Subgenre Sampler
Rental > : 24509 Films to Rent
Condorman (Condor Man) (1981)
- Dir. Charles Jarrott
Feat. Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Barbara Carrera
- An odd, but likeable superhero–spy yarn from Disney, in which a cartoonist (Crawford) turns himself into a living version of one of his own…
Continental Divide (1981)
- Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. John Belushi, Blair Brown, Allen Garfield…
- Neglected Belushi outing is a gentle comedy with a hard–nosed journalist falling for an eagle researcher high in the mountains of Colorado.
Coup de Torchon (Clean Slate) (1981)
- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle…
- Mordantly humourous suspense set in dusty French Senegal, with Noiret playing a much–abused police chief who begins to have dreams of…
Cutter's Way (1981)
- Dir. Ivan Passer
Feat. John Heard, Jeff Bridges, Lisa Eichhorn
- Low–key mystery set in the hazy South Californian boondocks, that gets under your skin in its own moody, mordant way. Story concerns lippy…
Dallas - Season 5 (TV Series) (1981-1982)
- Feat. Larry Hagman, Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy…
- Further episodes in the classic piece of 80s TV Americana, following the fortunes of the well–heeled Ewing and Barnes families. Available over…
Danger Mouse (TV Series) (1981-1987)
- Dir. Brian Cosgrove
- Classic 1980s British cartoon series set around the wild and quirky adventures of super secret agent Danger Mouse and his sidekick Penfold, emerging…
Darkroom (TV Series) (1981)
- Feat. James Coburn
- James Coburn hosts this cultish NIGHT GALLERY spinoff, with weekly episodes presenting two or three shorts tales of the mysterious and macabre.
Das Boot (The Boat) (1981)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Jurgen Prochnow
- Nail biting, meticulous and realistic account of a German U–boat's prowlings through the North Atlantic. The most expensive German film to…
Day of the Triffids (TV Mini-Series) (1981)
- Dir. Ken Hannam
Feat. John Duttine, Emma Relph, Maurice Colbourne
- More convincing and clinical than previous adaptations of John Wyndham's novel, this BBC series depicts the blinding of Earth's human population and…
Dead and Buried (1981)
- Dir. Gary A Sherman
Feat. James Farentino, Melody Anderson
- Low key horror set around a series of murders in Smalltown, USA, in which the victims refuse to stay in the ground. The makers of ALIEN (Dan…