Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Comedy: 1119 Films to Buy & Rent
24 Hour Party People (2002)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Steve Coogan, Andy Serkis, Paddy Considine…
- A serio–comic music industry biopic about one Tony Wilson, founder of the legendary Factory record label and the Hacienda Club, that provides a…
About a Boy (2002)
- Dir. Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz
Feat. Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz…
- “No man is an island” is a theme explored with wit and pathos in this romantic comedy that’s plot and characters refreshingly detour from…
About Schmidt (2002)
- Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney…
- Age becomes Jack Nicholson in a beautifully modulated comedy of late life lament that doubles as an affectionate satire of middle…
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken…
- A widely enjoyed but minor caper comedy “inspired by” the career of a teenage con man, who passed himself off as an airline pilot, doctor, and…
Chicago (2002)
- Dir. Rob Marshall
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere…
- A screen adaptation of Bob Fosse’s 1970s smash hit stage musical that measures up to the legendary director–choreographer’s exacting…
Chutney Popcorn (2002)
- Dir. Nisha Ganatra
Feat. Nisha Ganatra, Jill Hennessy, Madhur Jaffrey…
- Writer–director Nisha Ganatra is highly engaging in her own fictional family portrait as a young Indian–American New Yorker trying to…
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
- Dir. George Clooney
Feat. Sam Rockwell, George Clooney, Julia Roberts…
- The life and neuroses of TV–producer Chuck Barris are the subject of this 'confession', a freewheeling comic fantasy in which the worlds of…
Dalkeith (2002)
- Dir. Leigh Sheehan
Feat. Ray Barrett
- The residents of a retirement home are given a greyhound who, to the surprise of all turns out to be a winner, but when management puts a stop to the…
Divine Intervention (2002)
- Dir. Elia Suleiman
Feat. Elia Suleiman, Manal Khader
- A rare cinematic glimpse into life in Ramallah, on the Palestine–Israel border, with its daily challenges presented through a series of…
Footballers' Wives (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Christian Solimeno, Zoe Lucker, Gary Lucky
- Compulsive campy drama about women married to members of a fictional English Premiership soccer team.
At heart this is soap opera of the highest…