Subgenre Sampler
Television: 2963 Films to Buy & Rent
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1980)
- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Alec Guinness, Ian Richardson, Michael Jayston
- Alec Guinness returns as John Le Carre's retired agent George Smiley, this time lured back to trace an infiltrator at his old stomping ground.
To Serve Them All My Days (TV Series) (1980)
- Feat. John Duttine
- A shell–shocked WWI vet retreats to a teaching post in Devon, England, where he inspires students through unconventional and empowering means.…
Yes Minister (TV Series) (1980-1982)
- Dir. Sydney Lotterby
Feat. Paul Eddington, Derek Fowlds, Nigel Hawthorne
- The excellent, mildly pointed satire on British politics in Whitehall, with aristocratic bureaucrats Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds gently guiding…
Armchair Thriller Collection (1979-1981)
- Feat. Ian McKellen, James Bolam, Alun Armstrong
- With memorably unsettling opening credits and exceptional performances and direction, this anthology series became a significant hit for Thames…
Battlestar Galactica (Original TV Series) (1979)
- Feat. Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Jane Seymour…
- The followup television series to the 1978 feature–film concerning the future plight of the human race when persecuted by the powerful Cylon…
Blake's 7 (TV Series) - Series 2 (1979)
- Feat. Gareth Thomas, Michael Keating
- More adventures and intrigues for the crew of the 'Liberator', in this classic British TV Series.
Series Two: 13 episodes over five…
Blue Remembered Hills (1979)
- Dir. Brian Gibson
Feat. Colin Welland, Michael Elphick, Robin Ellis…
- Acutely observed teleplay from the genius of Dennis Potter: viewed through the prism of adolescence, Potter crafts a dark, elegiac, if always…
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series) (1979-1981)
- Feat. Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Tim O'Connor
- Kitsch TV serial adapted from the comic strip with Gil Gerard as the all–American 20th Century astronaut who is cryogenically re–animated…
Captain America (1979)
- Dir. Rod Holcomb
Feat. Len Birman, Reb Brown
- A cheesy TV–movie incarnation of the star–spangled crime fighter is an origin tale about a motor–cross crash–survivor who is…
Children of Fire Mountain (TV Mini-Series) (1979)
- Dir. Peter Sharp
Feat. Terence Cooper, Mark Hadlow
- Fondly–remembered Kiwi period drama set in 1900 New Zealand, depicting the conflict between Maori and British settlers from the point of view…