Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
Macbeth (1983)
- Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Nicol Williamson, Jane Lapotaire
- One of the BBC's celebrated series of Shakespeare adaptations, with Nicol Williamson putting in a strong showing as the tortured Scottish usurper.…
Made in Britain (1983)
- Dir. Alan Clarke
Feat. Tim Roth, Sean Chapman
- Probably the finest skinhead movie ever made – Tim Roth giving an electrifying debut performance as a glaring malcontent who takes out his rage…
Magic Flute, The (Mozart) (1983)
- Dir. August Everding
Feat. Lucia Popp, Edita Gruberova
- Bayerischen Staatsoper. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.
Making Utu (1983)
- Dir. Gaylene Preston
- Exemplary behind the scenes documentary observes the making of Geoff Murphy's groundbreaking 'puha western' UTU, revealing both the insistence on…
Makioka Sisters, The (Sasame-yuki) (1983)
- Dir. Kon Ichikawa
Feat. Keiko Kishi, Yoshiko Sakuma, Sayuri Yoshinaga
- Lyrical Japanese drama set in the 1930's, following the lives of four siblings who have taken on their father's kimono manufacturing business. Based…
Man With Two Brains, The (1983)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner
- Steve Martin plays a surgeon who frustrated with his wicked, overbearing wife (Kathleen Turner), falls in love with a…
Mansfield Park (1983)
- Dir. David Giles
Feat. Sylvestra Le Touzel
- BBC drama based on Jane Austen's classic about life at an upper class family estate in Eighteenth century rural England.
Meaning of Life, The (Monty Python's Meaning of Life) (1983)
- Dir. Terry Jones
Feat. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle…
- Hilarious, oft–times bilious Monty Python hit that examines The Big Issue in a series of loosely–connected sketches. Arguably more…
Meantime (1983)
- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Tim Roth, Gary Oldman, Pam Ferris…
- Mike Leigh's skewed sense of humour takes on the doledrums of Thatcher's London. Tim Roth and Gary Oldman are unrecognisably awkward in a…
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
- Dir. Nagisa Oshima
Feat. David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano
- David Bowie endures the hardships of a Japanese POW camp in WWII. Stylish melodrama, memorably scored by Ryuichi Sakamoto.