Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7949 Films to Rent
Pride of Jesse Hallam, The (1981)
- Dir. Gary Nelson
Feat. Johnny Cash, Eli Wallach, Brenda Vaccaro
- Johnny Cash plays a poor and illiterate coal miner who moves from the Kentucky countryside to Cincinnati so that his daughter can have spinal…
Priest Of Love (1981)
- Dir. Christopher Miles
Feat. Ian McKellen, Janet Suzman, Ava Gardner…
- Ian McKellen stars as D.H Lawrence in this biopic, chronicling the author's tempestuous relationship with his wife Frieda (Suzman), and his battle…
Puberty Blues (1981)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Nell Schofield, Jad Capelja
- Affecting teenage odyssey with Nell Schofield and Jad Capelja as surfing–groupies, learning to fit into a sex’n’drugs beach–scene.
Quartet (1981)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Isabelle Adjani, Alan Bates, Maggie Smith…
- Merchant–Ivory period drama, starring Isabelle Adjani as a young Parisian who moves in with an older couple following the arrest of her husband.
Raggedy Man (1981)
- Dir. Jack Fisk
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts, Sam Shepard…
- Texas–set drama led by Spacek (fresh from her Oscar winning performance in COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER) portraying a perturbed divorcee mother who…
Ragtime (1981)
- Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn…
- 8–time Oscar nominated adaptation of E. L. Doctorow's novel which recreates a real–life murder mystery in ragtime–era America…
Reds (1981)
- Dir. Warren Beatty
Feat. Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson
- A provocative political saga about an American journalist's involvement with communism, the Russian revolution and the love of a like–minded…
Rich and Famous (1981)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, Meg Ryan
- Seasoned 'women's' director George Cukor remakes OLD ACQUAINTANCES in his final film, about two close friends turned literary rivals. A far cry from…
S.O.B. (1981)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Julie Andrews, William Holden, Richard Mulligan…
- Blake Edwards' satire of the film industry and Hollywood society in which a movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by…
Sense and Sensibility (1981)
- Dir. Rodney Bennett
Feat. Irene Richards, Tracey Childs, Diana Fairfax…
- Two sisters search for love, happiness and a way out of financial strife. From Jane Austen's novel, this was filmed by the BBC on location in Dorset…