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Rental > Foreign Cinema: 3267 Films to Rent
Voyeur (Abel) (1985)
- Dir. Alex Van Warmerdam
Feat. Alex Van Warmerdam, Henri Garcin, Olga Zuiderhoek
- So many windows, so little time! An oddball sex farce in which the director himself plays a binocular–happy mummy's boy who falls in love with…
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
- Dir. Emir Kusturica
Feat. Moreno de Bartolli, Miki Manojlovic, Mira Furlan
- A delightful dramedy of social upheaval, set during Yugoslavia’s Tito–Stalin conflict of the 1950s.
Kusturica filters the tribulations of…
After The Rehearsal (1984)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Erland Josephson, Liv Ullmann, Lena Olin
- Television film from Ingmar Bergman, which takes place entirely within a theatre – wherein a veteran director reflects on his career and…
An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty (Tong chiu ho fong nui) (1984)
- Dir. Eddie Ling-Ching Fong
Feat. Alex Man, Patricia Ha
- Patricia Ha stars as the 'amorous woman' in this oddly liberal erotic drama from the Shaw Brothers stable, set around a woman's desire to experience…
And the Ship Sails On (1984)
- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Victor Poletti
- An idyllic odyssey aboard an ocean liner, where celebrated guests who have gathered for the funeral voyage of a great opera star are introduced in…
Comperes, Les (1984)
- Dir. Francis Veber
Feat. Pierre Richard, Gerard Depardieu
- Pierre Richard and Gerard Depardieu star in this screwball film as two strangers enlisted to help a mutual ex–lover, both thinking they are the…
Eight Diagram Pole Fighter, The (1984)
- Dir. Kar-leung Lau
Feat. Gordon Liu, Alexander Fu, Kara Hui…
- Hong Kong martial arts epic set circa the 10th century, with a Mongol army attempting to overthrow the influential Yang family, defenders of the Song…
Element of Crime, The (1984)
- Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Michael Elphick
- A detective’s unconventional methods qualify him for the investigation of child murders in a dark, decaying, post–apocalyptic Germany.…
Full Moon in Paris (1984)
- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Pascale Ogier, Fabrice Luchini, Christian Vadim…
- From Rohmer's 'Comedies and Proverbs' series, wit and subtlety is derived from the simplest of plots. This time a headstrong woman's plans backfire…
Funeral, The (1984)
- Dir. Juzo Itami
Feat. Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto
- A Buddhist funeral service for a brothel owner makes an ideal vehicle for both fiendish black comedy and social satire. An assured debut from the…