Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5458 Films to Rent
Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
- Dir. Alan Taylor
Feat. Ian Holm, Iben Hjejle, Tim McInnerny…
- Moderately noteworthy, this historical conceit has the exiled Napoleon Bonaparte switch identities with a commoner in order to escape St Helena,…
Everybody Famous (2001)
- Dir. Dominique Deruddere
Feat. Josse De Pauw, Eva van der Gucht, Werner De Smedt…
- A hit in the Netherlands and at festivals, this half–sweet, half–cringe–inducingly sour satire, sees truly mediocre singer Eva Van…
Evolution (2001)
- Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Julianne Moore…
- An attempt to replicate the jokey sci–fi formula of MEN IN BLACK by the same producers, has alien bacteria riding a meteor and crashing on…
Family Guy - Season 3 (TV Series) (2001-2002)
- Feat. Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis…
- Further episodes from the surrealistic animated sitcom.
Disc 3.1: The Thin White Line; Brian Does Hollywood; Mr. Griffin Goes To Washington; One…
Fast Food Fast Women (2001)
- Dir. Amos Ollek
Feat. Anna Thomson
- Set within a New York diner and the coming–and–going of customers and staff, this gentle indie–drama serves up some charming comedy…
Festival in Cannes (2001)
- Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Greta Scacchi, Maximilian Schell…
- Not a documentary, but just as ‘real’ in the hands of veteran independent director Henry Jaglom, who fashions a delightfully candid…
Formula 51 (The 51st State) (2001)
- Dir. Ronnie Yu
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer…
- Super drug–chemist Jackson embarks to the UK on the deal of a lifetime, but is quickly embroiled in murky underworld plots in…
Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
- Dir. Tom Green
Feat. Tom Green, Rip Torn, Marisa Couglan
- Tom Green, of MTV fame, directs, co–scripts and acts in this warped comedy about an aspiring animator who, at the age of 28, still lives in his…
Friends and Family (2001)
- Dir. Kristen Coury
Feat. Tony Lo Bianco, Greg Lauren
- An unassuming, mostly ticklish comedy, in which a gay couple in New York are visited by relations and have to conceal their careers as Mafia hitmen.…
Fruits Basket (TV Series) (2001)
- A teenage girl ingratiates herself to a mysterious family who are known to transform into animals of the Chinese Zodiac in this peppy comedy romance,…