Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
- Dir. Brian G. Hutton
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas…
- Comic WWII yarn in which Clint Eastwood recruits a wildcat tank platoon to help rob a bank in German territory. Features one of Donald Sutherland's…
King Lear (1970)
- Dir. Peter Brook
Feat. Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Jack MacGowran…
- This could hardly miss with Shakespeare perennials Paul Schofield in the title role and director Peter Brook at the helm. A strong and rewarding…
Last Grenade, The (1970)
- Dir. Gordon Flemyng
Feat. Sir Stanley Baker, Honor Blackman, Alex Cord…
- Slam–bang action pic with Baker and Cord as opposing mercenaries duking it out in exotic Hong Kong locales, shot in scope and with a…
Lawman (1970)
- Dir. Michael Winner
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb…
- Burt Lancaster and Robert Ryan are veteran adversaries in this violent '70s Western. Saddle–sore Lancaster is on the trail of a band of…
Liberation of L.B. Jones, The (1970)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Roscoe Lee Browne, Lee J. Cobb, Lee Majors…
- The final film by William Wyler, depicting racial tensions in a fictional Tennessee town, where a successful African–american businessman…
Little Big Man (1970)
- Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam…
- Life–story of 121–yr old 'white' Indian Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman) at first lightly sketches his progress from Cheyenne brave to…
Lola (Twinky, London Affair) (1970)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Charles Bronson, Susan George
- Comedy drama following the relationship between a 38 year old American man who writes pornographic novels and the 16 year old girl he falls in love…
Loot (1970)
- Dir. Silvio Narizzano
Feat. Richard Attenborough, Lee Remick, Milo O'Shea…
- Broad English farce, based around Joe Orton's stageplay, in which bank–robbers hide their loot in a coffin under the body. As slapstick comedy…
Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
- Dir. Cy Howard
Feat. Beatrice Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Brandon…
- Smart ensemble comedy about preparations for a young couple's wedding and how this stirs up the lives of those around them. Full of many delightful…
Man Who Haunted Himself, The (1970)
- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Roger Moore
- In one of his rare serious roles, Roger Moore plays the survivor of a car crash who discovers his doppelganger has been released into the…