Subgenre Sampler
Television > Drama: 989 Films to Buy & Rent
Wuthering Heights (1967)
- Dir. Peter Sasdy
Feat. Ian McShane, Angela Scoular
- This BBC adaptation of Emily Bronte's gothic romance was one of only a handful that were able to cover the entire novel by virtue of the miniseries…
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…
Talking to a Stranger (TV series) (1966)
- Dir. Christopher Morahan
Feat. Judi Dench
- Seminal, BAFTA–winning, Emmy–nominated 1960s made–for–TV British drama written by John Hopkins, about a family trauma, told…
Stand Up, Nigel Barton/Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton (1965)
- Dir. Gareth Davies
Feat. Keith Barron, Jack Woolgar, Janet Henfrey
- Formative Dennis Potter chronicles the bumpy political rise of one aspiring Nigel Barton, from Oxford to Cabinet. Sharply autobiographical,…
Parade's End (TV Mini-Series) (1964)
- Dir. Alan Cooke
Feat. Judi Dench, Ronald Hines
- A three–part BBC adaptation of the classic novel by Ford Madox Ford. On the eve of the Great War, a wealthy aristocrat is torn in a love…
It Happened Here (1963)
- Dir. Kevin Brownlow, Andrew Mollo
- A genuine filmic curiousity, this meticulous historical fantasy proposes that Nazi Germany invaded Britain in 1940 – leading to a lengthy…
Hedda Gabler (1962)
- Dir. Alex Segal
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson…
- Adapted from the Henrik Ibsen Play for broadcast on BBC. Ingrid Bergman plays the title character, a manipulative woman who marries a kind but naïve…
Virginian, The (TV Series) (1962-1971)
- Feat. James Drury, Doug McClure, Lee J. Cobb
- Television adaptation of Owen Wister's novel, where Jame's Drury's 'The Virginian' tries to maintain order on the Shiloh Ranch in the Wyoming…
Anger Management (TV Series)
- Feat. Charlie Sheen, Selma Blair, Shawnee Smith
- TV series which is a loose spin–off of the 2003 movie of the same name, with Jack Nicholson's character here played by Charlie Sheen. A…