Subgenre Sampler
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Mapp and Lucia (TV Mini-series) (1984)
- Dir. Donald McWhinnie
Feat. Geraldine McEwan, Prunella Scales, Nigel Hawthorne…
- Set in a small seaside town in 1920's England, this comedy of manners is an exquisitely stylised adaptation of E.F Benson's novel. Chronicles the…
Maria's Lovers (1984)
- Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
Feat. Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Robert Mitchum…
- An embittered war veteran (Savage) experiences girl trouble upon returning from Vietnam. With a steamy Nastassja Kinski as the film's obscure object…
Miami Vice (TV Series) (1984-1988)
- Dir. Thomas Carter
Feat. Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas
- One of the premiere TV–fantasies of the 1980s – pastel–suited vice–cops Crockett and Tubbs (Don Johnson and Phillip Michael…
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (TV Series) (1984-1987)
- Feat. Stacy Keach
- While hardly definitive, Stacy Keach's rendition of the famous detective hero, created by pulp–novelist Mickey Spillane, brings a light,…
Miss Marple (TV Series) [Joan Hickson] (1984-2002)
- Dir. Julian Amyes
Feat. Joan Hickson, Paul Eddington, Kevin Whatley…
- Best–loved BBC series featuring Agatha Christie's 'Miss Marple', played definitively by the great Joan Hickson. Set in the sleepy, yet…
Missing in Action (1984)
- Dir. Joseph Zito
Feat. Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh
- Simplistic but iconic 80s actioner, with Norris as a RAMBO–figure, a Vietnam Vet who returns to liberate POWs from their jungle hellholes.…
Mistral's Daughter (Mini-series) (1984)
- Feat. Stefanie Powers, Robert Urich, Lee Remick…
- Blubbery, melodramatic saga of three generations of women by way of artist Julien Mistral. Based on a novel by Judith Krantz.
Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Robin Williams, Alejandro Rey, Maria Conchita Alonso
- Robin Williams plays a Russian musician who defects while touring the U.S., but finds his new home often less than rosy. Tragicomedy, played and…
Mother and Son (TV Series) (1984-1994)
- Feat. Ruth Cracknell, Garry McDonald
- A long–running, unlikely hit series about a hard–working career man who is saddled with the responsibility of caring for his bewildered,…
Mrs. Soffel (1984)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine…
- Sombre though interesting drama set in 1901 Pittsburgh about a woman who helps one of the inmates of her prison warden husband.