Subgenre Sampler
Television: 2929 Films to Buy & Rent
Singing Detective, The (TV Series) (1986)
- Dir. Jon Amiel
Feat. Michael Gambon, Joanne Whalley, Patrick Malahide…
- Ground–breaking fantasy–drama from the unique genius of Dennis Potter. Michael Gambon is brilliant as a bed–ridden, frustrated…
Sledge Hammer! (TV Series) (1986)
- Feat. David Rasche, Harrison Page, Anne-Marie Martin
- GET SMART meets DIRTY HARRY in this riotous late–night spoof detailing the exploits of unorthodox Inspector 'Sledge Hammer', a loose cannon of…
Slinger's Day (TV Series) (1986-1987)
- Bruce "The Generation Game" Forsyth stars in his only sitcom role as the beleaguered manager of a London supermarket, with scripts courtesy of…
Yes, Prime Minister (TV Series) (1986-1987)
- Feat. Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds
- The splendid sequel to the much–loved British political satire, with 'Minister' Eddington graduating, much to his surprise, to the top job,…
A Thousand Skies (1985)
- Dir. David Stevens
- Television mini–series about the life of rugged Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith, who pushed the bounds of aircraft performance in…
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1985)
- Dir. Peter H. Hunt
Feat. Jim Dale, Lillian Gish, Barnard Hughes…
- One of the best adapatations of the Mark Twain classic, this was produced as a 4–part PBS television series which included more or less the…
Alfred Hitchcock Presents… (1985)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Ned Beatty, John Huston, Steven Bauer…
- Four episodes from the TV–series, posthumously endorsed by Hitch, which replicate his blend of suspense, macabre humour and brutal…
All in Good Faith (TV Series) (1985-1987)
- Feat. Richard Briers
- A vicar's life in his sleepy country parish has become rather too cozy. News of a vacancy in a demanding urban parish offers the Reverend Philip…
Amazing Stories (TV Series) (Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories) (1985)
- Fantasy/supernatural series created by Steven Spielberg in the spirit of the TWILIGHT ZONE, featuring self–contained stories of the macabre and…
ANZACS (TV Series) (1985)
- Dir. John Dixon, George Miller, Pino Amenta
Feat. Paul Hogan, Andrew Clarke, Jon Blake…
- An exemplary depiction of a group of ANZAC soldiers in WWI as they progress through the horrors of the war in Europe. Told mainly from the Australian…