Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Independent: 263 Films to Buy & Rent
Other Sister, The (1998)
- Dir. Garry Marshall
Feat. Juliette Lewis, Diane Keaton, Tom Skerritt
- Free–spirited, yet 'simple' Juliette Lewis runs riot much to the consternation of her uptight parents, Diane Keaton and Tom…
Three on a Match (1998)
- Dir. Fred Robbins
Feat. Teressa Tunney, Jane Clark
- Dynamic romantic comedy about a group of gay friends who meet up each year to discuss each other's complicated love lives and personal crises. This…
Chasing Amy (1997)
- Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee…
- Can a lesbian learn to love someone from the opposite sex? – is but one of the sticky questions proffered in this bittersweet arthouse hit.…
Clockwatchers (1997)
- Dir. Jill Sprecher
Feat. Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow…
- Four office temps band together in an oppressive (and outdated?) corporate environment – too bad they're caricatures: Toni Collette is…
In the Company of Men (1997)
- Dir. Neil LaBute
Feat. Aaron Eckhart, Stacy Edwards
- The year's most–discussed filmic skirmish in the war of the sexes is also one of its more outrageous black comedies. Two corporate exec's on…
Life Less Ordinary, A (1997)
- Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter
- Round three for the creators of SHALLOW GRAVE and TRAINSPOTTING this time takes Ewan McGregor Stateside for a screwball comic–fantasy embroided…
Shooting Fish (1997)
- Dir. Stefan Schwartz
Feat. Dan Futterman, Stuart Townsend, Kate Beckinsale
- Smarmy, contrived romantic comedy with anarchic pretensions and loads o' pop music for the kids, desperately shoots for mainstream success ala 'Four…
Two Girls and a Guy (1997)
- Dir. James Toback
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Heather Graham, Natasha Gregson Wagner
- Robert Downey Jr's first post–prison–term film was this one–location drama about two women discovering they share the same snaky…
Bottle Rocket (1996)
- Dir. Wes Anderson
Feat. Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Ned Dowd…
- Merciless slacker/heist movie about three no–hopers who struggle at being even small–time hoods. Quirky, charismatic and blessed with a…
Box of Moonlight (1996)
- Dir. Tom DiCillo
Feat. John Turturro, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney
- The ungainly John Turturro contorts through another whacked–out odyssey of crisis, mid–life in this instance, as an anally retentive…