Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
Talk Radio (1988)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Eric Bogosian, Alec Baldwin, Ellen Greene
- Eric Bogosian adapts his biting stageplay for Oliver Stone's camera, and the result is devastating. He portrays a radio talkshow host with an opinion…
Tapeheads (1988)
- Dir. Bill Fishman
Feat. John Cusack, Tim Robbins
- Eager to succeed in the L.A. as music–vid directors, John Cusack and Tim Robbins “do what they gotta do, so they can do what they wanna”.…
Tenth Man, The (1988)
- Dir. Jack Gold, Richard T. Heffron
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Brenda Bruce, Derek Jacobi…
- A measured TV–movie adaptation of the novel by Graham Greene about a French lawyer who saves himself from being executed during the Nazi…
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
- Dir. Robert Towne
Feat. Mel Gibson, Kurt Russell, Michelle Pfeiffer…
- Wandering yet amiable thriller replicates the trashy romanticism of Old Hollywood, with drug–dealer Mel Gibson trying to go straight under the…
They Live (1988)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Keith David, Meg Foster
- Earth is invaded by aliens that offer materialism in exchange for human souls. One can only detect their presence through special glasses. Too often…
Thin Blue Line, The (1988)
- Dir. Errol Morris
- Director Morris digs up a 1976 murder case and uncovers a web of deceit and police corruption. A twisting, bizzare slice of journalism, nicely offset…
Three Seats for the 26th (1988)
- Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Yves Montand, Mathilda May, Francoise Fabian
- Musical maestro Jacques Demy's last picture was this pseudo–documentary conceived around singer and actor Yves Montand, who returns to his home…
Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller (1988)
- Dir. Michael Rubbo
- Tommy Tricker is a crafty lad who discovers how to shrink oneself onto postage stamps and thus be mailed anywhere in the world. Quality,…
Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
- Dir. Paul Bogart
Feat. Harvey Fierstein, Matthew Broderick
- From his Broadway play, Harvey Fierstein stars in this whimsical yet moving story of a flamboyant gay New Yorker's search for love and respect in the…
Trial of Bernhard Goetz (1988)
- Dir. Harry Moses
- A verbatim re–creation of the courtroom battle that ensued after Goetz admitted to shooting four black muggers on the New York subway in 1984.…