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Rental > Drama: 7946 Films to Rent
Mesmerized (1985)
- Dir. Michael Laughlin
Feat. Jodie Foster, John Lithgow, Michael Murphy…
- Jodie Foster plays a young woman in colonial NZ who flees an orphanage but finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage to a much older business man…
Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
- Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Ken Ogata
- Fascinating study of the controversial Japanese author/militarist whose desire to merge life and art led to his ritualistic suicide. A luminous…
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…
Mussolini - The Untold Story (1985)
- Dir. William A. Graham
Feat. George C. Scott, Gabriel Byrne, Robert Downey Jnr.…
- Based on the memoirs of his eldest son this memorable mini–series begins with Mussolini's rise to power in 1922 and follows his political and…
Mussolini and I (1985)
- Dir. Alberto Negrin
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Anthony Hopkins, Susan Sarandon…
- The last days of Il Duce as embodied by Bob Hoskins in this strong Italian miniseries.
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis
- First and best Hanif Kureishi comedy (so far), explores race and sex prejudices in the London EastEnd.
My Life As a Dog (1985)
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Arnold Alfredsson, Ing-Marie Carlsson, Ralph Carlsson
- A young boy is taken away from his ill mother to a rural village where he confronts the likes of death, soccer, guilt and his first love. Ultimately…
No End (Bez konca) (1985)
- Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski
Feat. Grazyna Szapolowska
- Bleak but powerful drama about life under martial law in early–1980s Poland, centred around the consequences that follow the death of an…
North and South (TV Series) (1985)
- Dir. Richard T. Heffron
Feat. Patrick Swayze, James Read, Kirstie Alley…
- Heavyweight Civil War tome starring Patrick Swayze and James Read as young men caught up in the winds of American revolution, conflict and…
Official Story, The (1985)
- Dir. Luis Puenzo
Feat. Hector Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Chunchuna Villafane
- The heart–wrenching official story of a woman who discovers her adopted daughter was stolen at birth by the then military dictatorship. This…