Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Television > Classics: 295 Films to Rent
- Casualty (TV Series) (1986-2008)
- Long–running British medical soap following the trials of a group of overtaxed hospital employees working the night shift at Holby City…
- Crime Story (TV Series) (1986-1988)
- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Dennis Farina, Andrew Dice Clay
- Genre stylist Michael Mann (COLLATERAL) followed up MIAMI VICE with this good–looking crime story set in hardboiled 60s Chicago. Dennis Farina…
- It's Garry Shandling's Show (1986-1990)
- Feat. Garry Shandling
- Hugely influential show centered around the neurosis of Garry Shandling – basically playing himself, who along with the rest of the cast just…
- Paradise Postponed (TV Series) (1986)
- Feat. Sir Michael Hordern, Richard Vernon, Peter Egan…
- Ambitious series following various characters in a small British village across three post–war decades. Written by John Mortimer, who adapted…
- A Thousand Skies (1985)
- Dir. David Stevens
- Television mini–series about the life of rugged Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith, who pushed the bounds of aircraft performance in…
- Dempsey & Makepeace (TV Series) (1985)
- Feat. Michael Brandon, Glynis Barber
- Glynis Barber attained minor cult status as the smart, sexy partner of a rough and tumble New York cop (Brandon), mismatched of course in this…
- Equalizer, The (TV Series) (1985-1989)
- Feat. Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka
- Classic '80's show noted for its mix of espionage, crime drama, and the private eye genres rolled into a classy film noir package. Woodward excels…
- Fortunate Life, A (Mini-series) (1985)
- Feat. Dominic Sweeney
- At the turn of the 20th century, a motherless child faces hard labour, the trauma of Gallipoli, and the unforgiving outback in this life affirming…
- Hollywood Wives (TV Mini-Series) (1985)
- Feat. Candice Bergen, Joanna Cassidy
- The bold and the beautiful bitch it up in this superlative high society trash tale from the florid pen of Jackie Collins.
- Howards' Way (TV Series) (1985-1990)
- Feat. Maurice Colbourne, Tracey Childs, Tony Anholt…
- Cherished Brit drama series centred on a family trying to get by when newly redundant daddy invests his time and money into a dilapidated boatyard.…