Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5434 Films to Rent
Show of Hands (2008)
- Dir. Anthony McCarten
Feat. Melanie Lynskey, Craig Hall, Stephen Lovatt
- Quaint but contrived Kiwi rom–dram set in New Plymouth in which a grab–bag of townsfolk compete for new 4–wheel drive by keeping…
Silent Wedding (2008)
- Dir. Horatio Malaele
Feat. Meda Andreea Victor, Alexandru Potocean, Valentin Teodosiu
- Gentle comedy of a bride and groom whose wedding is interrupted by the death of Stalin, and the period of one weeks mourning effective immediately.…
Simpsons, The - Season 20 (TV Series) (2008-2009)
- This season had a fast–track release in order to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the iconic animated TV Series. It is clear that the once…
Sisterhood (2008)
- Dir. Richard Wellings-Thomas
Feat. Emily Corcoran, Isabelle Defaut, Graham McTavish…
- Ex–pat Kiwi Emily Corcoran wrote and stars in her own Brit–com, playing a Kiwi girl who travels to England to surprise her long lost…
Smart People (2008)
- Dir. Noam Murro
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Elliot Page…
- Dunderheaded dramedy focused on a widowed, misanthropic professor (Quaid) who awakens to life again after a hit to the head, only to discover that…
Somers Town (2008)
- Dir. Shane Meadows
Feat. Piotr Jagiello, Ireneusz Czop, Perry Benson…
- A gentle, winsome offering from dir. Shane Meadows, centred on an unlikely friendship between a shy Polish teen, and a knockabout runaway from the…
Sorry If I Want to Marry You (2008)
- Dir. Federico Moccia
Feat. Raoul Bova, Michela Quattrociocche, Francesco Apolloni
- Supremely frothy comedy about with a man's increasing insecurity about his relationship leads him to propose marriage setting off a comic chain of…
Soul Men (2008)
- Dir. Malcolm D Lee
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sean Hayes…
- Fitfully amusing musical comedy with Jackson and Mac starring as two estranged soul singers traveling cross–country together to sing at a…
South Park: The Imaginationland Trilogy (2008)
- Three episodes make up this feature length movie from everyone's favourite all–American brats as they enter Imaginationland – a magical…
Space Chimps (2008)
- Dir. Kirk De Micco
- Spirited animation adventure in which a group of monkey astronauts are sent on a wormhole mission to a supposedly uninhabited planet where they find…