Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren
- Belated sequel jettisons the metaphysics of 2001 for more traditional sci–fi explanations, bolstered by excellent special f/x. Roy Scheider…
A Soldier's Story (1984)
- Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Howard Jr. Rollins, Adolph Caesar, Art Evans…
- In charge of an inquiry into the murder of a black sergeant on an army base in 1944, investigator Howard E Rollins Jnr uncovers a knot of racial…
A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
- Dir. Krzysztof Zanussi
Feat. Maja Komorowska, Scott Wilson
- Realistic and poignant drama that depicts the tentative yet soulful romance that blooms between a Polish woman and an American soldier who is…
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai - Across the Eighth Dimension (1984)
- Dir. W.D. Richter
Feat. Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin…
- This offbeat genre film has been described as a silly movie for smart people. A bored neurosurgeon (Buck) decides to become a rock star and defender…
After The Rehearsal (1984)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Erland Josephson, Liv Ullmann, Lena Olin
- Television film from Ingmar Bergman, which takes place entirely within a theatre – wherein a veteran director reflects on his career and…
Against All Odds (1984)
- Dir. Taylor Hackford
Feat. Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods
- Modern film noir experiment is a loose remake of Out of the Past.
Airwolf (TV Series) (1984-1987)
- Feat. Jan-Michael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine, Alex Cord
- Eighties television series centered on a high–tech military helicopter and its crew as they undertake various missions of espionage, often with…
All of Me (1984)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin
- Martin gives a career–best turn when, through a little hocus–pocus, is forced to share his body with a crotchety millionairess.
Alphabet City (1984)
- Dir. Amos Poe
Feat. Vincent Spano
- Crime drama set entirely over one evening and following a NYC drug dealer who decides to get out of the business and escape the the wrath of the mob.
Amadeus (1984)
- Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham
- Academy–award winning biopic of Mozart's illustrious but brief existence that spawned much of the greatest music ever written. A humourous yet…