Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5570 Films to Buy & Rent
Girl (1999)
- Dir. Jonathan Kahn
Feat. Dominique Swain
- Hybrid of the teen–flick with grunge–rock movie, starring Dominique Swain (LOLITA) as a brainy virgin who decides to fall in with some…
Go (1999)
- Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Sarah Polley, Katie Holmes, Jay Mohr…
- The director of SWINGERS switches focus to the reckless chic of LA's twentysomething rave scene, brandishing a slew of racy taboos, an impossibly…
Gun Shy (1999)
- Dir. Eric Blakeney
Feat. Liam Neeson, Sandra Bullock, Oliver Platt…
- Implausible and cartoonish, this crime comedy has the novelty of Liam Neeson trying out a comedy role – as stressed–out undercover cop…
Happy, Texas (1999)
- Dir. Mark Illsley
Feat. Jeremy Northam, Steve Zahn, William H. Macy
- Sweetly sardonic crowd–pleaser indeed took the audience award at Sundance '99, adding a pinch of fashionable 'gay irony' to the more familiar…
Home Movies (TV Series) (1999-2004)
- Overlooked comedy animation series from the Adult Swim Company, telling the tale of a wise–beyond–his–years wannabe filmmaker who…
Hotel Splendide (1999)
- Dir. Terence Gross
Feat. Toni Collette, Katrin Cartlidge, Peter Vaughan
- An ambitious black comedy set in a dilapidated hotel off the coast of Britain, peopled by a bizarre collection of staff members and…
Human Resources (1999)
- Dir. Laurent Cantet
Feat. Jalil Lespert
- Astute French drama from director Laurent Cantet (THE CLASS) set in a white collar human resources department in Normandy, about the conflicts that…
Human Traffic (1999)
- Dir. Justin Kerrigan
Feat. John Simm, Lorraine Pilkington, Shaun Parkes…
- A son–of–TRAINSPOTTING London dance–club odyssey, whose drug–fuelled vitality, street–patter and ultra–hedonism…
I Think I Do (1999)
- Dir. Brian Sloan
Feat. Alexis Arquette, Christian Maelen, Lauren Valez
- Feelgood, gay–affirmative comedy revolves around six 20–somethings of various persuasions, who come together when two of their number…
I'm Losing You (1999)
- Dir. Bruce Wagner
Feat. Frank Langella, Andrew McCarthy, Elizabeth Perkins…
- Hollywood 'commentator' Bruce Wagner (WILD PALMS) directs his own novel inter–connecting the rather plaintive lives of well–heeled Los…