Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
Last Outlaw, The (TV Mini-Series) (1980)
- Dir. George Miller, Kevin James Dobson
Feat. John Jarratt, Sigrid Thornton, Steve Bisley
- Attention to historical detail is the hallmark of this fine account of the life of Australia's most infamous folk hero Ned Kelly. Covering the last…
Lightning Over Water (Nick's Movie) (1980)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Nicholas Ray
- A disturbing portrait of Hollywood film director Nicholas Ray's final days, shot by fan and friend Wim Wenders.
Although he made some of the most…
Lili Marleen (1980)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, Mel Ferrer
- Fassbinder's fact–based account of the recording of the Nazi anthem, sung by a jaded cabaret singer with a Jewish love interest.
Lion of the Desert (1980)
- Dir. Moustapha Akkad
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, John Gielgud…
- An epic account of the 'David and Goliath' battle on the Libyan desert between Mussolini's all–powerful army and the Bedouin, circa 1930.
Little Miss Marker (1980)
- Dir. Walter Bernstein
Feat. Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis…
- Comedy set in the 30's, following a gloomy, cantankerous bookie (Walter Matthau) running a gambling operation, who finds himself with a 6–year…
Long Good Friday, The (1980)
- Dir. John Mackenzie
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren
- Electrifying, influential account of hoodlum rivalry in contemporary London with Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren matching an intelligent, gritty script.
Long Riders, The (1980)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine…
- Sombre treatment of the perennial Jesse James/Cole/Younger–gang saga, starring real–life brothers Carradine, Keach and Quaid, does…
Look Back in Anger (1980)
- Dir. Lindsay Anderson
Feat. Malcolm McDowell
- Malcolm McDowell stars in this updated version of the groundbreaking John Osborne play from the 1950s.
Loulou (1980)
- Dir. Maurice Pialat
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Isabelle Huppert, Guy Marchand
- Charismatic street rogue Gerard Depardieu lures an impetuous Isabelle Huppert out her stale, bourgeois partnership with Guy Marchand. Star chemistry…
Lucinda Brayford (TV Mini Series) (1980)
- Dir. John Gauci
Feat. Wendy Hughes, Sam Neill
- Australian mini–series based on the novel by Martin Boyd, and depicting the span of generations of a family of English emigrees in the late…