Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama > Comedy: 694 Films to Rent
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012)
- Dir. Donald Rice
Feat. Felicity Jones, Luke Treadaway, Mackenzie Crook…
- Coy period drama with a young woman battling with nerves on her wedding day, while downstairs her fretting husband waits.
Darling Companion (2012)
- Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Dianne Wiest…
- Cracks in the marriage of a long–time couple begin to show when their beloved dog goes missing on a weekend retreat. Dir. Kasdan's ongoing…
Free Samples (2012)
- Dir. Jay Gammill
Feat. Jess Weixler, Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter…
- Jess Weixler (TEETH) plays a sarcastic law–school dropout known for her contemptuous treatment of customers at an ice cream truck job. The…
Girls (TV Series) (2012)
- Dir. Lena Dunham
Feat. Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke…
- Following her "mumblecore" hit TINY FURNITURE, wunderkind Lena Dunham's breakthrough into television (with the help of kingpin Judd Apatow) heralds a…
Hello I Must Be Going (2012)
- Dir. Todd Louiso
Feat. Melanie Lynskey, Blythe Danner, John Rubinstein…
- Melanie Lynskey is excellent as a wounded young divorcee forced to move back in with her parents, in this fine serio–comic character…
Hope Springs (2012)
- Dir. David Frankel
Feat. Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell…
- An admirable dramedy of twilight romance, with Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones playing a couple of thirty years who attend marriage counseling when…
Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012)
- Dir. Billy Bob Thornton
Feat. Robert Duvall, Kevin Bacon, Robert Patrick…
- Flavoursome southern drama set during the Vietnam war is about two families from different countries whose cultures clash.
Kiwi Flyer (2012)
- Dir. Tony Simpson
Feat. Edward Hall, Tikirau Hathaway, Tandi Wright…
- Amiable family fun follows twelve–year old Ben as he sets out to win Nelson's annual trolley derby, but he's up against some stiff Aussie…
Magic Mike (2012)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer…
- Steven Soderbergh directs this hard–bodied drama of an upstart male stripper mentored by a veteran of the business, apparently based on…
Quartet (2012)
- Dir. Dustin Hoffman
Feat. Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly…
- Another pleasant surprise for the retiree set, this time centred on a home for retired musicians, and the recently arrived opera diva (Maggie Smith)…