Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Foreign Cinema: 3248 Films to Rent
Resurrection of Golden Wolf (1979)
- Dir. Toru Murakawa
Feat. Yusaku Matsuda, Sonny Chiba
- A moderately subversive actioner which revolves around an apparently mild–mannered 'salary man' (Matsuda), who by night sheds wig and glasses…
Shaolin Temple (1979)
- Dir. Cheung Hsin Yen
Feat. Jet Li
- Martial Arts superstar Jet Li’s debut film, as a Shaolin–trained fighter who exacts revenge upon an evil warlord, already displaying the…
Sisters or the Balance of Happiness (Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks) (1979)
- Dir. Margarethe von Trotta
- 1970s West German drama about two sisters whose unusually close relationship negatively impacts their individual personal lives.
Stalker (1979)
- Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
Feat. Aleksandr Kajdanovsky, Alisa Frejndlikh, Anatoli Solonitsyn
- A stark, apocalyptic vision into a world where the Stalker guides those who wish to enter the forbidden Zone. Intimate, dilatory work conjures images…
Third Generation, The (Die Dritte Generation) (1979)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Hanna Schygulla, Margit Carstensen, Eddie Constantine…
- A scathing black comedy about terrorism, one of the final films of German provocateur Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
A hilariously indiscriminate plot…
Tin Drum, The (1979)
- Dir. Volker Schlondorff
Feat. David Bennett
- One the best films ever made with a child protagonist, David Bennett is unforgettable as a 12–year–old who refuses to grow up and…
To Forget Venice (1979)
- Dir. Franco Brusati
Feat. Mariangela Melato, Eleonora Giorgi, Erland Josephson
- Brooding melodrama about an extended family reunion in the house of an Operatic matriach.
5 Deadly Venoms, The (Five Deadly Venoms) (1978)
- Dir. Chang Cheh
Feat. Sheng Chiang, Philip Kwok, Feng Lu…
- A martial arts master commands a student to track down some of his other students and get them to stop those that have used their skills for…
Autumn Sonata (1978)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman
- The resumes of director Bergman and actress Bergman intersect for the first and only time in this, ahem, Bergmanesque (sombre, brutally honest,…
Blood Feud (Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova - si sospettano moventi politici) (1978)
- Dir. Lina Wertmuller
Feat. Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Giancarlo Giannini
- Convoluted romantic drama set against the rise of Mussolini has recently widowed Loren torn between an attorney and petty thief.
Overheated (and…