Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema > Classics: 230 Films to Buy & Rent
Finally Sunday (Vivement Dimanche!) (1983)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant
- A businessman in trouble with the police over the murder of his wife's lover finds solace in his secretary who decides to investigate the case…
Third Generation, The (Die Dritte Generation) (1979)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Margit Carstensen, Eddie Constantine
- Scathing Fassbinder portrayal of a group of middle–class youths known as the 'Red Army Faction' that held Germany hostage in the late 1970's by…
Chinese Roulette (Chinesisches Roulette) (1976)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Anna Karina, Margit Carstensen, Brigitte Mira…
- Daunting Fassbinder drama concerning a cheating mother and father unwittingly convinced by their disabled daughter to each take their lovers on a…
Satan's Brew (Satansbraten) (1976)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Margit Carstensen, Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven…
- Schizophrenic Fassbinder dramedy involving a German poet struck with writer's block that partakes in a number of moneymaking schemes involving his…
Man from Hong Kong, The (1975)
- Dir. Brian Trenchard-Smith
Feat. George Lazenby, Bill Hunter
- Cracking martial arts adventure tracking an inspector sent to Australia to expel a drug courier. Photogenically set against the backdrops of Ayers…
Mother Küsters Goes To Heaven (Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel) (1975)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Brigitte Mira, Ingrid Caven, Margit Carstensen…
- Resolute Fassbinder drama concerning an everyday housewife whose factory worker husband commits a murder–suicide and leaves her to deal with…
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (Une Belle Fille Comme Moi) (1972)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Bernadette Lafont, Andre Dussollier
- Twisted French black comedy of a licentious, manipulative murderess recounting her sordid past to a green criminology student. Dripping in silly…
Lo Scopone Scientifico (1972)
- Dir. Luigi Comencini
Feat. Bette Davis, Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano…
- Little–known Italian comedy stars Bette Davis as a wealthy, Nora Desmond–esque countess who entices those less fortunate to gamble with…
Merchant of Four Seasons, The (Händler der vier Jahreszeiten) (1972)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Hanna Schygulla, Ingrid Caven, Peter Chatel…
- Crushing melodrama centred on a man whose life begins to cave in on him after returning from service in the Foreign Legion to find his dreams…
Beware Of A Holy Whore (Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte, The Little Chaos, The City Tramp) (1971)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla
- Dubbed Fassbinder's most autobiographical work, this ambiguous comedy investigates relations between a clan of artists attempting to make a film in…