Subgenre Sampler
Rental > : 24509 Films to Rent
Night of the Shooting Stars, The (Night of San Lorenzo, The) (1982)
- Dir. Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Feat. Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano, Claudio Bigagli
- Set during the German retreat from Italy in 1944, this tragicomedy of War carries a magical nostalgia by being told through the memories of woman who…
Night Shift (1982)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Shelley Long, Pat Corley, Michael Keaton…
- Well–delivered comedy concerning a worker at a morgue who is persuaded to start a prostitution racket by a manic co–worker. Whole cast…
Ninja Wars (Iga ninpûchô) (1982)
- Dir. Mitsumasa Saito
Feat. Hiroyuki Sanada, Sonny Chiba
- Period fantasy action involving magicians, love potions and endangered royalty in ancient Japan, a story resolved with a fair amount of…
Not the Nine O'Clock News (TV Series) (1982)
- Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys-Jones…
- The breakthrough series for comic superstars Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and, er, Pamela Stephenson. The political sketches are as…
Oliver Twist (1982)
- Dir. Clive Donner
Feat. Tim Curry, George C. Scott, Sir Michael Hordern
- Tim Curry is creepiness itself in this decent adaptation of Dickens' tale of an orphan boy escaping the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in…
Once, at a Border - Tony Palmer's film about Stravinsky (1982)
- Dir. Tony Palmer
- Another exceptional documentary from Tony Palmer, this time about Igor Stravinsky, the "most important and influential composer of the 20th century".…
One Down Two To Go (1982)
- Dir. Fred Williamson
Feat. Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly…
- Straight–to–video blaxploitation, about a trio of kung fu fighters (Kelly, Brown and Williamson) who go after crooked event promoters.…
One from the Heart (1982)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia
- A lavishly mounted curiosity loosely following the romantic plight of an estranged couple, set against an impressively stylised backdrop of Las…
P'Tang Yang Kipperbang (1982)
- Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. John Albasiny, Abigail Cruttenden
- A cricket–obsessed 14–year–old courts the girl of his dreams, only for painful shyness and the terror of playing opposite her in…
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) (1982)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Teresa Stratas, Placido Domingo
- Teatro alla Scala Orchestra/Chorus. Conductor: Georges Pretre.