Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Drama: 1093 Films to Buy & Rent
- 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…
- Sunday in the Park with George (1986)
- Dir. Terry Hughes
Feat. Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Barbara Bryne
- Movie adaptation of the musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, about a painter who immerses himself in creating a masterpiece. Inspired by…
- Beiderbecke Affair, The (TV Series) (1985)
- Feat. James Bolam, Barbara Flynn, Dudley Sutton
- Character–centric Brit TV series that was the first in the 'Beiderbecke Trilogy' following a couple of Leed's teachers ensconced in a…
- Echo Park (1985)
- Dir. Robert Dornhelm
Feat. Tom Hulce, Susan Dey, Cassandra Peterson
- Drama structured around a series of vignettes, each exploring the hopes and dreams of characters living in the Echo Park area of central Los Angeles,…
- Fandango (1985)
- Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. Kevin Costner, Judd Nelson, Sam Robards…
- Kevin Costner landed his first leading role in this nostalgic comedy/drama about five college students from Texas in 1971 who go on a last road trip…
- Legend of Billie Jean, The (1985)
- Dir. Matthew Robbins
Feat. Helen Slater, Christian Slater, Keith Gordon…
- Under–rated 80's youth drama about a young woman and her pals who become media–hyped "legends" after an incident involving a gun and…
- Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985)
- Dir. Gavin Millar
Feat. Ian Holm, Judi Dench
- Based on Noel Coward's play about an English couple who lived on the South Pacific island of Cowrie, this telemovie is graced with top cast and…
- Water (1985)
- Dir. Dick Clement
Feat. Michael Caine, Billy Connolly, Valerie Perrine…
- When oil is discovered on a peaceful Caribbean outpost island it swiftly finds itself embroiled in a political upheaval with all sides fighting for…
- When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
- Dir. Emir Kusturica
Feat. Moreno de Bartolli, Miki Manojlovic, Mira Furlan
- A delightful dramedy of social upheaval, set during Yugoslavia’s Tito–Stalin conflict of the 1950s.
Kusturica filters the tribulations of…
- Comfort and Joy (1984)
- Dir. Bill Forsyth
Feat. Bill Paterson, Eleanor David
- Another likeable and quirky comedy from Bill Forsyth, about a disc–jockey who becomes involved in a mob feud over a mobile ice–cream…