Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5465 Films to Rent
Singles (1992)
- Dir. Cameron Crowe
Feat. Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Campbell Scott…
- Despite the grungy soundtrack and the Seattle setting, this ain't a gritty depiction of long–hairs trying to put their anarchic stamp on the…
Sister Act (1992)
- Dir. Emile Ardolino
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg
- Whoopi Goldberg cavorts in a convent to evade the nasty boys after witnessing a gangland murder. Good–natured…
Sneakers (1992)
- Dir. Phil Alden Robinson
Feat. Robert Redford, Ben Kingsley, Sidney Poitier…
- This reworks the spy–caper genre to dazzling effect as an endearing team of security crackpots attempt to outwit bad egg Ben Kingsley whose…
Stay Tuned (1992)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. John Ritter, Pam Dawber, Jeffrey Jones…
- Elaborate fantasy send–up of trash TV culture in which John Ritter and Pam Dawber get sucked into their TV set and are forced to endure…
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
- Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Estelle Getty, JoBeth Williams…
- Taking a leaf out of Arnie's playbook, Sylvester Stallone tries his hand at comedy – sending up his tough guy persona as a mommy's boy who has…
Straight Talk (1992)
- Dir. Barnet Kellman
Feat. Dolly Parton, James Woods, Griffin Dunne…
- Easy–going comedy with Dolly Parton as a country gal who becomes a wildly popular 'agony aunt' on a Chicago radio station. Dolly livens up an…
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
- Dir. Baz Luhrmann
Feat. Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Barry Otto…
- An extraordinary comedy set in the world of ballroom dancing, appropriately loaded with glitz, self–mocking and brashness.
While at its…
Used People (1992)
- Dir. Beeban Kidron
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Marcello Mastroianni, Kathy Bates…
- Feathers fly in the hen–house of recently widowed Shirley Maclaine when courted by debonair Marcello Mastroianni.
Vita Cane (Life's a Bitch aka Vita da Cane) (1992)
- Dir. Carlo Liconti
- An Italian hairdresser plays loverboy with a bevy of clients, but things snowhall hilariously when, to everyone's dismay, he falls in strictly…
Wayne's World (1992)
- Dir. Penelope Spheeris
Feat. Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe
- Adapted from Mike Myers and Dana Carvey's Saturday Night Live TV skit, this full–length running gag makes the most of likeable loonies Wayne…