Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5549 Films to Buy & Rent
Simpsons, The - Season 11 (TV Series) (1999-2000)
- Further episodes from the iconic animated TV Series:
Disc 11.1: Beyond Blunderdome. Brother's Little Helper. Guess Who's Coming to Criticize…
Skipped Parts (1999)
- Dir. Tamra Davis
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bug Hall, Brad Renfro…
- Set in the early 1960s, this begins as a typical coming–of–age comedy, with Jennifer Jason Leigh and her son shifting to Smalltown, USA…
SLC Punk! (1999)
- Dir. James Merendino
Feat. Matthew Lillard, Michael Goorjian, Annabeth Gish
- Based on a comic strip, this cartoonish comedy follows the ‘rebellious’ antics of Stevo and friends, the only punks in arch–conservative…
Soccer Dog (1999)
- Dir. Tony Giglio
Feat. James Marshall, Olivia d'Abo
- A talented dog lends skill to a kids soccer team in this moderately amusing family comedy. Successful enough to spawn a (inferior) sequel, it's worth…
Soft Fruit (1999)
- Dir. Christina Andreef
Feat. Jeanie Drynan, Linal Haft, Russell Dykstra…
- From NZ short film dir. Christina Andreef comes this ripely entertaining comic drama about the ties that separate and bind as four Aussie siblings…
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999)
- Dir. Trey Parker
- This big screen splash from the cult TV show is also fouler–mouthed, has a strong musical element, and an ironic twist – an R–rated…
Spaced (TV Series) (1999)
- Dir. Edgar Wright
Feat. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Julia Deakin…
- Surreal British sit–com written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson as two twenty–something Londoners who meet while…
Still Crazy (1999)
- Dir. Brian Gibson
Feat. Timothy Spall, Jimmy Nail, Bruce Robinson…
- Victims of 70s music–biz burnout, the assorted members of rockers Strange Fruit reform (before they go completely soft) for this ripe satire on…
Superstar (1999)
- Dir. Bruce McCulloch
Feat. Will Ferrell, Molly Shannon
- Expanding the character she created for SNL, Molly Shannon plays a nerdy Catholic schoolgirl who, in order to be 'kissed soulfully' sets out to…
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Sean Penn, Samantha Morton, Uma Thurman…
- Possibly Woody Allen's most critically appreciated film since BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, this mock–u–drama concerns the life, loves and music…