Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7949 Films to Rent
Shoot the Moon (1981)
- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Diane Keaton, Albert Finney, Peter Weller…
- A devastating account of a marital breakdown between Diane Keaton and Albert Finney and the impact it has on their four daughters.
Smash Palace (1981)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Grier Robson
- One of local cinema's finest hours is this rural tale of a brusque auto–mechanic (Bruno Lawrence) whose estrangement from his family leads him…
Take a Letter Mr. Jones (TV Series) (1981)
- Feat. John Inman, Rula Lenska, Miriam Margolyes
- British sitcom set in the office of a multinational corporation, where an exec juggles her hectic work life (and workplace sexual politics) with…
Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981)
- Dir. Marco Ferreri
Feat. Ben Gazzara
- A whiskey–swilling, anarchist poet (Ben Gazzara) searches in vain for redemptive power and inspiration through his self–destructive…
Taps (1981)
- Dir. Harold Becker
Feat. Sean Penn, Timothy Hutton, George C. Scott…
- A surprise box–office smash about a group of cadets who take over their military college, which is on the brink of being closed down. Inspired…
Tenko (TV Series) (1981-1984)
- Feat. Stephanie Cole, Jean Anderson
- Memorable British drama in which a group of English women, shipwrecked while fleeing the invasion of Singapore in 1941, are captured by the Japanese…
Time After Time (1981)
- Dir. Nicholas Meyer
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen
- Intriguing time–travel fantasy sees a young H G Wells (Malcolm McDowell), tracking Jack the Ripper from 1890s England to 1970s San Fransisco…
Timon of Athens (1981)
- Dir. Jonathan Miller
Feat. John Fortune, Tony Jay, John Bird
- Adaptation of the Shakespeare play about the overly generous citizen of Athens whose friends abandon him when he falls into debt. Forms part of the…
True Confessions (1981)
- Dir. Ulu Grosbard
Feat. Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall
- Roberts' De Niro and Duvall act their socks off as cop and priest who happen to be brothers. Conflicting loyalties come to a head through a…
Wave, The (1981)
- Dir. Alexander Grasshof
Feat. Bruce Davison, John Putch
- A powerful "after school special" that dramatizes a real experiment conducted in an American High School where students learn how easy it is to be…