Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Comedy: 1119 Films to Buy & Rent
Catherine Cookson Collection (TV Mini-series) (1995-2000)
- Feat. Nigel Havers, Clare Higgins, Emily Mortimer…
- Various collections of the prolific Catherine Cookson's mini–series adapted from her widely read novels.
Vol. 1 contains: The Cinder Path,…
Disappearance of Kevin Johnson, The (1995)
- Dir. Francis Megahy
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, James Coburn, Dudley Moore…
- Fact–based movie movie about the perils of the Hollywood machine, in which a would–be film producer apparently runs afoul of the…
Edie and Pen (1995)
- Dir. Matthew Irmas
Feat. Stockard Channing, Jennifer Tilly, Scott Glenn…
- Unhappily–marrieds Stockard Channing and Jennifer Tilly cut out to Reno to dispense with husbands, bad luck and sobriety. Bittersweet comedy…
Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, The (1995)
- Dir. Christopher Monger
Feat. Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney…
- In 1917, much ado ensues at a Welsh village. When the local hill falls just short of qualifying for the official map, the locals set about building…
Hamish MacBeth (TV series) (1995-1997)
- Feat. Robert Carlyle
- The town of Lochdubh in the Scottish Highlands forms a droll and scenic setting for this smalltown policier set around the put–upon local…
Kicking and Screaming (1995)
- Dir. Noah Baumbach
Feat. Josh Hamilton, Eric Stoltz, Elliott Gould…
- Several college grads flounder in love and with prospects of the future. Dialogue–intensive comedy borrows its philosophical vantage and acting…
Madagascar Skin (1995)
- Dir. Chris Newby
Feat. Bernard Hill, John Hannah
- Intimate drama that portrays the unlikely relationship between two outsiders in a remote seaside cottage in South Wales.
Hannah plays a disfigured…
Perez Family, The (1995)
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Alfred Molina, Anjelica Huston, Marisa Tomei…
- A gently humorous tale about Cuban refugees who pose as a family in order to gain entry into the U.S. The director of SALAAM BOMBAY well harnesses…
Rik Mayall Presents (TV Series) (1995)
- Feat. Rik Mayall
- There's more to Rik Mayall than the usual ' fart jokes' ,as demonstrated by these six groundbreaking 50 minute plays commissioned by the BBC in 1995.…
Being Human (1994)
- Dir. Bill Forsyth
Feat. Robin Williams, Robert Carlyle, John Turturro…
- An episodic comic–drama in which Robin Williams plays five men named Hector, who each search for their place in their own historical period…