Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Cult: 1323 Films to Rent
Model Shop (1969)
- Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Gary Lockwood, Alexandra Hay
- A mesmerizing, shamefully neglected stateside film from French New Wave director Jacques Demy that follows an aimless, unemployed architect who ends…
Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV Series) (1969-1974)
- Dir. John Howard Davies, Terry Gilliam, Ian Macnaughton
Feat. John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle…
- Britain's most infamous comic ensemble present four seasons of inspired madness. Complete seasons 1–4 available over seven discs.
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Personal Best (TV Series) (1969-1974)
- Dir. John Howard Davies, Terry Gilliam, Ian Macnaughton
Feat. John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle…
- Britain's most infamous comic ensemble, the Phython alumni, collate their personal favourites from four years of sketches on the Flying Circus TV…
Perversion Story (1969)
- Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Jean Sorel, Elsa Martinelli, Marisa Mell
- Erotic shocker from the priest of perversion. An unfortunate doctor falls in with an amoral stripper who happens to resemble his dead wife.
Plot Against Harry, The (1969)
- Dir. Michael Roemer
Feat. Harry Plotnik
- Repentent racketeer Harry Plotnik is released from jail, but his plans to go legit in New York's Jewish community become inadvertently thwarted by…
Spirits of the Dead (Histoires Extraordinaires) (1969)
- Dir. Louis Malle, Federico Fellini, Roger Vadim
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Terence Stamp, Alain Delon…
- A classy compendium of three Edgar Allan Poe stories directed by Europe's finest.
Metzengerstein (Dir. Roger Vadim) – Jane and Peter Fonda…
Stereo (1969)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Clara Mayer, Jack Messinger, Iain Ewing…
- Highly experimental debut for Canada's king of body horror revolves around a small group of telepathics who experiment with the mind, sexuality and…
Tales of the Bizarre (1969)
- Dir. Anthony Balch
- Hammer–style sexploitation anthology, each with 'a battle of the sexes' theme. Worth a look for sleaze–buffs.
Touch of Zen, A (Hsia Nu) (1969)
- Dir. King Hu
Feat. Hsu Feng
- A dazzling blend of medieval potboiler, religious fable and martial arts spectacular, set in an ancient China wracked by civil war.
Centred on the…
Venus in Furs (Paroxismus) (1969)
- Dir. Jess Franco
Feat. James Darren, Maria Rohm, Klaus Kinski…
- A high point for dir. Franco's psychedelic Euro–sleaze vision, with a jazz musician becoming obsessed with a beautiful woman, her bloodied…