempted to pursue other women despite being…
Ludwig (1972)
- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard…
- A sumptuous biopic of 'mad' Prince Ludwig II of Bavaria (Berger) who reigned in the mid–1800s, creating and inhabiting his own bizarre world of…
MASH (TV Series) (M*A*S*H) (1972-1983)
- Feat. Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, Loretta Swit
- Long running and much loved TV Series loosely based on Robert Altman’s 1969 film set in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the Korean…
Moonstone, The (1972)
- Dir. Robert Bierman
Feat. Kathleen Byron, Robin Ellis, Basil Dignam…
- Atmospheric whodunit drama, based on the Wilkie Collins novel, which tells the tale of an investigation into the theft of a precious Indian jewel…
Number 96 (TV Series) (1972-1977)
- Feat. Rebecca Gilling
- A groundbreaking Australian soap–opera set around a block of flats in Sydney, and the sometimes nude, often rude, and frequently comedic…
Other, The (1972)
- Dir. Robert Mulligan
Feat. Chris Udvarnoky, Martin Udvarnoky, Uta Hagen…
- The uneasiness of childhood is explored in this classic of early 70's horror, an under–seen gem that holds its own alongside sensationalist…