Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
American Dreamer (1984)
- Dir. Rick Rosenthal
Feat. Giancarlo Giannini, JoBeth Williams, Tom Conti…
- Comedy adventure in which a fed–up housewife pens a story about a spy and wins a trip to Paris where she starts to believe she is the spy in…
Among the Cinders (1984)
- Dir. Rolf Haedrich
Feat. Paul O'Shea, Derek Hardwick, Yvonne Lawley
- A tender chronicle of a 16–year–old's rite–of–passage who finds first love with an older woman embittered by her experience…
An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty (Tong chiu ho fong nui) (1984)
- Dir. Eddie Ling-Ching Fong
Feat. Alex Man, Patricia Ha
- Patricia Ha stars as the 'amorous woman' in this oddly liberal erotic drama from the Shaw Brothers stable, set around a woman's desire to experience…
And the Ship Sails On (1984)
- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Victor Poletti
- An idyllic odyssey aboard an ocean liner, where celebrated guests who have gathered for the funeral voyage of a great opera star are introduced in…
Annie's Coming Out (A Test of Love) (1984)
- Dir. Gil Brealey
Feat. Angela Punch McGregor, Drew Forsythe, Liddy Clark…
- A therapist learns to communicate with cerebral palsy patient Annie using an alphabet board and comes to believe that although physically disabled,…
Another Country (1984)
- Dir. Marek Kanievska
Feat. Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Cary Elwes
- An oppressive private schooling has an adverse affect on a couple of young, gay Englishmen in the 1930s, who eventually become spies for the…
Antonio Gaudi (1984)
- Dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara
- The aesthetic worlds of architect Antonio Gaudi and Japanese visualist Teshigahara (WOMAN OF THE DUNES) collide with spectacular results in this…
At Last Smith And Jones (TV Series) (Alas Smith and Jones) (1984-1998)
- Feat. Mel Smith, Griff Rhys-Jones
- Best of the British sketch show ALAS SMITH AND JONES.
Similar in tone to NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS, this is equally hit–and–miss,…
Bachelor Party (1984)
- Dir. Neal Israel
Feat. Tom Hanks
- 'Classic', if that's the word, 80s sex comedy has an impish Tom Hanks undergoing various hair–raising rites of passage before he is wed.
Balanchine (1984)
- Dir. Merrill Brockway
- Renowned TV documentary about one of the most celebrated dance choreographers of the 20th century – George Balanchine – whose career…