Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Family > Comedy: 304 Films to Rent
- Shaggy Dog, The (2006)
- Dir. Brian Robbins
Feat. Tim Allen, Robert Downey Jnr., Kristin Davis…
- Dishevelled and inane comedy, sees family man Tim Allen accidentally bitten by a 300–year old pooch (smuggled by commandos out of Tibet) and…
- Unaccompanied Minors (Grounded) (2006)
- Dir. Paul Feig
Feat. Wilmer Valderrama, Lewis Black, Tyler James Williams
- Five kids flying solo create in–transit Christmas mayhem when their airport is snowed in.
Strong on seasonal sentiment, this…
- Are We There Yet? (2005)
- Dir. Brian Levant
Feat. Ice-Cube, Nia Long, Jay Mohr
- Broad, but essentially successful comedy has a determined Ice–Cube proving to his girlfriend that he is 'child friendly' by transporting her…
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Freddie Highmore, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter…
- Lavish with magnificent visual icing, this version of Roald Dahl's classic childrens' story is a pretty tasty updating of the story of young Charlie…
- Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
- Dir. Adam Shankman
Feat. Steve Martin, Eugene Levy, Bonnie Hunt…
- Lacklustre sequel to the 'family comedy' in which Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt marshall and grapple with their impressive brood of twelve children,…
- Corpse Bride (Tim Burton's Corpse Bride) (2005)
- Dir. Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
Feat. Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson
- An animated tour–de–force from dir. Burton which fuses spindley puppetry and subtle CGI for its mythic tale of a sallow young bridegroom…
- Hating Alison Ashley (2005)
- Dir. Geoff Bennett
Feat. Delta Goodrem, Saskia Burmeister
- Candyfloss comedy set in a Melbourne high school, where the arrival of pretty Alison Ashley (Goodrem) creates difficulties for Erica Yurken…
- Herbie Fully Loaded (2005)
- Dir. Angela Robinson
Feat. Lindsay Lohan, Matt Dillon, Michael Keaton
- A refit of the 1970s classic about a Volkswagon 'beetle' with a mind of its own, with Lohan playing a the teenage daughter of a race–driver…
- Kicking and Screaming (2005)
- Dir. Jesse Dylan
Feat. Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall
- A family sports–comedy with a moral twist, this has 'Saturday Night Live's Will Ferrell play a stressed–out father who takes on the…
- Little Manhattan (2005)
- Dir. Mark Levin
Feat. Josh Hutcherson, Bradley Whitford, Cynthia Nixon…
- Contemplative and sweetly romantic comedy following a 10–year old boy who experiences falling in love for the first time amidst his parents'…