Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
Johnny Dangerously (1984)
- Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. Michael Keating, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner…
- Michael Keaton turns to a life of crime to support his ailing mother in this zany spoof of 1930's gangster films.
Kaos (1984)
- Dir. Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
- Marvellous but rarely seen compendium of four tales (and an epilogue) by Luigi Pirandello set in the parched landscape of Sicily.
'The Other Son'…
Karate Kid, The (1984)
- Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue
- Chop–sock your way out of those teen blues with some prime 80s pulp: Ralph Macchio, learning his martial arts the hard way, sanding Pat…
Killing Fields, The (1984)
- Dir. Roland Joffe
Feat. Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich…
- Devastating and award–winning account of Pol Pot's regime in Cambodia.
King Lear (1984)
- Dir. Michael Elliot
Feat. Laurence Olivier
- Made for Granada television, this magnificent version stars Laurence Olivier who, in the twilight of his career, gives a riveting performance as the…
King Pin (1984)
- Dir. Mike Walker
Feat. Nicholas Rogers, Junior Amega, Mitchell Manuel
- Polynesian juveniles experience bonding, rivalry and violence at a child welfare training facility. Though budget constraints are evident, it's…
Ladies On the Rocks (1984)
- Dir. Christian Thomsen
Feat. Gotha Anderson, Bruno Bjorn, Peter Boesen
- Two women cabaret performers win the hearts of provincial audiences with their raucous brand of feminist humour. Ironically, their increasing…
Last Bastion, The (1984)
- Dir. Chris Thomson
Feat. Bill Hunter, Ray Barrett, Robert Vaughn…
- Australia's involvement in World War II is explored from behind closed doors in this dramatisation of the decisions made by politicians and generals…
Last Starfighter, The (1984)
- Dir. Nick Castle
Feat. Lance Guest, Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart
- Diverting wish–fulfilment has teenager Lance Guest inducted by aliens into a galaxy–saving space–force because of his ace skills at…
Legend of the Suram Fortress (1984)
- Dir. Sergei Paradjanov
- Soviet dir. Sergei Paradjanov resumed his filmmaking career after years of exile with this visually rapturous, obscure folk tale.
More opaque in…