Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
Home (1971)
- Dir. Lindsay Anderson
Feat. John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Dandy Nichols…
- Worthy TV adaptation of the stageplay by David Storey (THIS SPORTING LIFE), set amid the twilight psychodramas of residents at an old peoples' rest…
Horsemen, The (1971)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Omar Sharif, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jack Palance…
- An ambitious historical epic concerns the quest of an Afghani tribal horseman (Sharif) to regain his honour after losing a ritual Buzkashi…
Hospital, The (1971)
- Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes…
- Gallows humour permeates this caustic comedy of medical ineptitude and indifference. Scott plays a suicidal surgeon contending with multiple patient…
Hunting Party, The (1971)
- Dir. Don Medford
Feat. Oliver Reed, Candice Bergen, Gene Hackman
- WILD BUNCH–wannabe with Gene Hackman hunting ruffian Oliver Reed and kidnapped wife Candice Bergan to the ends of the earth. A ridiculously…
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
- Dir. Dalton Trumbo
Feat. Timothy Bottoms, Marsha Hunt, Jason Robards Jr.…
- Excoriating anti–war statement based on the dir.'s own novel, concerns an ordinary infantryman in WW1 and his nightmare experiences.
In a…
Kidnapped (1971)
- Dir. Delbert Mann
Feat. Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Jack Hawkins…
- A dashing Michael Caine heads this ambitious adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s tales of 18th century Scotland. Grand, if ultimately unrealised…
Kill Django... Kill First (1971)
- Dir. Sergio Garrone
Feat. Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Aldo Sambrell, Krista Nell
- Brutal spaghetti western with a ruthless cowboy teaming up with an old prospector to take down an unscrupulous banker and his network of killers.
Little Murders (1971)
- Dir. Alan Arkin
Feat. Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd
- Actor Alan Arkin directs this black comedy about a girl who brings her boyfriend home to meet her severely dysfunctional family amidst a series of…
Long Day's Journey into Night (1971)
- Dir. Michael Blakemore
Feat. Laurence Olivier
- A made–for–television National Theatre production of Eugene O'Neill's classic play, which won Laurence Olivier an Emmy for best actor.
Love Story (1971)
- Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, Ray Milland
- Romance on a New England campus between Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal. A huge hit. Oscar–winning theme–tune by Francis Lai.