Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Comedy: 1119 Films to Buy & Rent
Life Is Beautiful (La vita e bella) (1998)
- Dir. Roberto Benigni
Feat. Roberto Benigni
- Winner of both Best Foreign Film and Best Actor Oscars (a first for an actor speaking a foreign tongue) as well as the top prize at Cannes, Roberto…
Living Out Loud (1998)
- Dir. Richard LaGravenese
Feat. Holly Hunter, Queen Latifah, Danny De Vito…
- Facing up to life without her philandering husband, a nurse (Holly Hunter) forges unlikely friendships with a jazz club chanteuse (Queen Latifah) and…
Polish Wedding (1998)
- Dir. Theresa Connelly
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Lena Olin, Rade Serbedzija…
- Laid on incredibly thick, Polish accents and all, this is 'ethnic shtick' writ large with Gabriel Byrne, Lena Olin and Rade Serbedzija heading a…
Relax...It's Just Sex (1998)
- Dir. P.J. Castellaneta
Feat. Mitchell Anderson, T.C. Carson, Lori Petty…
- Centring around an eclectic group of friends – gay, straight and lesbian – in LA, a struggling gay playwright is desperately looking for…
Sex and the City - The Ultimate Collection (1998-2004)
- Feat. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis…
- Enticing 19–disc DVD box set presented in an oh–so–stylish set of drawers that should take pride of place in the collection of any…
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
- Dir. John Madden
Feat. Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Judi Dench…
- Shakespeare's art imitates life according to this gloriously fanciful, Oscar–winning tragicomedy, as the Bard himself (Joseph Fiennes), stuck…
Truman Show, The (1998)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Natascha McElhone…
- A brilliantly conceived script by expat–Kiwi whizz–kid Andrew Niccol (GATTACA) finds consummate direction in the hands of esteemed…
Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, The (1998)
- Dir. Sheree Folkson, Kieron Walsh
Feat. Ciaran McMenamin, Simone Lahbib, Nicole Stapleton…
- Young persons are the target of the whimsical Scottish TV series following the fortunes of an eclectic rock group who go from garage nobodies to gain…
Clockwatchers (1997)
- Dir. Jill Sprecher
Feat. Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow…
- Four office temps band together in an oppressive (and outdated?) corporate environment – too bad they're caricatures: Toni Collette is…
Idiot Box (1997)
- Dir. David Caesar
Feat. Ben Mendelsohn, Jeremy Sims
- Yet another winner from across the Taz, Ben Mendelsohn and Jeremy Sims give career–best performances as a pair of cuddly petrol–heads…