Subgenre Sampler
Television: 2929 Films to Buy & Rent
Midsomer Murders (TV Series) (1997)
- Feat. John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark…
- A worthwhile British police drama in the tradition of Agatha Christie's MISS MARPLE, in which a veteran detective Inspector Barnaby (Nettles) and his…
Nostromo (1997)
- Dir. Alastair Reid
Feat. Colin Firth, Albert Finney, Brian Dennehy…
- A superb cast is lavished on this BBC version of Joseph Conrad's novel. Colin Firth plays a young English mine–owner struggling against the…
OZ (TV Series) (1997)
- Feat. Ernie Hudson, Harold Perrineau, Jr., J.K. Simmons…
- Groundbreaking HBO series delivers an unflinching look at life on the inside for a group of inmates serving hard time in a maximum security prison.…
Pokemon (TV Series) (1997-2005)
- Deliver your children into the hands of this Japanese computer–game spinoff created by Nintendo, centred around little fur–ball creatures…
Practice, The (TV Series) (1997)
- Feat. Dylan McDermott, Michael Badalucco, Camryn Manheim…
- Joined ostensibly at the hip with BOSTON LEGAL (James Spader and other characters would migrate in later seasons), this punchier, more serious minded…
Quicksilver Highway (1997)
- Dir. Mick Garris
Feat. Christopher Lloyd, Matt Frewer, Veronica Cartwright…
- Anthology horror film featuring two stories adapted from Stephen King ("The Chattery Teeth") and Clive Barker ("The Body Polotic"). Plenty of camp…
Sleepwalker Project, The (TV Series) (Sleepwalkers) (1997)
- Feat. Bruce Greenwood, Naomi Watts
- With a premise that's a cut above the usual sci–fi series imagination, this has a team of researchers at the Morpheus Institute use special…
South Park (TV Series) (1997)
- Dir. Trey Parker, Matt Stone
- Comedy Central's taboo–breaking cartoon satire drew on the BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD school of irreverence, yet offered something entirely original,…
Stargate SG1 (TV Series) (1997-1998)
- Feat. Richard Dean Anderson
- Based on the rather average 1994 sci–fi movie, this series proved a long–running success, boosting the original concept with a more…
Telly Laughs (TV Series) (1997-1998)
- A spin–off of SKITZ, this irreverent Kiwi comedy hour parodies a variety of popular television shows, movies and commercials.
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