Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Foreign Cinema: 3248 Films to Rent
Le Combat Dans L'île (1962)
- Dir. Alain Cavalier
Feat. Romy Schneider, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Henri Serre…
- French drama exploring the tension between right and left wing politics in the early 60's, through the romantic conflict faced by a woman (Romy…
Madame (1962)
- Dir. Christian-Jaque
Feat. Sophia Loren, Robert Hossein
- Rags–to–riches tale set in Napoleonic France mirrors the real life of its Italian bomb–shell star, Sophia Loren.
Mamma Roma (1962)
- Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Feat. Anna Magnani
- Pasolini, in this early minor–masterpiece, demonstrates a keen awareness of Italy’s altered social and political landscape in the…
Planeta Bur: The Planet of Storms (1962)
- Dir. Pavel Klushantsev
Feat. Vladimir Yemelyanov, Georgi Zhzhyonov, Yuri Sarantsev
- Cult science–fiction with Russian cosmonauts landing on a Venus teeming with flesh–eating plants, lizard men and dinosaurs! Ingeniously…
Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
- Dir. Francesco Rosi
Feat. Salvo Randone, Frank Wolff, Frederico Zardi
- An epic Italian political drama, charting in a non–linear fashion the true story of Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano, a criminal and…
Sanjuro (1962)
- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai
- The sequel to YOJIMBO unravels the story of nine would–be Samurai unveiling a government corruption ring. Kurosawa adopts a satirical…
Sundays and Cybele (Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray) (1962)
- Dir. Serge Bourguignon
Feat. Hardy Kruger, Patricia Gozzi
- Touching, if occasionally over–sentimentalised drama that contemplates the relationship between a mentally scarred bomber pilot and the…
Tale of Zatoichi Continues, The (1962)
- Dir. Kazuo Mori
Feat. Shintaro Katsu
- The first of many sequels to the iconic TALE OF ZATOICHI, in which a blind, affable masseur (Katsu) who happens to be a lethally skillful swordsman…
Tale of Zatoichi, The (1962)
- Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Shintaro Katsu
- The inaugural movie in the iconic 'Zatoichi' series – which followed the intriguing adventures in mythical Japan of a blind masseur, who has…
Trial of Joan of Arc, The (Procès de Jeanne d'Arc) (1962)
- Dir. Robert Bresson
- One of dir. Bressons' more difficult works, depicting the final days of 15th century French religious patriot Joan of Arc and utilising the actual…