Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2164 Films to Rent
Bullitt (1968)
- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn…
- A taut, action–packed cop thriller boasting the most spectacular car chase to be committed to screen, through the streets of San Fransisco.
Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
- Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Trevor Howard, John Gielgud, David Hemmings
- Updated version of the Mid–Victorian battle made in the sardonic spirit of the swinging sixties. Trevor Howard, John Gielgud and David Hemmings…
Countdown (1968)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. James Caan, Robert Duvall, Joanna Moore…
- An early and unusual space–travel drama from dir. Altman, in which American astronaut Caan must undergo tough training with instructor Duvall…
Death Rides A Horse (Da uomo a uomo) (1968)
- Dir. Giulio Petroni
Feat. Lee Van Cleef, John Phillip Law, Mario Brega…
- 'Spaghetti Western' about the years–in–the–waiting revenge mission of an orphan to hunt his parent's bandit murderers. Although…
Devil's Brigade, The (1968)
- Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen
Feat. William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards…
- Efficient actioner with an American colonel tasked with creating a special forces unit from Canadian troops and a ragtag group of American misfits.
Great Silence, The (1968)
- Dir. Sergio Corbucci
Feat. Klaus Kinski, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frank Wolff
- A 'pure' spaghetti western in the Italian language, with Trintignant playing a mute desperado being pursued by bounty–hunter Kinski through a…
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) (1968)
- Feat. Jack Lord, James MacArthur
- Cult policier set in the sunny underworld of Hawaii with a special task force assigned to combat crime in paradise. While best remembered for its…
Hellfighters (1968)
- Dir. Andrew McLagen
Feat. John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Bruce Cabot…
- A John Wayne–led action melodrama about a group of Houston–based oil well firefighters who are sent down to Venezuela to deal with a…
Kill! (Kiru) (1968)
- Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Tatsuya Nakadai
- A sharp and blackly comic tale set in 1830s Japan around two bedraggled swordsman – one a former samurai (Nakadai), the other a farmer aspiring…
Mod Squad, The (TV Series) (1968-1969)
- Feat. Michael Cole, Peggy Lipton, Clarence Williams III
- Love beads, afros and hipster pants abound in this jive–talkin' police series that tapped into the excitement and paranoia of the 60's youth…