Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
Parting Glances (1986)
- Dir. Bill Sherwood
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Richard Ganoung
- A gay classic and pioneering film of the independent movement, this is widely enjoyed as a truthful picture of gay life and relationships and also as…
Paul Kelly and the Messengers (1986-1992)
- Dir. Various
- Twelve music–videos from Australian balladeer Kelly, incl. “Bradman”, “Leaps and Bounds”, “Careless” and “Dumb Things”.
Pee-Wee's Playhouse (TV Series) (1986-1991)
- Feat. Paul Ruebens, Laurence Fishburne
- Successfully spinning–off from his big–screen Big Adventure, Paul Reubens returns as his man–child alter–ego Pee–Wee…
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage
- Kathleen Turner returns to the '50s to relive her youth and contemplate what might have been.
Peking Opera Blues (1986)
- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Brigitte Lin, Cherie Chung, Sally Yeh
- One of prolific Hong Kong director/producer Tsui Hark's most celebrated films is a genre–blending romp set around the Peking Opera in 1913. A…
Perfect Strangers (TV Series) (1986-1993)
- Feat. Bronson Pinchot, Mark Linn-Baker
- Quirky 80's comedy series following the farcical exploits of a couple of mismatched Chicago roommates – a foreign sheepherder from a distant…
Peter the Great (TV Mini-Series) (1986)
- Feat. Maximilian Schell, Vanessa Redgrave, Omar Sharif…
- Emmy Award–winning mini–series about Peter I, Tsar of Russia from 1682, and his efforts to transform Russia in an "all European" country,…
Picasso: Man and His Work (1986)
- Dir. Edward Quinn
- A two cassette anthology of perhaps the greatest painter of all time. This unique film reveals many unknown aspects of his work and personality, and…
Pingu (TV Series) (1986)
- Pingu the penguin gets in and out of icy water with his pals, in school, playing hockey etc. Suitable for the very young, as Pingu doesn't even…
Platoon (1986)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen
- This film won the Best Picture Oscar for its compelling and sincere account of the Vietnam, also ushering the era of 1980s film reappraisals of the…