Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
When Harry Met Sally (1990)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal - Thirtysomething favourite that amicably flirts with the subject of platonic relationships between men and women. Meg Ryan's priceless 'fake orgasm'…
Scrooged (1988)- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Bill Murray, Karen Allen, Alfre Woodard… - Bill Murray is hilariously mean–spirited as a yuppie incarnation of Charles Dicken’s ‘Scrooge’ who eventually gets a change of attitude…
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)- Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Steve Martin, John Candy - Well–matched comic coupling Steve Martin and John Candy go astray in the Midwest transport system. Reliably funny "mature" comedy is a pleasant…
Spaceballs (1987)- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks, John Candy… - A rollicking and fairly successful Mel Brooks take–off of STAR WARS and the space–opera genre, with Rick Moranis irresistibly hilarious…
Amadeus (1984)
- Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham - Academy–award winning biopic of Mozart's illustrious but brief existence that spawned much of the greatest music ever written. A humourous yet…
Gandhi (1982)- Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox… - Epic retelling of the life of the inspirational Indian leader with Ben Kingsley as 'The Mahatma'. Won eight Academy Awards including Best Picture.
Fedora (1978)- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. William Holden, Marthe Keller, Jose Ferrer… - Fascinating later work from dir. Wilder, in which an impoverished film producer travels to the Greek islands to track down an elusive European star…
Black Sunday (1977)- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller… - A suspenseful, violent terrorist thriller based on Thomas Harris' fictional novel about the pro–Palestinian "Black September" group who…
Bad News Bears (1976)- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow - Delightfully cynical baseball comedy starring Walter Matthau as an alcoholic ex–baseball pitcher who becomes a coach for a youth baseball team…
Gambler, The (1974)- Dir. Karel Reisz
Feat. James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton… - A typically gritty 70s crime drama, adapted from a story by Dostoevsky, that boasts a fine performance by James Caan as a well–respected…
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