Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
World At War, The (1973)
- Epic – both in length and scope – series that comprehensively examines the second World War. Assembling a vast array of rare footage and…
World on a Wire (1973)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Klaus Löwitsch, Mascha Rabben, Adrian Hoven…
- Fassbinder's one–and–only sci–fi foray is awash with trademark visual motifs, gaudy fashion, and dramatic power struggles of the…
World's Greatest Athlete, The (1973)
- Dir. Robert Scheerer
Feat. Jan-Michael Vincent
- Fun Disney comedy about the discovery and exploitation of a super–athlete. Gags runs the gamut of Olympic events aided by zany special…
Zatoichi's Conspiracy (Zatoichi 25) (1973)
- Dir. Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Feat. Shintaro Katsu
- Blind masseur and swordsman Zatoichi returns to his home town after decades of wandering and trouble, only to find inevitable conflict with a…
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973)
- Dir. D.A. Pennebaker
Feat. David Bowie
- David Bowie, in his farewell gig of alter–ego Ziggy Stardust, performs many of the songs that forged his sensational career in the 1970s.
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (Une Belle Fille Comme Moi) (1972)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Bernadette Lafont, Andre Dussollier
- Twisted French black comedy of a licentious, manipulative murderess recounting her sordid past to a green criminology student. Dripping in silly…
A Reason to Live, A Reason to Die! (Una Ragione per vivere e una per morire) (1972)
- Dir. Tonino Valerii
Feat. James Coburn, Telly Savalas, Bud Spencer…
- Uneven spaghetti western set during the American Civil War concerns a private battle between a DIRY DOZEN style group and brutal Confederate…
A Warning to the Curious (1972)
- Dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark
Feat. Peter Vaughan
- A wonderful ghost story in miniature from the heyday of adventurous BBC productions, that adapts a superior M R James story with perfect economy and…
Across 110th Street (1972)
- Dir. Barry Shear
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa
- Three black youths steal from the mob, urging Anthony Quinn to prevent an explosion of ethnic unrest. A brutal excursion through the streets of 70s…
Adventure's of Black Beauty, The (TV Series) (1972-1974)
- Based on the classic children's book, in which a thoroughbred horse is adopted into the household of a local doctor and widower, and befriended by…