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Subgenre Sampler

 
Absolute BeginnersAbsolute Beginners (1986)
Dir. Julien Temple
Feat. David Bowie, Sade Adu, Patsy Kensit
Glitzy musical pastiche that takes its inspiration from British jazz, mod, and beatnik culture to tell its barely coherent tale of teen angst.
Alf (TV Series)Alf (TV Series) (1986) Recommended
Feat. Max Wright
Irresistibly cute sitcom about a furry, wise–cracking alien that settles into American suburbia in the 1980s. Season 1 available. Disc 1:…
American Way, The American Way, The (Riders of the Storm) (1986)
Dir. Maurice Phillips
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Michael J. Pollard, James Aubrey
Varied political satire following a group of Vietnam vets on a quest to reveal the shady nature of a new electoral candidate by taking over TV…
Back to SchoolBack to School (1986)
Dir. Alan Metter
Feat. Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Keith Gordon
The finest comedy to feature the loveably crass Rodney Dangerfield, here playing a millionaire who returns to university to set an example for his…
Best of Q (TV Series) (1986)
Feat. Spike Milligan
Spike Milligan's influential television series (it out Monty Python's Monty Python) takes the former Goon's surrealistic 'nonsense' style and gives…
Best of Times, TheBest of Times, The (1986)
Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Robin Williams, Kurt Russell, Pamela Reed
Robin Williams and Kurt Russell star as two friends attempting to relive a high school football game in this comedy–drama written by…
Bread (TV Series)Bread (TV Series) (1986-1991)
Feat. Jean Boht, Jonathon Morris, Nick Conway
Much–loved British sitcom based around a Liverpool family struggling to survive the cruel 1980s of unemployment, crime, welfare–fraud and…
Brush Strokes (TV Series)Brush Strokes (TV Series) (1986)
Feat. Karl Howman, Gary Waldhorn, Elizabeth Counsell
From the creators of THE GOOD LIFE comes this saucy BBC comedy centered on a charming house painter (Howman) who has an insatiable appreciation for…
Class of Nuke 'em HighClass of Nuke 'em High (Atomic High School) (1986)
Dir. Richard W. Haines, Lloyd Kaufman
Feat. Janelle Brady, Gil Brenton
One of the better Troma–trash productions in which pupils at a high school next to a nuclear power plant start acting and looking strange after…
ClockwiseClockwise (1986)
Dir. Christopher Morahan
Feat. John Cleese, Alison Steadman, Joan Hickson
Headmaster John Cleese, with pupil in tow, gets hopelessly lost enroute to a conference. In a more deadpan mode than the usual Python–esque…

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