Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics: 3552 Films to Rent
When The Boat Comes In (TV Series) (1976)
- Feat. James Bolam, James Garbutt, Jean Heywood
- 'Northern' drama series set in a post–WW1 Britain, where Ex–Sergeant Jack Ford (Bolam) and his family must deal with the aftermath…
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, The (1975)
- Dir. Gene Wilder
Feat. Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise…
- Fitfully amusing romp with Wilder as the great detective's resentful brother determined to steal the spotlight. Madeline Kahn steals the show.
American Film Theatre - Galileo (1975)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Topol, John Gielgud, Patrick Magee…
- A generally satisfactory version of Bertolt Brecht's stageplay concerning the ethical dilemmas of the scientist Galileo, who among other things…
American Film Theatre - In Celebration (1975)
- Dir. Lindsay Anderson
Feat. Alan Bates, Brian Cox, Gabrielle Daye…
- A tightly framed screen adaptation of David Storey's autobiographical play set around the reunion of a Nottinghamshire mining family, in which cast…
American Film Theatre - Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (1975)
- Dir. Denis Héroux
Feat. Elly Stone, Mort Shuman, Jacques Brel
- With no plot or dialogue, this is surely the least theatrical of the American Film Theatre productions of the 1970s, instead comprising a revue of…
American Film Theatre - Philadelphia, Here I Come (1975)
- Dir. John Quested
Feat. Donal McCann, Des Cave, Siobhan McKenna
- A young Irishman agonises over whether to leave his stifling Irish existence and join relatives in America, in one of the more subdued American Film…
Apple Dumpling Gang, The (1975)
- Dir. Norman Tokar
Feat. Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Harry Morgan…
- Attractive Disney adventure set on the Californian frontier in the 1870s, with an inveterate gambler (Bixby) ending up in charge of three orphaned…
Autobiography of a Princess (1975)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Madhur Jaffrey, James Mason
- Merchant Ivory production about an Indian princess (Madhur Jaffrey) who has left her homeland and lives in contemporary London. On the anniversary of…
Barney Miller (TV Series) (1975)
- Feat. Hal Linden, Barbara Barrie, Abe Vigoda…
- This offbeat '70s sitcom about the drudgery and ordinary absurdity of everyday police work remains a cult favourite among TV aficionados and…
Breakheart Pass (1975)
- Dir. Tom Gries
Feat. Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna…
- Charles Bronson plays a prisoner being transported on a train with a small U.S. army unit and medical supplies through the Rocky mountains. The…