Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
Variety (1983)
- Dir. Bette Gordon
Feat. Sandy McLeod, Will Patton
- A woman takes a job at a porn theatre and finds herself fascinated by the clientele. Raw, downbeat drama provides an unusual perspective on the…
Verdi - Rigoletto (1983)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Feat. Luciano Pavarotti
- A splendid version of Verdi's darkly tragic opera, shot on location, with Pavarotti playing the Duke of Mantua.
Videodrome (1983)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. James Woods, Debbie Harry
- Cable TV programmer James Woods enters a dark netherworld of psychosis and pornography as he searches for the ultimate thrill. He may have just found…
Vigilante (1983)
- Dir. William Lustig
Feat. Robert Forster, Fred Williamson, Joe Spinell…
- Gritty, solid Reagan–era variation on DIRTY HARRY, featuring strong performances by Willamson and Forster amid typical Lustig violence.
Voyage Round My Father, A (1983)
- Dir. Alvin Rakoff
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates
- Laurence Olivier gives another special performance as Alan Bates' eccentric father who steadfastly refuses to accept compromises on account of his…
Wagner (1983)
- Dir. Tony Palmer
Feat. Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud…
- Epic tele–production with Richard Burton as the manic German composer. Includes the Tony Palmer documentaries "In From the Cold? A Portrait of…
War Games (1983)
- Dir. John Badham
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman
- One of the best movies about computer hacking, is a highly effective comedy–thriller, with child–star Matthew Broderick accessing an…
Waterfront (Mini-series) (1983)
- Dir. Chris Thompson
Feat. Jack Thompson, Greta Scacchi
- Intense mini–series depiction of labour relations hotting–up on the Melbourne waterfront in post–WWII Australia. Jack Thompson…
We of the Never Never (1983)
- Dir. Igor Auzins
Feat. Tony Barry, Tommy Lewis
- Polished period drama that relays the memoirs of Mrs Aeneas Gunn, the first white woman to travel to the interior of Australia. While the storyline…
Wild Horses (1983)
- Dir. Derek Morton
Feat. Keith Aberdein, John Bach, Bruno Lawrence…
- A Kiwi western set in Tongariro National Park, and based around real events and people associated with the wild equine inhabitants of the Central…