Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2161 Films to Rent
Rollercoaster (1977)
- Dir. James Goldstone
Feat. Timothy Bottoms, George Segal, Henry Fonda…
- Star–studded ‘disaster’ thriller set around an amusement–park saboteur Timothy Bottoms who’s being hunted by George Segal. Neat…
Slap Shot (1977)
- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean…
- Violent ice–hockey scenes jostle with profane humour in this ironic sports–flick based around a failing minor–league team, coached…
Sleeping Dogs (1977)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Sam Neill, Warren Oates
- Roger Donaldson's nihilistic action–thriller in which Sam Neill finds himself alone between two opposing extremist groups. A trail–blazer…
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
- Dir. Hal Needham
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason…
- Influential action–comedy rides shotgun with trucking good ol’ boys Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed, trying to out–race sheriff Jackie…
Sorcerer (1977)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal
- Second film adaptation of the French novel WAGES OF FEAR, following the fates of four outcasts who take on a job transporting a cargo of unstable…
Spiderman (1977)
- Dir. E.W. Swackhamer
Feat. Nicholas Hammond
- Becoming The Webbed One when bitten by a radioactive spider, Nicholas Hammond goes on to display wall–hugging behaviour and lumpy costume, with…
Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Richard Kiel
- Moore's Bond teams up with seductive Soviet Agent Anya Amasova (Bach) to track down missing Allied and Soviet atomic submarines. The trail leads to…
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford…
- George Lucas' epic trilogy of space adventure begins "long ago and far far away", with the life of Luke Skywalker being disturbed by the galactic war…
Sweeney! (1977)
- Dir. David Wickes
Feat. John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Barry Foster
- An officer in the Flying Squad, a division of London's Metropolitan Police, becomes embroiled in a political scandal when he investigates the death…
Telefon (1977)
- Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Charles Bronson
- Espionage thriller with Bronson as Russian agent sent to stop a crazy defector from triggering hypnotised saboteurs in the US.