Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5547 Films to Buy & Rent
Dilbert (TV Series) (1999-2000)
- Feat. Daniel Stern
- Note–perfect animation of the syndicated 90s comic–strip concerning a beleagured computer engineer stranded in his office cubicle,…
Dogma (1999)
- Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Kevin Smith, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck…
- Eccentric meditation on Roman Catholicism in a modern–day context from writer/director Kevin Smith (CHASING AMY), that's just as bizarre as it…
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
- Dir. Michael Patrick Jann
Feat. Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards, Kirstie Alley…
- The 'mock documentary' format entirely befits the story of rabidly ambitious young debutantes vying for local representation in the Miss Teen…
East Is East (1999)
- Dir. Damien O'Donnell
Feat. Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jimi Mistry
- Polished bittersweet comedy about a family of Pakistani Brits living in 1970s Manchester, headed by a traditionalist patriarch whose keen to make…
EdTV (1999)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Ellen DeGeneres…
- Ron Howard's comedy suffered from untimely, post–TRUMAN SHOW release, but this more conventional TV satire has enough of a different angle to…
Election (1999)
- Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon
- Mid–life crisis intersects with teenage foibles in this cheerily cynical high–school tale for adults, as crumpled teacher Matthew…
Elephant Juice (1999)
- Dir. Sam Miller
Feat. Emmanuelle Beart, Sean Gallagher, Daniel Lapaine
- The makers of the cult late–night TV–series ‘This Life’, extract a similar blend of drama, ennui and pathos from the lives of…
Family Guy - Season 1 (TV Series) (1999-2002)
- Feat. Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis…
- A kidult animated series with its own special sense of humour.
Set around the Griffin household which includes teenagers, a cynical dog who is…
Forces of Nature (1999)
- Dir. Bronwen Hughes
Feat. Ben Affleck, Sandra Bullock
- Cutesy–pie screwball romance with wedding–bound hunk Ben Affleck enduring savage weather and travel catastrophes while saddled with kooky…
Freaks and Geeks (TV Series) (1999)
- Dir. Judd Apatow
Feat. Linda Cardellini, James Franco, Jason Segel…
- Much loved but unfortunately short lived classic about two distinct groups of teenagers dealing with high school in the eighties. Created by a…