Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5465 Films to Rent
Flirting with Disaster (1996)
- Dir. David O. Russell
Feat. Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Mary Tyler Moore…
- This terrific, sophisticated comedy from the director of SPANKING THE MONKEY possesses broad audience appeal without compromising its integrity. Ben…
Forbidden City Cop (1996)
- Dir. Vincent Tak-Chiu
Feat. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
- Hysterical and kinda crazy semi–sequel to the smash hit comedy FROM BEIJING WITH LOVE, splices James Bond with A CHINESE GHOST STORY, following…
French Twist (Gazon Maudit) (1996)
- Dir. Josiane Balasko
Feat. Victoria Abril, Josiane Balasko
- Radiant Spanish star Victoria Abril plays a betrayed wife teased into an affair with a butch lesbian (director Balasko). Many permutations of a very…
Frighteners, The (1996)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson…
- A big–budget Hollywood hootenanny made in Miramar and starring Lyttleton harbour, this is a must–see for any self–respecting…
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
- Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis…
- Join in the riot with an edgy thriller that loses its head midway through and gets stuck into some gleefully supernatural carnage.
The director of…
Girl 6 (1996)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Theresa Randle, Madonna, Naomi Campbell…
- Spike Lee's risque fable of the phone sex and role–playing favours glamour over substance, so treat it like a black SHOWGIRLS with phones.…
Go Now (1996)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Juliet Aubrey, James Nesbitt…
- Scotsman Robert Carlyle faces terminal illness with the support of family, his lover and a rich line in crude male banter from his mates. Not often…
God of Cookery, The (1996)
- Dir. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
Feat. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
- Stephen Chow cooks up a comic storm as a mercilessly ego–centric chef who, in great narrative tradition, is forced to truly earn his title…
Great White Hype, The (1996)
- Dir. Reginald Hudlin
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Berg…
- Samuel L. Jackson and Jeff Goldblum star in this ham–fisted comic tale of ringside corruption. Jackson goes OTT as an opportunistic Don…
Gridlock'd (1996)
- Dir. Vondie Curtis Hall
Feat. Tim Roth, Tupac Shakur, Vondie Curtis Hall…
- Keyboardist Tim Roth and bassist Tupac Shakur jam out a squalid riff of muso–junkie blues. With girlfriend in a coma, the bureaucratic road to…