Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8092 Films to Buy & Rent
Winning (1969)
- Dir. James Goldstone
Feat. Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Robert Wagner…
- Paul Newman challenges for Joanne Woodward on and off the track in this high–speed racing melodrama, shot spectacularly amongst the competitive…
Women in Love (1969)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson
- Ken Russell's esteemed version of D.H. Lawrence's finest novel about a macho entrepreneur, his philosophically and sexually dubious friend and their…
A Lovely Way to Die (1968)
- Dir. David Lowell Rich
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Eli Wallach, Sylva Koscina
- Dramatic suspense in which a retired vigilante NYC cop hired to look after a potential murderess ends up unprofessionally mixing business and…
Age of Consent (1968)
- Dir. Michael Powell
Feat. James Mason, Helen Mirren
- Dir. Michael Powell's (PEEPING TOM) last feature, based on Aussie artist Norman Lindsay (who also inspired SIRENS). Here, a cranky James Mason goes…
Birthday Party, The (1968)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Robert Shaw, Patrick Magee, Dandy Nichols
- A lodger at a boarding house is menaced by two sinister visitors, in this version of Harold Pinter's Kafka–esque first play. Flashes of black…
Boom! (1968)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Sir Noel Coward…
- Thud: Only film buffs who admire Losey's very original directorial style are likely to appreciate fuzzy adaptation of Tennessee Williams' The Milk…
Bride Wore Black, The (La Mariée était en noir) (1968)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Jeanne Moreau, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Claude Brialy…
- Traumatised by her fiance's death, moments before due to be wed, Jeanne Moreau dedicates herself to a long–term plan of revenge, hunting and…
Charly (1968)
- Dir. Ralph Nelson
Feat. Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala…
- Child–minded Cliff Robertson has experimental brain–surgery, but his resulting super–intellect proves a mixed blessing. Credible,…
Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)
- Dir. Daniele Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Feat. Gustav Leonhardt, Christiane Lang
- Less astringent than the reputation of husband and wife filmmakers Straub–Huillet would suggest, this lean but invigorating treatment of Johann…
Countdown (1968)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. James Caan, Robert Duvall, Joanna Moore…
- An early and unusual space–travel drama from dir. Altman, in which American astronaut Caan must undergo tough training with instructor Duvall…