Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5546 Films to Buy & Rent
Sex Sells - The Making of Touche (2005)
- Dir. Jonathan Liebert
Feat. Priscilla Barnes, Jay Michael Ferguson, Adrian Zmed…
- Suprisingly effective mockumentary about the making of a porn film – "Touche" – which skirts satire for a twisted, yet warm–natured…
She's the Man (2005)
- Dir. Andy Fickman
Feat. Amanda Bynes, Vinnie Jones, Julie Hagerty…
- Spunky, if rather uncomfortable transposition of Shakespeare’s 'Twelfth Night' into the realm of American teen comedy, about a talented female…
Southern Belles (2005)
- Dir. Brennan Shroff, Paul S Myers
Feat. Laura Breckenridge, Anna Faris, Justin Chambers
- Simple chick comedy about Belle and Bell, a couple of sweet–as–pie, trailer–trapped Georgia peaches who dream of Atlanta –…
Strangers with Candy (2005)
- Dir. Paul Dinello
Feat. Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Matthew Broderick…
- Cinematic reprise of a cult 'Comedy Central' TV series stars a truly absurd Amy Sedaris as an ex–con–junkie–whore who after being…
Studs (2005)
- Dir. Paul Mercier
Feat. Brendan Gleeson, Eamonn Owens
- Soccer fans and amateur players will rejoice over this Irish comedy, which relates the story of a Sunday league team of no–hopers who are…
Suite Life of Zack and Cody, The (TV Series) (2005)
- Feat. Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse, Ashley Tisdale…
- Fun kids TV sitcom series from the Disney Channel starring real–life identical twins as two mischievous brothers who live in a hotel with their…
Takeshis' (2005)
- Dir. Takeshi Kitano
Feat. Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi…
- Returning to his comedic roots, dir. Takeshi Kitano springs layer upon layer of self–reference and in this conceptually ambitious, though…
Taming of the Shrew, The (Shakespeare Retold) (2005)
- Dir. David Richards
Feat. Shirley Henderson, Rufus Sewell, Twiggy
- An updated version of Shakespeare's comedy by the makers of THE CANTERBURY TALES (2003) series, has Shirley Henderson play a bitchy and ambitious MP…
Thank You For Smoking (2005)
- Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Sam Elliott…
- Smokin' and scathing satire centred on a Big Tobacco lobbyist whose air of smooth earnestness and mastery of rhetorical logic is employed to combat…
Thick of It, The (TV Series) (2005)
- Dir. Armando Iannucci
Feat. Chris Langham, Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison…
- Coruscating political satire examines the bumbling drones who work inside government as they blunder their days away under the watchful eye of the…