Subgenre Sampler
: 25144 Films to Buy & Rent
Klute (1971)
- Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi…
- A genuine psychological thriller that won Jane Fonda an Oscar for her brilliant portrayal of a New York call–girl who is the focus of a missing…
Kotch (1971)
- Dir. Jack Lemmon
Feat. Walter Matthau
- Heart–warming fare with irascible senior citizen Walter Matthau resisting all attempts to 'retire' him. Matthau's regular screen buddy directs.
Last Picture Show, The (1971)
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Cloris Leachman, Randy Quaid…
- Much admired film about the problems of adolescence in a roadside town in '50s Texas. Launched the careers of Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris…
Last Valley, The (1971)
- Dir. James Clavell
Feat. Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Brian Blessed
- Epically framed, though a little ponderous, this action vehicle for Michael Caine is set in the final decade of the 17th century 'Thirty Years War'.…
Le Mans (1971)
- Dir. Lee H. Katzin
Feat. Steve McQueen
- A motor–racing action film that has attracted a considerable cult, in part based on star Steve McQueen himself laying rubber in most of the…
Le Souffle Au Coeur (Murmur of the Heart) (1971)
- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Benoit Ferreux
- A much praised coming–of–age tale concerns a sickly, but promiscuous teenage boy growing up in a stilted bourgeois family in 1950s Dijon…
Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
- Dir. John Hancock
Feat. Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman
- Unsettling psychological horror following the experiences of a troubled woman recently discharged from a mental institution and into the care of her…
Lidsville (TV Series) (1971)
- Feat. Charles Nelson Reilly, Butch Patrick, Billie Hayes
- Kookiest and perhaps the most hilarious of the Sid & Marty Krofft children's productions about a teenager who gets lost in a fantasy world of…
Little Murders (1971)
- Dir. Alan Arkin
Feat. Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd
- Actor Alan Arkin directs this black comedy about a girl who brings her boyfriend home to meet her severely dysfunctional family amidst a series of…
Long Day's Journey into Night (1971)
- Dir. Michael Blakemore
Feat. Laurence Olivier
- A made–for–television National Theatre production of Eugene O'Neill's classic play, which won Laurence Olivier an Emmy for best actor.