Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics > Drama: 881 Films to Rent on DVD
- Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
- Dir. Robert Redford
Feat. Ruben Blades, Richard Bradford, Sonia Braga…
- A New Mexican farmer triggers a feud with corporate developers keen to exploit his land. A spirited, simple fable – Redford lovingly directs a…
- Moderns, The (1988)
- Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino, John Lone…
- A witty and exquisite recreation of Paris in the 1920s, complete with the ‘lost generation’ of Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein and F Scott…
- Patty Hearst (1988)
- Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Natasha Richardson, William Forsythe, Ving Rhames…
- Intense depiction of Patty Hearst's kidnapping, confinement and brain–washing by 'urban guerillas' the SLA, from that specialist in American…
- Rain Man (1988)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino
- Oscar–winning road drama featuring Dustin Hoffman's virtuoso performance as the idiot savant brother of Tom Cruise, who does equally well in a…
- Running On Empty (1988)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Judd Hirsch, River Phoenix, Christine Lahti…
- A married couple, on the run for activist crimes in the 1960s, come to terms with their childrens' right to be free.
A moving story, handled with…
- Shame (1988)
- Dir. Steve Jodrell
Feat. Tony Barry, Deborra-Lee Furness
- Stranded in an outback town, a female lawyer defends a young rape victim when her plight is met with nonchalance by the townsfolk.
- Stand and Deliver (1988)
- Dir. Ramon Menendez
Feat. Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Andy Garcia
- Rousing true story about a no–nonsense Math teacher in a tough L.A. school and his struggles to motivate his dispirited and troubled students.
- Talk Radio (1988)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Eric Bogosian, Alec Baldwin, Ellen Greene
- Eric Bogosian adapts his biting stageplay for Oliver Stone's camera, and the result is devastating. He portrays a radio talkshow host with an opinion…
- Unbearable Lightness of Being, The (1988)
- Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Stellan Skarsgard
- In war–torn Czechoslovakia 1968, a young doctor is caught between two lovers and the political struggle of his homeland. Daniel Day–Lewis…
- Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train (1988)
- Dir. Bob Ellis
Feat. Wendy Hughes, Colin Friels, Norman Kaye
- A Catholic schoolteacher moonlights as a prostitute to fund her disabled brother’s morphine dependence, later falling under the influence of a…