Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
Peter Greenaway Collection (1982-1985)
- Dir. Peter Greenaway
- Feature box–set of visionary dir. Greenaway's early work, including his first feature 'The Draughtsman's Contract', his 1985 murder mystery 'A…
Pink Floyd - The Wall (1982)
- Dir. Alan Parker
- Based on Roger Waters' personal vision that was the mega–selling Pink Floyd album of 1980, this feature brings the concept of a rock star's…
Pirates of Penzance (1982)
- Dir. Wilford Leach
Feat. Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Rondstadt…
- Kevin Kline and Angela Lansbury star in this hammy screen version of Gilbert and Sullivan's famous operetta.
Plague Dogs, The (1982)
- Dir. Martin Rosen
- Sensitive animated version of Richard Adam's (WATERSHIP DOWN) novel about two dogs who escape from a vivisection laboratory and try to evade their…
Police Squad! (TV Series) (1982)
- Feat. Leslie Nielsen, Alan North, William Duell
- Shortlived but pungent TV spoof based on the surreal, slapstick fumblings of a police investigation unit headed by a deadpan Leslie Nielsen, which…
Poltergeist (1982)
- Dir. Tobe Hooper
Feat. JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight…
- A rowdy spirit disrupts suburban tranquility for an average family when it kidnaps their 5–year–old daughter. The horror film receives an…
Portrait Of A Showgirl (1982)
- Dir. Steven Hilliard Stern
Feat. Lesley Ann Warren, Tony Curtis, Rita Moreno…
- Chintz melodrama concerning three Las Vegas showgirls involved in a Caesar's Palace revue. Possibly the drabbest portrait of Sin City imaginable…
Privates On Parade (1982)
- Dir. Michael Blakemore
Feat. John Cleese
- John Cleese stars in this perky adaptation of the play about a gay Song and Dance Unit of the Brtish army stationed in 1940s Singapore.
Prodigal Son, The (Bai Ga Jai) (1982)
- Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen, Ching-Ying Lam…
- One of the all–time great kung fu features, has a young man (Biao) pursue the martial arts, but eventually discovering that his rich father has…
Q: the Winged Serpent (1982)
- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, David Carradine
- A tongue–in–cheek monster movie about a prehistoric giant bird nesting at the top of New York's Chrysler building. Surprisingly well…