Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2163 Films to Rent
Rocky IV (Rocky 4) (1985)
- Dir. Sylvester Stallone
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young…
- Third sequel in the ROCKY franchise adds some new moves, but gets a whole lot dumber. Here, Stallone fights a Russian superboxer (Lundgren) who has…
Romancing the Stone (1985)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas
- Witty, fast–paced adventure through the South American jungle with Turner and Douglas well cast as made–for–each–other…
Runaway Train (1985)
- Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
Feat. Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay
- Voight and Roberts are terrific as two ecsaped convicts who endure a nerve–jangling journey aboard an unstoppable locomotive. Based on a…
Shaker Run (1985)
- Dir. Bruce Morrison
Feat. Cliff Robertson, Leif Garrett, Lisa Harrow…
- Cult film sees Kiwi scientist Harrow steal a biological weapon that some mercenaries are keen to get their hands on. She enlists daredevil drivers…
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow
- Super–charged policier with slimeball cop Petersen on the trail of big–time counterfeiters led by Dafoe. Swirlingly paced, with a car…
Water (1985)
- Dir. Dick Clement
Feat. Michael Caine, Billy Connolly, Valerie Perrine…
- When oil is discovered on a peaceful Caribbean outpost island it swiftly finds itself embroiled in a political upheaval with all sides fighting for…
Young Sherlock Holmes and the Pyramid of Fear (1985)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
- Highly watchable updating of Sherlock Holmes, with his teenage incarnation plumbing 'thugee' cult mysteries in Victorian London.
Notable at the…
Airwolf (TV Series) (1984-1987)
- Feat. Jan-Michael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine, Alex Cord
- Eighties television series centered on a high–tech military helicopter and its crew as they undertake various missions of espionage, often with…
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
- Dir. Martin Brest
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Steven Berkoff
- Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley has never been funnier than in this winning combo of action and comedy.
Blue Thunder (TV Series) (1984)
- Feat. James Farentino, Dana Carvey
- Television series based on the 1983 movie of the same name about the law enforcers and tacticians operating the Blue Thunder helicopter and its…