Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5547 Films to Buy & Rent
Celebrity Deathmatch (TV Series) (1999)
- Genuinely amusing clay–mation generated by MTV, stages fantasy bouts–to–the–death between various celebrity pairings, like:…
Comedy Greats - Dick Emery (1999)
- Dir. Harold Snoad
Feat. Dick Emery
- A much–loved British TV comedian of the 1960s and 70s, Dick Emery was a master of costume and make–up, playing a host of characters in…
Craic, The (1999)
- Dir. Ted Emery
Feat. Jimeoin
- The title is Irish slang for a 'bloody good time', and leading Oz stand–up comic Jimeoin's (pronounced Jimmy Owen) self–penned feature…
Critical Care (1999)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. James Spader, Helen Mirren, Kyra Sedgwick
- Veteran dir. Sidney Lumet (NETWORK) elevates a potentially humdrum comedy about hospital ethics into smart satire. James Spader plays an intern who…
Cup, The (1999)
- Dir. Khyentse Norbu
Feat. Orgyen Tobgyal, Neten Chokling, Jamyang Lodro
- This charming, slyly comic tale of soccer–mad young monks obsessed with viewing the World Cup has found broad worldwide appreciation with its…
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 1 (TV Series) (1999)
- Feat. Larry David, Jeff Garlin
- We can't contain our enthusiasm for this little–known gem of a series from SEINFELD co–creator Larry David , who here plays himself…
Daddy and Them (1999)
- Dir. Billy Bob Thornton
Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, Laura Dern, Kelly Preston…
- Low–key, quirky and casually paced, dir. Thornton's tribute to his roots unfolds as an Arkansas clan draw together to support their imprisoned…
Detroit Rock City (1999)
- Dir. Adam Rifkin
Feat. Edward Furlong, Giuseppe Andrews, James DeBello…
- In 1978, Edward Furlong and his garage band pals are perhaps the most devoted KISS fans in the world, but the road to see their idols in concert is…
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
- Dir. Mike Mitchell
Feat. Rob Schneider
- A lumpen, crassly effective sex–farce about a luckless–in–love fish–tank cleaner who scrubs up for gigolo duties in a series…
Dick (1999)
- Dir. Andrew Fleming
Feat. Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams
- A political satire as faux–history lesson, this kitsch–nostalgic pageant proffers two teenage girls as the mysterious informants known as…