Subgenre Sampler
Female-centric: 796 Films to Buy & Rent
Losing Ground (1982)
- Dir. Kathleen Collins
Feat. Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones
- Noted as the first feature–length drama directed by a black American woman since the 1920s – a semi–autobiographical story of a…
Personal Best (1982)
- Dir. Robert Towne
Feat. Mariel Hemingway, Glenn Close
- Excellent directorial debut for scriptwriter Towne (of CHINATOWN fame), that uses slow–motion photography to dynamise its story of two lesbian…
Scrubbers (1982)
- Dir. Mai Zetterling
Feat. Imogen Bain, Honey Bane, Debby Bishop
- A women–behind–bars movie that sidesteps exploitative trappings to deliver a grimly realistic reminder of tragic and frustrated lives.…
Woman Called Golda, A (1982)
- Dir. Alan Gibson
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Ned Beatty, Judy Davis…
- Much–praised biopic in which Ingrid Bergman gives her final performance as Israeli Prime Minister and so–called "mother of Israel', Golda…
Angel of Vengeance (Ms.45) (1981)
- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Zoƫ Tamerlis, Jack Thibeau
- Surreal drama about a deaf–mute who seeks revenge after two sexual assaults. Taut and disturbing, with minimal dialogue, it has the distinction…
Raggedy Man (1981)
- Dir. Jack Fisk
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts, Sam Shepard…
- Texas–set drama led by Spacek (fresh from her Oscar winning performance in COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER) portraying a perturbed divorcee mother who…
Foxes (1980)
- Dir. Adrian Lyne
Feat. Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman…
- Four teenage loose cannons speed towards self–destruction in this frank, impressionistic portrait of L.A. teen culture. A young Jodie Foster…
Gentle Touch, The (TV Series) (1980)
- Feat. Jill Gascoine, William Marlowe
- Ground–breaking police drama featuring Britain's first female TV detective fighting crime and the demands of being a solo mother. Jill Gascoine…
Soldier Girls (1980)
- Dir. Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill
- Early Nick Broomfield entry surveys the US Army's training regime for female recruits. Though less obtrusive than in later incarnations, Broomfield…
Agatha (1979)
- Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, Dustin Hoffman, Timothy Dalton…
- Speculating over the 11 days in 1926 when detective–writer Agatha Christie (Vanessa Redgrave) went missing, this gently–toned drama sees…