Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Comedy: 1119 Films to Buy & Rent
Newsies (1992)
- Dir. Kenny Ortega
Feat. Christian Bale, Bill Pullman, Ann-Margret…
- Disney musical based loosely on the 1899 New York City Newsboys' strike, in which the young newspaper hawkers of the city rose up to demand fair…
Peter's Friends (1992)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie…
- British stiff–upper–lip spin on the BIG CHILL with Kenneth Brannagh and friends. They come across as something of a lacklustre lot,…
Simple Men (1992)
- Dir. Hal Hartley
Feat. Robert Burke, Bill Sage, Martin Donovan…
- Hartley's third feature re–visits his deadpan, sexy and intellectual world in which two brothers set off to find their estranged father.
Used People (1992)
- Dir. Beeban Kidron
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Marcello Mastroianni, Kathy Bates…
- Feathers fly in the hen–house of recently widowed Shirley Maclaine when courted by debonair Marcello Mastroianni.
Absolute Hell (1991)
- Dir. Anthony Page
Feat. Judi Dench, Francesca Annis
- Classic BBC television production based on Rodney Ackland's book of the same name: a black, bleak comedy about about a sex–addicted , boozy…
Breaking In (1991)
- Dir. Bill Forsyth
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Casey Siemaszko, Sheila Kelley
- A Stateside charmer from the director of LOCAL HERO about a veteran burglar who takes on a young petty criminal as an apprentice of his trade.
Brittas Empire, The (TV Series) (1991)
- Feat. Chris Barrie
- Set around the mishap–prone executive of the 'Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre', this enjoyable series provided a semi–satirical look at…
Commish, The (TV Series) (1991-1995)
- Feat. Michael Chiklis
- Impressionable cop series set in small–town America with Michael Chiklis taking on the role of local police commissioner attempting to balance…
Commitments, The (1991)
- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Colm Meaney
- Surprise hit simply chronicles the rise and fall of a Dublin soul band, formed by a group of teens with naught better to do. Unashamedly light fare,…
Hear My Song (1991)
- Dir. Peter Chelsom
Feat. Adrian Dunbar, Ned Beatty, Tara Fitzgerald
- A night–club owner goes to convoluted lengths to restore his credibility by tracking down a long–reclusive singing star (Beatty –…