Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
Wonderland (the Fruit Machine) (1989)
- Dir. Philip Saville
Feat. Robbie Coltrane
- Two gay teenagers witness a murder and flee their Northern home for Brighton, where their problems seem to escalate. Robbie Coltrane cameos as a…
Young Einstein (1989)
- Dir. Yahoo Serious
Feat. Yahoo Serious, Odile Le Clezio, John Howard
- Ozzie one–man film–making machine Yahoo Serious stars in his own zany slapstick epic about an intrepid young maverick who happens to be a…
Zanzibar (1989)
- Dir. Christine Pascal
Feat. Fabienne Babe, Andre Marcon, Francis Girod
- An enigmatic, sensual work set in the tumultuous and fickle world of film–making where three self–interested obsessives – the…
Zatoichi 26 (Darkness Is His Ally) (1989)
- Dir. Shintaro Katsu
Feat. Shintaro Katsu
- An enjoyable, autumnal revival of the 1960s–70s samurai movie franchise, with a much older Katsu reprising his role of the blind swordsman and…
18 Again! (1988)
- Dir. Paul Flaherty
Feat. George Burns, Charlie Schlatter, Tony Roberts
- Cigar–chomping icon George Burns stars in this gauche 80's comedy in which he inadvertently switches souls with his grandson.
1969 (1988)
- Dir. Ernest Thompson
Feat. Kiefer Sutherland, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jnr.…
- Keifer Sutherland and Winona Ryder lead a brat–pack of sensitive anti–war youths in the summer of '69.
36 Filette (Virgin) (1988)
- Dir. Catherine Breillat
Feat. Delphine Zentout, Etienne Chicot, Olivier Parniere
- The thrills and fears of a young girl's willed sexual awakening are explored when she opts to accept a ride from a mysterious stranger in order to…
A Very British Coup (1988)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Ray McAnally, Alan MacNaughtan, Keith Allen…
- Old–school Labourite Ray McAnally is elected Prime Minister of Great Britain, an event displeasing to various high–placed civil servants…
Accidental Tourist, The (1988)
- Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis…
- A travel author faces problems with the two eccentric women in his life. A dry leisure.
Accused, The (1988)
- Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
Feat. Jodie Foster, Kelly McGillis
- Jodie Foster won an Academy Award for her portrayal of a rape victim who suffered the additional ordeal of prosecuting her attackers in the face of…