Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2199 Films to Buy & Rent
Twelve Gold Medallions, The (Shi er jin pai) (1970)
- Dir. Cheng Kang
Feat. Yue Hua
- A Shaw Brothers "wuxia" film starring Yueh Hua as an emperor loyalist trying to prevent a message enscribed on twelve gold medallions delivered by…
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
- Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Shirley Maclaine
- Mexican–set western adventure following a mysterious nun pursued by the French Army who begins a mutually beneficial relationship with a…
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (Zatoichi 20) (1970)
- Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Shintaro Katsu, Toshiro Mifune
- An enjoyable spin on the Japanese samurai genre, depicts a comedic rivalry between Katsu and Mifune in a secluded mountain village. Although lacking…
Zatoichi: Festival of Fire (Zatoichi 21) (1970)
- Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Shintaro Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai
- One of the strongest of the later films in the 25–strong Zatoichi cycle (this is 21), with the blind masseur with the cane sword getting into…
100 Rifles (1969)
- Dir. Tom Gries
Feat. Jim Brown, Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds
- Explosive action–western cliche of the late–70's featuring Burt Reynolds, unfortunately cast as a half–Indian bank–robber,…
Airport Terminal Pack (Airport, Airport 1975, Airport '77, The Concorde - Airport '79) (1969-1979)
- A 4–disc set of all the 'Airport' disaster movies.
Battle of Britain (1969)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Trevor Howard…
- Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier head an ensemble cast of British old boys for this extravagant re–enactment of the famous aerial battle that…
Bridge at Remagen, The (1969)
- Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara…
- One of the tougher, smaller 60s Hollywood depictions of war in a period otherwise dominated by epic clunkers. In the later stages of WW2, George…
Chairman, The (1969)
- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Arthur Hill…
- Engrossing and utterly preposterous spy flick with Peck as a scientist who must sneak into communist China to steal a secret formula, and to…
Che! (1969)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Omar Sharif, Jack Palance
- Made barely two years after his death, this Che Guevara biopic boasts the reputable acting talents of Omar Sharif and Jack Palance and picks up where…