Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics: 3552 Films to Rent
Hullabaloo over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Peggy Ashcroft, Saeed Jaffrey, Victor Banerjee
- Television film from Merchant Ivory productions, about an attempted theft of valuable paintings from an Indian palace. The thieves include a museum…
International Velvet (1978)
- Dir. Bryan Forbes
Feat. Tatum O'Neal, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Plummer…
- Belated and earnest sequel to classic NATIONAL VELVET has an adult Velvet Brown take in an orphaned niece from America, who, with the help of an…
Irishman, The (1978)
- Dir. Donald Crombie
Feat. Michael Craig, Robyn Nevin, Simon Burke…
- Rousing tale of hard living Irish teamster Paddy Doolan whose refusal to acquiesce to fashionable new technology pushes his family close to ruin in…
King of the Gypsies (1978)
- Dir. Frank Pierson
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Sterling Hayden…
- A credible and fascinating depiction of Gypsy culture through the smog of modern day America. Eric Roberts makes his screen debut as a New Yorker who…
Law And Order (TV Mini-Series) (1978)
- Dir. Les Blair
Feat. Peter Dean, Derek Martin
- Discerning Brit crime series focusing on three men involved in a bungled armed robbery – the Criminal, the Inspector and the Lawyer and played…
Mork and Mindy (TV Series) (1978-1982)
- Feat. Robin Williams, Pam Dawber
- The wacky TV show that proved a breakthrough vehicle for Robin Williams, playing the cutesome, unpredictable Mork, an alien from the planet…
Oliver's Story (1978)
- Dir. John Korty
Feat. Ryan O'Neal, Candice Bergen, Nicola Pagett…
- Ryan O'Neal returns as Oliver Barrett IV in this tender sequel to LOVE STORY.
Patrick (1978)
- Dir. Richard Franklin
Feat. Robert Thompson, Sir Robert Helpmann, Susan Penhaligon
- Shrill Aussie B–movie about a comatose hospital patient who utilizes his psychokinetic powers to inflict pain and death.
Takes its time to…
Richard II (1978)
- Dir. David Giles
Feat. Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud, Jon Finch…
- Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
Rutles, The (All You Need is Cash) (1978)
- Dir. Gary Weis, Eric Idle
Feat. Michael Palin, John Belushi, Bianca Jagger…
- The mock–Beatles twist and "rut" in a spot–on piss–take of the Fab Four, led by Monty Python’s Eric Idle and making a…