Subgenre Sampler
Rental > : 24509 Films to Rent
Stories on Film (1982-1986)
- Dir. Larry Parr, Costa Botes, Lynton Butler
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Annie Whittle
- Three short films from New Zealand.
The Makutu On Mrs. Jones (1986) 25 mins
Based on a story by Witi Ihimaera, this short film is about a boys'…
Strata (1982)
- Dir. Geoff Steven
Feat. Nigel Davenport
- Bold but failed attempt to emulate the arthouse cinema of European directors like Bergman, Tarkovsky and Antonioni in a New Zealand setting. Staged…
Suite in Two Keys : Come Into the Garden Maud / A Song at Twilight (The Noel Coward Collection - Disc 7) (1982)
- Feat. Paul Scofield, Geraldine McEwan, Deborah Kerr
- – Come Into The Garden Maud (82') Dubious comedy centred on a husband and wife keen to get ahead who become entranced by a prince and…
Swamp Thing (1982)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise
- Wes Craven's tongue–in–cheek film version of a popular D.C. comic book character, makes no apology for its cheesy make–up and…
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
- Dir. Terry Hughes
Feat. Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Cris Groenendaal
- TV movie of the 1979 Broadway hit, originally staged by Harold Prince, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Set in London in 1846, where Barber…
Sword and the Sorcerer, The (1982)
- Dir. Albert Pyun
Feat. Kathleen Beller, Simon MacCorkindale, George Maharis…
- Not bad swords–and–sandals fantasy, set in a medieval kingdom ruled by an evil sorcerer. To the rescue comes a mercenary who wields a…
T.J. Hooker (TV Series) (1982-1986)
- Feat. William Shatner, Heather Locklear, Adrian Zmed
- Former STAR TREK–ker Shatner made a recovery to television fame for this affable cop drama, playing a tough but compassionate veteran who…
Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) (1982- 1983)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Peter Cushing, Brenda Blethyn, Liza Goddard…
- Fondly remembered British television series of self–contained stories – each with a twist – inspired by the adult macabre of Roald…
Tempest (1982)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon
- Paradise is found and then lost for John Cassavetes who escapes mid–life crisis and flees to the Greek Isles with his daughter. Loosely based…
Tender Mercies (1982)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Robert Duvall
- Robert Duvall gives an Oscar winning performance as a down–out–his–luck country singer who paves the slow road back to sobriety.…