Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5570 Films to Buy & Rent
Big Lebowski, The (1998)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore…
- Rolling another warped vision down the gutter, the inscrutable minds of the Coen Brothers (FARGO, RAISING ARIZONA) endow this bowling comedy with…
Big Train (TV Series) (1998-2002)
- Feat. Simon Pegg
- British sketch comedy series, that added a witty absurdist flavour to an otherwise familiar formula borrowed from THE FAST SHOW. Out of the cast,…
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998)
- Dir. Tommy O'Haver
Feat. Sean P. Hayes, Paul Bartel, Meredith Scott Lynn
- A giddy tribute to the wayward impulses of the heart, the affable Sean P. Hayes plays Billy, a struggling gay photographer infatuated with a dreamy…
Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
- Dir. Emir Kusturica
Feat. Bajram Severdzan, Srdjan Todorovic, Branka Katic
- An endearingly chaotic and convivial comedy from Bosnian–born film–maker Kusturica that follows the slapstick rivalry between criminal…
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
- Dir. John Landis
Feat. John Goodman, Dan Aykroyd, Evan Bonifant
- Belated, extraneous sequel to the 1980 cult 'classic' with John Goodman filling in the XXL trousers of the very late John Belushi. (Alas, the…
Borrowers, The (1998)
- Dir. Peter Hewitt
Feat. John Goodman, Jim Broadbent
- Inhabiting the wall and floor–spaces of our houses, colonies of tiny people eek out an existence 'borrowing' food–scraps and those items…
Bulworth (1998)
- Dir. Warren Beatty
Feat. Warren Beatty, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle…
- Disillusioned Democrat senator Warren Beatty warrants his own assassination, then stirs up a storm of controversy by fearlessly speaking his mind at…
Butcher Boy, The (1998)
- Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Eamonn Owens, Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw
- Despairing yet distinctive black comedy depicts the insanity implicit in a boy's view of his small town in Ireland, circa 1962. Adopts a lurid…
Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
- Dir. Deborah Kaplan
Feat. Jennifer Love Hewitt
- Getting good party–points out of the classic formula, this perky high–school comedy unravels the limited world–views of its…
Chicago Cab (Hellcab) (1998)
- Dir. Mary Cybulski, John Tintori
Feat. John Cusack, Gillian Anderson, Julianne Moore…
- Bleak black comedy based around a day in the life of a Chicago cab–driver (Dillon) in the lead up to Christmas, who becomes confessor to his…