Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8102 Films to Buy & Rent
Black Girl (La Noire de...) (1966)
- Dir. Ousmane Sembene
- A French–Senegalese drama film and the directorial debut of Ousmane Sembene, often considered to be the first Sub–Saharan African film by…
Cathy Come Home (1966)
- Dir. Ken Loach
Feat. Carol White
- Dramatic critique of Britain's housing problems follows the progress of a young couple in London as they slip down the social and class ladder into…
Closely Observed Trains (1966)
- Dir. Jiri Menzel
Feat. Vaclav Neckar, Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodsky
- Oscar–winning Czech film about a lonely train guard's attempt to lose his virginity while his country copes with the German occupation. The…
Death of a Salesman (1966)
- Dir. Alex Segal
Feat. James Farentino, Mildred Dunnock, George Segal…
- A 1966 teleplay adaptation of Arthur Miller's classic Pulitzer Prize–winning play, often thought one of the definitive versions. Lee J Cobb…
Family Way, The (1966)
- Dir. Roy Boulting
Feat. Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, John Mills…
- This Boulting Brothers classic is a hilarious yet affecting portrait of the marital difficulties of a young newlywed couple (Hywel Bennett and Hayley…
Guerre Est Finie, La (1966)
- Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Yves Montand, Ingrid Thulin, Genevieve Bujold…
- (The War is Over). Deeply romantic film in which Spanish Civil War refugee Yves Montand tries in vain to keep alive the memory of his struggle.
Hawaii (1966)
- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, Richard Harris…
- Lush epic of colonial expansion with Harris as an uptight missionary on a crusade to convert the natives of Hawaii, and Andrews his long suffering…
Judi Dench Collection, The (Absolute Hell, Cherry Orchard, Going Gently, Ghosts, Make and Break, Talking to a Stranger) (1966-1987)
- Feat. Judi Dench
- Dame Judi compendium, consisting of six sterling performances.
Madame X (1966)
- Dir. David Lowell Rich
Feat. Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalban…
- Sudsy melodrama with Turner as a woman with a past who's dalliance with a wealthy politician leads to murder. Superior weepie, lushly mounted and…
Man and a Woman, A (1966)
- Dir. Claude Lelouch
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pierre Barouh
- Classic love story is one of the most popular foreign films of all time. Intelligent, sensitive script is ignited with exotic locations and Francis…