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Subgenre Sampler

 
Down and Out in Beverly HillsDown and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Nick Nolte, Richard Dreyfuss, Bette Midler
Street bum Nick Nolte moves in to the plush home of neurotic fat cat Richard Dreyfuss and family, to amply comedic effect.
Hannah and Her SistersHannah and Her Sisters (1986) Recommended
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Michael Caine, Dianne Wiest
Spot–on romantic comedy from Woody Allen, aligning another witty and perceptive script with a stellar cast.
Haunted HoneymoonHaunted Honeymoon (1986)
Dir. Gene Wilder
Feat. Gene Wilder, Dom DeLuise, Gilda Radner
Insipid farce has two hapless honeymooners besieged by various spooky happenings. There is some fun to be had here and Wilder's affection for Abbott…
HeartburnHeartburn (1986)
Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson
Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson undergo some engaging marital strife.
Howard the DuckHoward the Duck (1986)
Dir. Willard Huyck
Feat. Lea Thompson, Tim Robbins, Jeffrey Jones
An H–Bomb of interstellar proportions, this George Lucus produced quack–job starred a dwarf–sized humanoid duck, sent to earth to…
It's Garry Shandling's ShowIt's Garry Shandling's Show (1986-1990)
Feat. Garry Shandling
Hugely influential show centered around the neurosis of Garry Shandling – basically playing himself, who along with the rest of the cast just…
LucasLucas (1986)
Dir. David Seltzer
Feat. Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen
Genuinely sympathetic account of the teenage love of 'dweeb' Corey Haim for an older schoolmate (Green), through infatuation, rejection and...…
MalcolmMalcolm (1986) Aro Favourite
Dir. Nadia Tass
Feat. Colin Friels, John Hargreaves
A simple young man with a genius for things mechanical is coerced into criminal activity by his dodgy new flatmate. Deserved winner of 8 Australian…
Money Pit, TheMoney Pit, The (1986)
Dir. Richard Benjamin
Feat. Tom Hanks, Shelley Long
An often very funny 80s comedy about couple Tom Hanks’ and Shelley Long’s disastrous purchase of a home in Long Island that conceals a host of…
Pretty in PinkPretty in Pink (1986) Recommended
Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton
Molly Ringwald faces some tricky teenage dilemmas in John Hughes' quintessentially '80s rite–of–passage.

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