Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5458 Films to Rent
Producers, The (2005)
- Dir. Susan Stroman
Feat. Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman…
- Lively remake of Mel Brooks' classic blackly comedy in which two Jewish Broadway producers (Broderick and Lane) develop a musical which they are sure…
Puffy Chair, The (2005)
- Dir. Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Feat. Mark Duplass, Katie Aselton, Rhett Wilkins
- A failed musician hits the road with his girlfriend to collect the "puffy chair" they've bought on E–Bay in this indie gem that keenly…
Puppy (2005)
- Dir. Kieran Galvin
Feat. Bernard Curry, Nadia Townsend
- A self–funded meditation on obsession and love, set in Victoria's pretty Yarra Valley, in which a free spirit is rescued by a delusional…
Quiet Night In (2005)
- Dir. Christopher Banks
Feat. Nicolette Kenny
- Odd low–budget Kiwi comedy that chronicles a series of unfortunate events over one evening, where a would–be–novelist ends up…
Racing Stripes (2005)
- Dir. Frederik Du Chau
Feat. Bruce Greenwood, M. Emmet Walsh, Hayden Panettiere
- Likable family comedy has 'Stripes' the zebra (voiced by Frankie Muniz) growing up on a farm believing he is a racehorse and being humoured by other…
Ringer, The (2005)
- Dir. Barry W. Blaustein
Feat. Johnny Knoxville, Brian Cox
- A taboo–fumbling–dodging comedy in which, due to a large outstanding debt, Johnny Knoxville (JACKASS) poses as mentally handicapped and…
Robinsons, The (TV Series) (2005)
- Feat. Martin Freeman, Hugh Bonneville
- A wry British sitcom of family dysfunction with the disarming Martin Freeman – who’s since cornered the English everyman role all for himself –…
Robot Chicken (TV Series) (2005)
- Devilish stop–motion animated series jiving an array of random sketch–comedy segments to the tune of pop–cultural parody, rounded…
Romance and Cigarettes (2005)
- Dir. John Turturro
Feat. James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet…
- Actor John Turturro wrote, directed and self–released this bawdy and often brilliant 60's–pop–anthem–fuelled comedy musical,…
Rumour Has It... (2005)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley Maclaine…
- An intriguing meta–Hollywood 'sequel' to THE GRADUATE (1967), in which Aniston plays an unlucky–in–love New Yorker who learns that…