Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics: 3552 Films to Rent
True Confessions (1981)
- Dir. Ulu Grosbard
Feat. Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall
- Roberts' De Niro and Duvall act their socks off as cop and priest who happen to be brothers. Conflicting loyalties come to a head through a…
Winter of Our Dreams (1981)
- Dir. John Duigan
Feat. Judy Davis, Bryan Brown, Baz Luhrmann
- A fiercely acted Australian drama, with Judy David as a drug–addicted prostitute looking for solace in a former 60s radical (Bryan Brown).
9 to 5 (Nine to Five) (1980)
- Dir. Colin Higgins
Feat. Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin
- Secretarial trio of Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin combine forces to outwit their sexist–pig boss in one of the spunkier 80s…
A Change of Seasons (1980)
- Dir. Richard Lang
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek
- Comedy of tangled relationships and mid–life crises, following a forty–something woman who begins a relationship with a young,…
A Christmas Without Snow (1980)
- Dir. John Korty
Feat. Michael Learned, John Houseman, James Cromwell…
- A divorced mother moves to San Francisco and joins the choir of a local church, lead by a curmudgeonly old gentleman who will accept nothing but…
American Gigolo (1980)
- Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo
- Low–key but effective drama. Richard Gere is suspected in a Hollywood murder.
Blue Lagoon, The (1980)
- Dir. Randal Kleiser
Feat. Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins
- Pubescent curiosity in which a young Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins take biology lessons from Mother Nature after they are stranded on a…
Blues Brothers, The (1980)
- Dir. John Landis
Feat. John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher
- Smash comedy with great soul music and epic sight–gags.
Caddyshack (1980)
- Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray…
- Rude and crude golfing hi–jinks, often deliriously funny. Perhaps most famous for the infantile chocolate–bar in the swimming pool scene.
Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980)
- Dir. Thomas Chong
Feat. Cheech Marin, Thomas Chong, Paul Reubens…
- The pot–head duo followed UP IN SMOKE with another batch of set pieces spiked with a brand of humour that (surely?) requires a particular state…