Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy > Spoof: 179 Films to Rent
- Delirious (1991)
- Dir. Tom Mankiewicz
Feat. John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms…
- A soap–opera writer (John Candy) wakes up in his own TV show, with the ability to control events around him by writing them, in this…
- Hot Shots! (1991-1993)
- Dir. Jim Abrahams
Feat. Charlie Sheen
- Jim Abrahams gains reprieve from the Zucker brothers to make his own blockbuster spoof in the tradition of their FLYING HIGH and NAKED GUN…
- Life Stinks (1991)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Mel Brooks, Lesley Ann Warren, Jeffrey Tambor…
- Promising, but finally undistinguished comedy with Mel Brooks playing a millionaire developer who takes a bet that he can't survive homelessness on…
- Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991)
- Dir. David Zucker
Feat. Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley
- The second in the Naked Gun series, better than half as good as the original.
- Freshman, The (1990)
- Dir. Andrew Bergman
Feat. Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Penelope Ann Miller…
- Chucklesome comedy finds NYC film student Broderick forced to run errands for small time mobster Brando (who does a mirror–perfect parody of…
- Skinny Tiger Fatty Dragon (Shou hu fei long) (1990)
- Dir. Liu Chia Liang
Feat. Sammo Hung, Liu Chia Liang, Carrie Ng
- Amusing action spoof starring the incomparable Samo Hung as one of a pair of bumbling cops who go on the hunt for drug traffickers in Hong Kong, but…
- Get Smart Again (1989)
- Dir. Gary Nelson
Feat. Don Adams, Barbara Feldon
- A latterday followup to the great Mel Brooks–produced TV Series, with Don Adams returning as the bumbling spy Maxwell Smart, here trying to…
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1989)
- Dir. Keenan Ivory Wayans
Feat. Keenen Wayans, Bernie Casey
- From the "In Living Color" team, this is a riotous send–up of those '70s blaxploitation films. A sort of NAKED GUN meets SHAFT, it's hip and…
- Icicle Thief, The (1989)
- Dir. Maurizio Nichetti
Feat. Maurizio Nichetti
- Italy's answer to Woody Allen directs and stars in this zany love story–cum–media satire using the film–within–a–film…
- Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
- Dir. Julien Temple
Feat. Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey…
- Under–rated campy musical about a trio of goofy aliens (incl. Jim Carrey in an early role) who crash–land in Geena Davis's swimming pool.