Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7949 Films to Rent
Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981)
- Dir. Just Jaeckin
Feat. Sylvia Kristel
- Soft–porn queen Sylvia Kristel vies for mainstream acceptance with D.H. Lawrence's account of a woman's search for sexual fulfilment. The stuff…
Les Uns et Les Autres (Bolero) (1981)
- Dir. Claude Lelouch
Feat. James Caan, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert Hossein…
- Sprawling extravaganza of questionable taste is not without its devotees. It charts the impact that music has made on the lives of four…
Lola (1981)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf
- Shattering Fassbinder drama depicting an exotic singer searching for true happiness and survival in post–war Germany. Fassbinder again excels…
Lonely Hearts (1981)
- Dir. Paul Cox
Feat. Wendy Hughes, Norman Kaye, Jon Finlayson
- An off–beat gem about an awkward agency–linked romance between a middle–aged piano tuner and a shy office clerk.
Man of Iron (1981)
- Dir. Andrzej Wajda
Feat. Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania
- Angry sequel to MAN OF MARBLE covers much the same ground with an alcoholic journalist sent to cover the Polish Solidarity strike and to discredit…
Masada (TV Mini-series) (1981)
- Dir. Boris Sagal
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Peter Strauss, Barbara Carrera…
- Epic mini–series set in the first century AD, where commander Flavius Silva (O'Toole) leads his army into combat against the remaining Jewish…
Memoirs of a Survivor (1981)
- Dir. David Gladwell
Feat. Julie Christie
- Julie Christie portrays the diarist of Doris Lessing's cult novel, aimlessly existing in a crippled, post–apocalyptic future Britain. Genuinely…
Mephisto (1981)
- Dir. Istvan Szabo
Feat. Klaus Maria Brandauer
- An astonishing portrait of the seductive allure of pre–war fascism, faced by a talented actor, aptly played by fine thesp, Klaus Maria…
Mommie Dearest (1981)
- Dir. Frank Perry
Feat. Faye Dunaway
- The eyebrow–raising private life of Joan Crawford makes for a gaudy compulsive shocker, in which Faye Dunaway puts on her most ferocious…
My Dinner with Andre (1981)
- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory
- An honest exchange of philosophy transpires over dinner between an out–of–work playwright and a theatre director. Remarkably compelling…