Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8102 Films to Buy & Rent
John and Mary (1969)
- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Mia Farrow, Michael Tolan
- Archetypal late–sixties timepiece has Hoffman and Farrow wandering New York after a one–night stand. Yates's direction is equally…
Love is Colder Than Death (Liebe ist kälter als der Tod) (1969)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Ulli Lommel, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla…
- The first in a loose trilogy of gangster films directed by prolific German iconoclast Rainer Werner Fassbinder early in his career.
Fassbinder…
Ma Nuit Chez Maud (My Night at Maud's / My Night with Maud) (1969)
- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Jean-Louis Trintignant, Francoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault
- Rohmer's fourth moral tale again presents the idea of a man's romantic dilemma with more than one woman in his life. The wordy philosophising is…
Marcus Welby MD (TV Series) (1969)
- Feat. Robert Young, James Brolin
- Long–running medical drama, with Robert Young as the beloved General Practioner whose unorthodox care of patients riled his much younger,…
Marooned (Space Travelers) (1969)
- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Gene Hackman, Richard Crenna, Gregory Peck…
- An excellent outer space thriller which proffers an APOLLO 13–like situation of NASA astronauts being stuck in orbit, while the Earthbound…
Me, Natalie (1969)
- Dir. Fred Coe
Feat. Patty Duke, James Farentino, Salome Jens…
- Thoughtful, though occasionally mawkish coming–of–age tale with Patty Duke as a young woman struggling with low self esteem and fighting…
Medium Cool (1969)
- Dir. Haskell Wexler
- Filmed against the backdrop of the Democratic National convention in 1968 Chicago, this remarkable directorial effort by renowned cinematographer…
Michael Kohlhaas (1969)
- Dir. David Warner
Feat. David Warner
- Bizarre high drama about a 16th Century horse–dealer who leads a revolt against an unscrupulous Baron overlord. David Warner inhabits the title…
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman
- Stunning character study of a naive farm–hand whose pipe–dreams take him to New York where he befriends a derilect and makes a living as…
Mississippi Mermaid (1969)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Tobacco baron Belmondo sends for a mail–order bride, gets the ravishing Deneuve. Too bad she's a con–artist with an inescapable past.…