Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5570 Films to Buy & Rent
Jawbreaker (1998)
- Dir. Darren Stein
Feat. Rose McGowan
- A trio of teen–queens (incl. Rose McGowan), used to inflicting tongue–lashings on their classmates go onto the back foot when they…
Jerry Seinfeld - Live on Broadway (I'm Telling You For The Last Time) (1998)
- Feat. Jerry Seinfeld
- Self–congratulatory – yet completely hilarious – stand–up from Jerry Sienfeld, who recorded this in 1998 after SEINFELD had…
King of Queens, The (TV Series) (1998-2006)
- Feat. Kevin James, Jerry Stiller, Patton Oswalt
- Warm–hearted neighbourhood comedy series set on the streets of Queens, NYC, which gets going when a rotund and happily–settled delivery…
Kissing a Fool (1998)
- Dir. Doug Ellin
Feat. David Schwimmer, Jason Lee
- David Schwimmer (TV's FRIENDS) assumes the guise of a dapper, smart–mouthed ladies' man, who, in an attack of last–minute humbug over his…
Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)
- Dir. Todd Holland
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Lily Tomlin
- Bristled anthropologist Richard Dreyfuss commits scientific fraud to help out with the career and mortgage, making films of an undiscovered New…
Last Days of Disco (1998)
- Dir. Whit Stillman
Feat. Chloe Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale
- Not so much a nostalgia trip as a literate comedy of manners a la 1980s Manhattan, dissecting the sashays on the social dancefloor among a troupe of…
Last Yellow, The (1998)
- Dir. Julian Farino
Feat. Mark Addy, Charlie Creed-Miles, Samantha Morton
- Dishevelled rogue Mark Addy (THE FULL MONTY) and none–too–bright sidekick Charlie Creed–Miles learn lessons of loyalty and…
Late August, Early September (Fin août, début septembre) (1998)
- Dir. Olivier Assayas
Feat. Mathieu Amalric, Virginie Ledoyen, Francois Cluzet…
- Overlooked French drama from prolific and distinctive auteur Olivier Assayas (IRMA VEP, PERSONAL SHOPPER) following a group of friends and lovers as…
Life Is Beautiful (La vita e bella) (1998)
- Dir. Roberto Benigni
Feat. Roberto Benigni
- Winner of both Best Foreign Film and Best Actor Oscars (a first for an actor speaking a foreign tongue) as well as the top prize at Cannes, Roberto…
Living Out Loud (1998)
- Dir. Richard LaGravenese
Feat. Holly Hunter, Queen Latifah, Danny De Vito…
- Facing up to life without her philandering husband, a nurse (Holly Hunter) forges unlikely friendships with a jazz club chanteuse (Queen Latifah) and…