Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8102 Films to Buy & Rent
Tristana (1971)
- Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero
- Catherine Deneuve plays a beautiful young heroine burdened with a vulgar husband and a knee ailment that will require her leg to be amputated!…
Two English Girls (Anne and Muriel) (1971)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Jean-Pierre Leaud, Kika Markham, Stacey Tendeter
- A French writer encounters the delicate dilemma of falling in love with both English sisters at a Welsh coastal cottage. Tantalising romance is…
Under Milkwood (1971)
- Dir. Andrew Sinclair
Feat. Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O'Toole…
- Celebrated radio play by Dylan Thomas gets a surprisingly successful visual rendering, though some will always prefer the original format for Thomas'…
Vanishing Point (1971)
- Dir. Richard Serafian
Feat. Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger…
- A loner accepts a challenge to drive his Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco in 15 hours, with the fuzz in pursuit and help from blind DJ,…
Wild Duck, The (1971)
- Dir. Alan Bridges
Feat. Denholm Elliott, Jenny Agutter
- Adapted from the 1884 Play by Henrik Ibsen and broadcast as part of the BBC's "Play Of The Month" series. A wealthy family's existence is…
A Swedish Love Story (1970)
- Dir. Roy Andersson
Feat. Ann-Sofie Kylin, Rolf Sohlman
- The debut feature film from director Roy Andersson (YOU, THE LIVING) is an unforgettably beautiful coming–of–age tale inspired by the…
American Soldier, The (Der Amerikanische Soldat) (1970)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Karl Scheydt, Elga Sorbas, Jan George…
- The third in a loose trilogy of gangster films directed by prolific German iconoclast Rainer Werner Fassbinder early in his career.
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Angel Levine, The (1970)
- Dir. Jan Kadar
Feat. Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, Ida Kaminska…
- In order to earn his wings Belafonte must convince the embittered Mostel that life still has value. Gentle yarn gets by chiefly on the charm of the…
Baby Maker, The (1970)
- Dir. James Bridges
Feat. Barbara Hershey, Sam Groom, Scott Glenn
- Somewhat ahead of its time, this portrays a middle–class American couple who pay a hippy woman to be a surrogate mother for a child.…
Bombay Talkie (1970)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Shashi Kapoor, Zia Mohyeddin
- Probably the most visually distinguished Merchant–Ivory film, this semi–satiric swirl through the 'Bollywood' film industry works as both…