Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8102 Films to Buy & Rent
Fellini Satyricon (1970)
- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born…
- Freely adapted from the Roman author Petronious, this follows the adventures of two bisexual youths through the decadent, fragmented age of Rome's…
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
- Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Karen Black
- A fascinating, complex character study of a talented drifter (Jack Nicholson) who returns to his affluent but dysfunctional family. Karen Black is…
Games, The (1970)
- Dir. Michael Winner
Feat. Michael Crawford, Ryan O'Neal, Charles Aznavour…
- British sports drama about four marathon runners from very different backgrounds (one British, one American, one Czechoslovakian and one Aboriginal…
Gods of the Plague (Götter der Pest) (1970)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Hanna Schygulla, Margarethe von Trotta, Harry Baer…
- The second in a loose trilogy of gangster films directed by prolific German iconoclast Rainer Werner Fassbinder early in his career.
In this…
Harold and Maude (1970)
- Dir. Hal Ashby
Feat. Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon
- Director Hal Ashby's much–adored black comedy about a wealthy but lonely teenager who finds a soulmate in the form a 79–year–old…
Hawaiians, The (1970)
- Dir. Tom Gries
Feat. Charlton Heston, Tina Chen, Geraldine Chaplin…
- Brotherly relations are strained when the black sheep returns home, plantation building and pineapple stealing ensues.
Bloated sequel to HAWAII…
I Never Sang For My Father (1970)
- Dir. Gilbert Cates
Feat. Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Dorothy Stickney…
- Gene Hackman plays a widowed college professor in New York wanting to get out from under the thumb of his aging father yet guilty about his plans to…
Jane Eyre (1970)
- Dir. Delbert Mann
Feat. George C. Scott, Susannah York, Ian Bannen…
- Susannah York and George C. Scott headline this fine adaptation of the Bronte classic.
Joe (1970)
- Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Peter Boyle, Dennis Patrick
- A 'cause celebre' in its day, this pungent drama unrolls after a wealthy executive (Patrick) murders the drug–dealing boyfriend of his daughter…
Liberation of L.B. Jones, The (1970)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Roscoe Lee Browne, Lee J. Cobb, Lee Majors…
- The final film by William Wyler, depicting racial tensions in a fictional Tennessee town, where a successful African–american businessman…