Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5549 Films to Buy & Rent
Wish Upon a Star (1996)
- Dir. Blair Treu
Feat. Katherine Heigl, Danielle Harris
- A little Disney magic is sprinkled on this fetching TV movie about a younger sister who wishes to switch places with her popular older sister (a very…
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
- Dir. Steve Oedekerk
Feat. Jim Carrey
- Carrey flogs his talent to lifelessness in this installment of the pet detective par arrogance. African culture gets the thin end of his wedge this…
All Men Are Liars (1995)
- Dir. Gerard Lee
Feat. Toni Pearen, David Price, John Jarratt
- The provocative title masks a good–natured cross–dressing comedy from Jane Campion's ex–collaborator. Mistaken sexual identities…
American President, The (1995)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen…
- Appealing romantic comedy in which Michael Douglas, in refreshingly light mode, plays a widowed Mr. President looking for a partner who'll love the…
August (1995)
- Dir. Anthony Hopkins
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Phillips, Leslie Burton
- Anthony Hopkins directs and takes the lead role in this variation on Chekhov's oft–filmed drama Uncle Vanya, setting it in his native Wales…
Babe (1995)
- Dir. Chris Noonan
Feat. James Cromwell, Magna Szubanski
- Clever, funny, original pig movie, with a hoard of farmyard animals more convincingly dubbed than their human co–stars. Seen through the eyes…
Bad Boys (1995)
- Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Will Smith, Martin Lawrence
- Will Smith and Martin Lawrence ride their wave of their current popularity with this buddy cop movie that maximises their likeable personas. A…
Baldy Man, The (1995)
- Dir. Colin Gilbert
Feat. Gregor Fisher
- In the tradition of Mr. Bean, Gregor Fisher stars in this new no–dialogue comedy show as a babbling, clumsy, almost lovable character. Four…
Billy Madison (1995)
- Dir. Tamra Davis
Feat. Adam Sandler
- Former Saturday Night Live comic Adam Sandler unveils his particular talent for crude buffoonery as a spoiled rich–kid who must go through his…
Billy's Holiday (1995)
- Dir. Richard Wherret
Feat. Max Cullen, Kris McQuade, Richard Roxburgh
- A melan–comic tale of a bored middle aged shopkeeper who discovers he has a voice of as sweet and soulful as Billie Holiday. It's never too…