Subgenre Sampler
Rental > : 22415 Films to Rent on DVD
China Girl (1987)
- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. David Caruso, James Russo
- Dir. Abel Ferrara’s violent riff on ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (and WEST SIDE STORY for that matter) set around rival Chinese and Italian street gangs…
Chinese Ghost Story, A (1987)
- Dir. Ching Siu Tung
Feat. Leslie Cheung
- The first of a marvellous trilogy of outrageous fantasies set in Ming Dynasty–era China, in which student Leslie Cheung falls in love with an…
Complete Talking Heads, The (TV Miniseries) (1987-1998)
- Dir. Alan Bennett
Feat. Alan Bennett, Stephanie Cole, Thora Hird…
- Much–feted 1980s TV series comprising a series of six stage monologues by renowned playwright Alan Bennett, devised to depict various suffering…
Cop (1987)
- Dir. James B. Harris
Feat. James Woods, Brian Dennehy
- James Woods gives another intense performance enduring the occupational hazards of crime–fighting. Based on the James Ellroy novel 'Blood On…
Creepshow 2 (1987)
- Dir. Michael Gornick
Feat. George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, Tom Savini…
- George Romero and Stephen King present three stories of bloodcurdling horror that include a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a…
Cry Freedom (1987)
- Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline
- Potent political cinema based on the story of black South African activist Steve Biko (Denzel Washington), whose suspicious death was investigated by…
Cry of the Owl, The (Le Cri du hibou) (1987)
- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, Jacques Penot
- Rich adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel from New Wave director Claude Chabrol, who probes the mind of a troubled artist obsessed with his…
Dame Edna Experience, The (TV Series) (1987)
- Feat. Barry Humphries
- Dame Edna Everage hosted this riotous mock chat–show in the late eighties (following a series of successful TV specials), where her guests…
Dangerous Orphans (1987)
- Dir. John Laing
Feat. Peter Stevens, Michael Hurst, Jennifer Ward-Lealand
- Three orphans act on their plan to avenge the death of their father but must undermine an elaborate crime ring to carry it out. With Peter Stevens,…
Date With An Angel (1987)
- Dir. Tom McLoughlin
Feat. Michael E. Knight, Emmanuelle Beart, Phoebe Cates…
- Frothy and feckless, this dim comedy has a man waking up after his bachelor party to find an angel in his pool. You can bet they're going to have…