Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Comedy: 1119 Films to Buy & Rent
Show of Hands (2008)
- Dir. Anthony McCarten
Feat. Melanie Lynskey, Craig Hall, Stephen Lovatt
- Quaint but contrived Kiwi rom–dram set in New Plymouth in which a grab–bag of townsfolk compete for new 4–wheel drive by keeping…
Smart People (2008)
- Dir. Noam Murro
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Elliot Page…
- Dunderheaded dramedy focused on a widowed, misanthropic professor (Quaid) who awakens to life again after a hit to the head, only to discover that…
Somers Town (2008)
- Dir. Shane Meadows
Feat. Piotr Jagiello, Ireneusz Czop, Perry Benson…
- A gentle, winsome offering from dir. Shane Meadows, centred on an unlikely friendship between a shy Polish teen, and a knockabout runaway from the…
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
- Dir. Charlie Kaufman
Feat. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Catherine Keener…
- Screenwriting extraordinaire Charlie Kaufman turns his hand to directing for the first time with another amusing existential conundrum, here enjoying…
Telstar (Telstar: The Joe Meek Story) (2008)
- Dir. Nick Moran
Feat. Con O' Neill, Kevin Spacey, Pam Ferris…
- Suitably poppy biopic of the rise and fall of flamboyant music producer Joe Meek whose pioneering sound experiments briefly made him the toast of…
Three Blind Mice (2008)
- Dir. Matthew Newton
Feat. Ewen Leslie, Toby Schmitz, Matthew Newton
- Playful Australian drama focused around three young Navy officers who hit the town in Sydney for one last night before they're shipped off to fight…
Tru Loved (2008)
- Dir. Stewart Wade
Feat. Najarra Townsend, Jane Lynch, Alexandra Paul
- Recently relocated from San Francisco to conservative suburbia by her lesbian mothers, Tru struggles like all teens to fit in and find love, but her…
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Vicky Christina Barcelona) (2008)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Javier Bardem…
- Woody Allen proves he hasn't lost his touch with this refreshing and vital rom–com that follows two American gal–pals who fall for the…
Wackness, The (2008)
- Dir. Jonathan Levine
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Olivia Thirlby…
- Smitten with nostalgia for a bygone early–90's New York, this coming–of–age drama follows a listless, pot–dealing teenager as…
Weirdsville (2008)
- Dir. Allan Moyle
Feat. Taryn Manning, Wes Bentley, Scott Speedman
- Delightfully referential black comedy spins a feverishly–paced, zigzagging yarn about a bizarre night in the life of two junkies who mistakenly…