Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5570 Films to Buy & Rent
Mystery, Alaska (1999)
- Dir. Jay Roach
Feat. Russell Crowe, Colm Meaney, Burt Reynolds…
- Pre–superstar Russell Crowe is typically strong and gruff in this grown–up version of THE MIGHTY DUCKS, with an bumbling, amateur Alaskan…
Nephew, The (1999)
- Dir. Eugene Brady
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Donal McCann
- A small Irish island is shaken by the arrival of a young black man from America whose (white) mother has recently died in the community. On familiar…
Never Been Kissed (1999)
- Dir. Raja Gosnell
Feat. Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Leelee Sobieski
- A 25yr old cub–reporter, Drew Barrymore must surmount her teenage fears of being uncool when she goes undercover to a high–school to…
Next Friday (1999)
- Dir. Steve Carr
Feat. Ice-Cube
- Ice Cube returns as writer and star of this sequel that moves the hood jokes and parlance into African–American suburbia. Exclusively for the…
Notting Hill (1999)
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Rhys Ifans…
- Divorced book merchant Hugh Grant falls in love with a customer who happens to be the world's most famous movie star (Julia Roberts, yes, essentially…
Office Space (1999)
- Dir. Mike Judge
Feat. Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman…
- Putting the boot into American office culture, dir. Mike Judge (BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD) inflicts some satisfying damage on the absurdities of the…
Out-of-Towners, The (1999)
- Dir. Sam Weisman
Feat. Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn
- Replaying Neil Simon's original screenplay (the basis for the 1970 Jack Lemmon film), Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn leave the safe and cosy haven of…
Patch Adams (1999)
- Dir. Tom Shadyac
Feat. Robin Williams
- Robin Williams chalks up another outsized, sentimental creation as a depressive–turned–trainee doctor who upsets the establishment when…
Pecker (1999)
- Dir. John Waters
Feat. Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Lili Taylor…
- Edward Furlong is niftily cast as Pecker, an innocent teen amateur photographer who unwittingly becomes the toast of the art world, thereby inviting…
People Like Us (TV Series) (1999)
- Feat. Chris Langham
- Another excellent deadpan British comedy, this time the mockumentary adventures of an unseen reporter interviewing and commenting upon supposedly…