Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5549 Films to Buy & Rent
Cold Feet (TV Series) (1996)
- Feat. James Nesbitt, Helen Baxendale, John Thomson…
- Highly infectious and candid look at the lives of six thirty–something Brits, which gets to the sharp end of careers, love and sex in the…
Couch in New York, A (1996)
- Dir. Chantal Akerman
Feat. Juliette Binoche, William Hurt, Richard Jenkins…
- Belgian auteur Chantal Akerman directs this Stateside curiosity, with Juliette Binoche as a Parisian dancer who swaps apartments with a New York…
Dating the Enemy (1996)
- Dir. Megan Simpson Huberman
Feat. Guy Pearce, Claudia Karvan
- Daft Oz fantasy works surprisingly well as camp–king Guy Pearce and Claudia Karvan mysteriously swap bodies, leading to some dicey…
Denise Calls Up (1996)
- Dir. Hal Selwen
Feat. Alannah Ubach, Tim Daly
- Twee New York low–budget indie in which six people, most of whom have never met, conduct the gamut of human relations using only the telephone.…
Different for Girls (Crossing the Border) (1996)
- Dir. Richard Spence
Feat. Rupert Graves, Stephen Mackintosh
- Trans–genderism gets an affectionate workout when estranged schoolboys resume their friendship years later as man and woman! Like BEAUTIFUL…
Dogs (Dogs: The Rise and Fall of an All-Girl Bookie Joint) (1996)
- Dir. Eve Annenburg
Feat. Pam Columbus, Pam Gray, Melody Beal…
- Four Brooklyn women opt for a life of running an illegal bookie joint, over the dead–end, unemployed lifestyle of the local area. In her debut,…
Eddie Izzard - Definite Article (1996)
- Dir. Ed Bye
Feat. Eddie Izzard
- The disarmingly outrageous stand–up comedian is caught on film, for a performance at Shaftesbury Theatre, London.
Emma (1996)
- Dir. Douglas McGrath
Feat. Gwyneth Paltrow, James Cosmo, Greta Scacchi…
- A clued up reworking of Jane Austen's classic, set in 19th century England, about a congenial young lady's well–intentioned but misjudged…
Emma (Jane Austen's Emma) (1996)
- Dir. Diarmuid Lawrence
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Dominic Rowan, Mark Strong…
- Released the same year as the fanfared Gwyneth Paltrow version, this modest made–for–TV version of Jane Austen's matchmaker rom–com…
Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series) (1996-2005)
- Feat. Ray Romano, Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts…
- Long–running US sitcom set around a sportswriter entangled in the dysfunctions and agendas of his oddball family. Inoffensive, easily enjoyable…