Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
Great Macarthy, The (1975)
- Dir. David Baker
Feat. John Jarratt, Judy Morris, Barry Humphries
- A not unlikeable drama from 1970s Australian cinema, set on the boundary between amateur and professional Australian Rules football. Jarratt plays a…
Great Waldo Pepper, The (1975)
- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Robert Redford, Bo Brundin, Susan Sarandon
- Rousing aviation film following Waldo Pepper (Redford), a former WW1 flight–instructor who takes up extreme stunt flying in order to make up…
Hanged Man, The (TV Series) (1975)
- Feat. Colin Blakely, Michael Williams
- Colin Blakely plays a rich industrialist whose success has made him the death target of his shady competitors. Series follows Blakely pretending to…
Hard Times (Street Fighter) (1975)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland…
- During the Great Depression Charles Bronson fights economic gloom with his fists in this invigorating punch–fest from the action ace Walter…
Hiding Place, The (1975)
- Dir. James F. Collier
Feat. Julie Harris, Eileen Heckart
- A Dutch family are sent to a concentration camp after turning their home into a shelter for Jews. Based on the autobiographical book by Corrie Ten…
Inside Out (1975)
- Dir. Peter Duffell
Feat. Telly Savalas, Robert Culp, James Mason…
- UK action thriller film, shot in West Berlin and The Netherlands. Thirty years after World War II, a team of former soldiers from both the US and…
Love Among the Ruins (1975)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Katharine Hepburn, Colin Blakely…
- Nicely polished period TV–movie, with barrister Olivier defending aging beauty Hepburn, who is being sued by a gigolo for 'abandonment'. Of…
Lucky Lady (1975)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds…
- Shapeless caper with three rum–runners set during the prohibition whose lives are complicated by the personal relationships.
A notorious…
Mahogany (1975)
- Dir. Berry Gordy
Feat. Diana Ross, Anthony Perkins, Billy Dee Williams…
- Deliciously overripe melodrama with Diana Ross as an aspiring designer falling under the spell of jet–setting Anthony Perkins. Ross and…
Man Friday (1975)
- Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree, Peter Cellier
- Spin–off on the Defoe classic, "Robinson Crusoe", updated with Man Friday revolting against white supremacy and engaging in a conflict with…