Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5465 Films to Rent
Manny and Lo (1996)
- Dir. Lisa Krueger
Feat. Mary Kay Place, Scarlett Johansson, Aleksa Palladino
- Two runaway sisters kidnap an expert surrogate care–giver, a baby–shop clerk, to help them after one falls pregnant. As a…
Mars Attacks! (1996)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening…
- Tim Burton once again turns tacky into an art form, but this time with a monster budget to match the alien carnage.
This gleefully (though…
Michael (1996)
- Dir. Nora Ephron
Feat. John Travolta, William Hurt, Andie MacDowell…
- Not even the star presence of John Travolta, William Hurt, and Andie MacDowell can revive this abysmal comic–fantasy about a cynical tabloid…
Mirror Has Two Faces, The (1996)
- Dir. Barbra Streisand
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges
- Frumpy college prof Barbra Streisand pains to keep her platonic vows in an 'ideal' no–sex marriage to fellow academic Jeff Bridges.
Babs'…
Mr. Reliable (My Entire Life) (1996)
- Dir. Nadia Tass
Feat. Colin Friels, Gillian Statham, Susie Porter
- A bland title conceals a corker recreation of a bizarre event of late '60s Ozzie history, when a petty criminal became a folk hero after a…
Mr. Wrong (1996)
- Dir. Nick Castle
Feat. Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Pullman
- Ellen DeGeneres, of TV's 'Ellen', playing the dating game of the 90s, meets a handsome stranger only to find his 'perfect' veneer is a creepy…
Multiplicity (1996)
- Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Harris Yulin…
- This attempt to repeat the successful formula of GROUNDHOG DAY falls short by making less of its high concept. Instead, its left to ride on the comic…
My Fellow Americans (1996)
- Dir. Peter Segal
Feat. Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd
- Fanciful political comedy supposes two foul–mouthed, grumpy old ex–Presidents (Jack Lemmon, James Garner) framed and on the run from…
Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (1996)
- Dir. Jim Mallon
Feat. Trace Beaulieu, Michael J Nelson, Jim Mallon
- Movie version of a popular cable show in which a B–movie (in this case, THIS ISLAND EARTH) is mercilessly heckled by a trio of 'witty'…
Nutty Professor, The (1996)
- Dir. Tom Shadyac
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith
- Eddie Murphy finds what used to make him funny in this surprisingly inspired refresher of the Jerry Lewis comedy classic about a nerdy college…