Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5549 Films to Buy & Rent
Virtual Sexuality (1999)
- Dir. Nick Hurran
Feat. Laura Fraser
- Putting a digital spin on the tried–and–true 'perfect–partner' concept, we have teen Laura Fraser so anxious to lose her virginity…
Waterboy, The (1999)
- Dir. Frank Coraci
Feat. Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler…
- Soggy vehicle for Adam Sandler trades in the above–par comic strokes of HAPPY GILMORE for clunky, witless padding of Gridiron. Sandler's…
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999)
- Dir. Peter Hewitt
Feat. Tom Courtenay, Stephen Fry, Laura Fraser…
- This whimsical coming–of–age tale set in the divide between disco and punk cultures in 1977 Britain has more to offer than just vibrant…
Where's Marlowe? (1999)
- Dir. Daniel Pyne
Feat. Miguel Ferrar
- A sly if uneven low–budget comedy that blends (and parodies) two genres – the film noir detective film and the mockumentary. Shooting a…
Whiteboys (1999)
- Dir. Marc Levin
Feat. Danny Hoch, Dash Mihok, Mark Webber…
- Wannabe honky rappers Danny Hoch, Dash Mihok and Mark Webber take their many–times–removed Iowa version of hiphop to the streets of…
Wog Boy, The (1999)
- Dir. Aleksi Vellis
Feat. Nick Giannopoulos, Lucy Bell
- Endearingly irreverent take on the certain pet–cliches of Greek–Australiana, in which the title–character proudly flaunts his right…
200 Cigarettes (1998)
- Dir. Risa Bramon Garcia
Feat. Ben Affleck, Martha Plimpton, Jay Mohr…
- An all–youth ensemble sample some Big Apple nightlife in the last remaining hours of 1981 before mingling at a precarious loft party.…
A Little Bit Of Soul (1998)
- Dir. Peter Duncan
Feat. Geoffrey Rush, Frances O’Connor, David Wenham
- Little–known black comedy concerns two scientists working on a serum to reverse aging in chickens, lured into the world of two wealthy patrons…
Amy (1998)
- Dir. Nadia Tass
Feat. Rachel Griffiths, Ben Mendelsohn
- A piece of superior comic whimsy from the team that made MALCOLM, pairs Rachel Griffiths with Ben Mendelsohn, helping her traumatised daughter to…
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1998)
- Dir. Alan Smithee
Feat. Eric Idle
- Alan Smithee is the standard pseudonym used in Hollywood when a director wants to take his name off a film. Conceived by screenwriter Joe Eszterhas…