Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
Stunt Rock (1978)
- Dir. Brian Trenchard-Smith
Feat. Monique Van de Ven
- Corny stunt–fuelled musical actioner about an Aussie stuntman sent to LA to work on a TV series who helps his cousin's band 'Sorcery' to…
Taxi (TV Series) (1978-1983)
- Feat. Judd Hirsch, Danny De Vito, Tony Danza…
- Another sitcom staple of the 1970s from the creators of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, set in the refreshingly blue–collar world of a New York cab…
Tommy Cooper - Just Like That (TV Series) (1978)
- Feat. Tommy Cooper, Andrew Sachs
- Comedy–magician and cohort of Eric Sykes, Tommy Cooper, delivers his distinctive, hilarious brand of 'tragic magic' in this six–part…
Up in Smoke (1978)
- Dir. Lou Adler
Feat. Cheech and Chong
- Cheech and Chong's first movie is their best and most remembered. They transpose their popular doped–out comic routines for the big screen, in…
Wise Blood (1978)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Brad Dourif
- Brad Dourif plays the obsessed leader of the 'Church Without Christ' in this marvellous satire on contemporary evangelism in the American South. From…
You Are Not Alone (Du er ikke alene) (1978)
- Dir. Ernst Johansen, Lasse Nielsen
Feat. Anders Agensø, Peter Bjerg
- Beautifully evocative Danish coming–of–age story set in an all–boys boarding school, which confronts themes of homosexuality and…