Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Foreign Cinema: 3248 Films to Rent
Lone Wolf & Cub 5: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973)
- Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Michiyo Ookusu…
- The continuing adventures of disgraced Shogun assassin Ogami Itto and his infant son Daigoro.
In this 5th instalment, Itto must battle 5 samurai to…
Love and Anarchy (1973)
- Dir. Lina Wertmuller
Feat. Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Eros Pagni
- Cult director Lina Wertmuller's political parable about the would–be assassin of Mussolini who falls in love with a prostitute at his…
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson
- Married couple Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson undergo a lengthy emotional ordeal as their marriage disintegrates. Shot in a sparse functional…
Sex and Fury (Furyô anego den: Inoshika Ochô) (1973)
- Dir. Norifumi Suzuki
Feat. Reiko Ike
- Japanese exploitation cinema proves itself unrivaled with this slice of 70s celluloid anarchy, trailing a mostly nude Reiko Ike as she slashes and…
Shock Treatment (Traitement de Choc) (1973)
- Dir. Alain Jessua
Feat. Alain Delon, Annie Girardot
- Pointed medical chiller set in an anti–aging clinic overseen by Delon. This minor genre film is memorable for Girardot and Delon's risque beach…
Slightly Pregnant Man, A (1973)
- Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve
- Minor, though broadly enjoyable Demy farce partners Mastroianni and Deneuve as expecting husband and wife. The twist? He's pregnant! Gender politics…
Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
- Dir. Victor Erice
Feat. Ana Torrent
- Set after the Spanish Civil War, this gorgeous, moving still–life accounts a young girl's obsession with finding a 'spirit' after seeing…
Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe / Return of the Tall Blond Man (1973)
- Dir. Yves Robert
Feat. Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Jean Rochefort
- A secret service chief arranges for his assistant to investigate an innocent person chosen at random in order to prove him inept.
A little dated…
Themroc (1973)
- Dir. Claude Faraldo
Feat. Michel Piccoli
- Satirical in a most primitive, bestial way, this astonishing fable sees frustrated factory–worker Michel Piccoli cease to speak one morning,…
Touki Bouki (1973)
- Dir. Djibril Diop Mambety
Feat. Magaye Niang, Mareme Niang
- A Senegalese drama, recently restored, about a cowherd and a university student try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past…