Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Drama: 978 Films to Buy & Rent
- Kangaroo (1986)
- Dir. Tim Burstall
Feat. Judy Davis, Colin Friels
- Thinly veiled autobiographical account of novelist D.H. Lawrence features Colin Friels as 'a British writer' in Australia who gets unintentionally…
- Paradise Postponed (TV Series) (1986)
- Feat. Sir Michael Hordern, Richard Vernon, Peter Egan…
- Ambitious series following various characters in a small British village across three post–war decades. Written by John Mortimer, who adapted…
- Round Midnight (1986)
- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Dexter Gordon, Francois Cluzet
- In 1950s Paris, a decadent American saxophonist develops a friendship with an appreciative French fan who shows him the virtues of clean living. A…
- Seize the Day (1986)
- Dir. Fielder Cook
Feat. Robin Williams, Joseph Wiseman, Jerry Stiller…
- Under–valued drama, whose title ironically represents the quest of 40–something 'loser' Robin Williams to find some form of redemption…
- Space Camp (1986)
- Dir. Harry Winer
Feat. Kate Capshaw, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott…
- Good natured 80's adolescent romp in which a group of young attendees of a space camp find themselves in space for real when their shuttle is…
- Travelling North (1986)
- Dir. Carl Schultz
Feat. Leo McKern, Julia Blake
- Screen adaptation of David Williamson's play about a cantankerous retiree who finds love at last, but then discovers his imminent mortality.
- Umbrella Woman, The (1986)
- Dir. Ken Cameron
Feat. Rachel Ward, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown
- Smalltown adultery in 30s Australia, with Rachel Ward and Sam Neill.
- Agnes of God (1985)
- Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Jane Fonda, Meg Tilly, Anne Bancroft
- Jane Fonda investigates, in this intriguing murder–mystery set in a nunnery.
- American Flyers (1985)
- Dir. John Badham
Feat. Kevin Costner, Rae Dawn Chong, David Marshall Grant…
- Cross–country cycle drama about a couple of brothers striving to complete a race across the Rocky Mountains by summoning all their physical and…
- An Indecent Obsession (1985)
- Dir. Les Marinos
Feat. Wendy Hughes, Bruno Lawrence, Gary Sweet…
- Set in a humid Asiatic mental hospital after the Japanese surrender in WW2, this moderately torrid psychodrama features a devout nun (Hughes) develop…