Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
Errol Morris DVD Collection, The (Gates of Heaven, Vernon, Florida, The Thin Blue Line) (1980-1988)
- Dir. Errol Morris
- DVD collection of celebrated documentary maker Errol Morris' first three films.
Essential Almodovar: Volume One (Pepi Luci Bom, Dark Habits, What Have I Done to Deserve This, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) (1980-1988)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
- Four early Pedro Almodovar films presented in a Collector's Edition box set.
Essential John Sayles (Return of the Secaucus 7, Lianna, Brother From Another Planet) (1980-1984)
- Dir. John Sayles
- Three seminal films from John Sayles' formative years as a spearhead of the American independent cinema movement.
Eurythmics - Ultimate Collection (1980-1990)
- Comprehensive video collection from quintessential 80's synth pop duo, Eurythmics.
Track Listing:
I've Got a Life
Love Is A Stranger
Sweet…
Fade to Black (1980)
- Dir. Vernon Zimmerman
Feat. Dennis Christopher, Tim Thomerson, Gwynne Gilford
- Film buffs should appreciate this inventive black–comedy about a weirdo movie addict who kills people in the style of his various film heroes.
Falls, The (1980)
- Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Peter Westley, Aad Wirtz, Michael Murray
- One of dir. Greenaway's more trenchantly avant–garde works (think 'A Walk Though H' crossed with DROWNING BY NUMBERS), expanding his riddling…
Fame (1980)
- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Irene Cara
- Young wannabees get ready for their big break at a New York performing arts college. Funny how none of the cast have since achieved it.
Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)
- Dir. Piers Haggard
Feat. Peter Sellers, Helen Mirren
- Notable as Peter Sellers' last movie, but ranking close to the bottom of the Sellers canon for its fiendish forced humour and racist overtones.
Final Countdown, The (1980)
- Dir. Don Taylor
Feat. Martin Sheen, Kirk Douglas, Katherine Ross…
- The nuclear–era aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, skippered by Martin Sheen, steams into a time–warp and pops up in the Pacific Ocean, just…
First Deadly Sin, The (1980)
- Dir. Brian G. Hutton
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Faye Dunaway, Bruce Willis…
- Probably Ol' Blue Eyes' last decent film, giving an understated, effective performance as a pressured NYC detective hunting a serial killer and…