Subgenre Sampler
Cult > Drama: 156 Films to Buy & Rent
Track 29 (1987)
- Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. Gary Oldman, Theresa Russell, Christopher Lloyd…
- Purporting to be her long–lost son, sleazoid Gary Oldman materialises out of Theresa Russell's alcoholic haze, as husband Christopher Lloyd…
Sid and Nancy (1986)
- Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb
- Pretty grim portrait of the life and times of Sex Pistol Sid Vicious and his girlfriend. Both are stunningly personified by Gary Oldman and Chloe…
Boys Next Door, The (1985)
- Dir. Penelope Spheeris
Feat. Charlie Sheen, Maxwell Caulfield
- Early feature film by celebrated underground film maker Penelope Spheeris (DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILISATION), with Charlie Sheen Maxwell Caulfield…
Insignificance (1985)
- Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. Gary Busey, Tony Curtis, Theresa Russell
- Curious chamber piece intriguingly posits Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn Monroe, Joseph McCarthy and Albert Einstein as characters who meet in a hotel room in…
Smooth Talk (1985)
- Dir. Joyce Chopra
Feat. Laura Dern, Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place…
- Poignant yet sinister coming–of–age tale chronicles a young girl's sexual awakening and the attention she attracts from a mysterious…
Beat Street (1984)
- Dir. Stan Lathan
Feat. Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis
- Key film in the history of hip–hop culture, this urban musical may show its age and derivation (SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER), but still comprises an…
Rolf De Heer Collection (Tail Of A Tiger, Incident At Raven's Gate, Dingo, Bad Boy Bubby, Epsilon, The Quiet Room) (1984)
- Dir. Rolf De Heer
- Charming, eccentric boxset of six early films from idiosyncratic Australian filmmaker Rolf De Heer.
Films Include:
– Tail Of A Tiger…
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983)
- Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Karen Black
- Uniquely kooky concoction set around the unpredictable neuroses of a newly single woman (Black), who enters a world of whimsy, crazed encounters and…
Made in Britain (1983)
- Dir. Alan Clarke
Feat. Tim Roth, Sean Chapman
- Probably the finest skinhead movie ever made – Tim Roth giving an electrifying debut performance as a glaring malcontent who takes out his rage…
Signal 7 (1983)
- Dir. Rob Nilsson
Feat. Bill Ackridge, Dan Leegant
- Dedicated to John Cassavetes, this 12–hr slice of the night–world of various New York taxi–drivers, shot on videotape, is similarly…