Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5549 Films to Buy & Rent
La Crise (1992)
- Dir. Coline Serreau
Feat. Vincent Lindon, Patrick Timsit, Zabou
- Another smart comedy of crises from the comedienne director of THREE MEN AND A CRADLE and ROMUALD ET JULIETTE.
A high–powered corporate…
La Vie De Boheme (1992)
- Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Matti Pellonpaa, Evelyne Didi, Andre Wilms
- An achingly deadpan treatment of the book that served as the basis for Puccini's opera. Ironically romantic portrait of deadbeat, impoverished…
Larry Sanders Show, The (TV Series) (1992)
- Feat. Garry Shandling, Rip Torn, Jeffrey Tambor…
- A seminal comic work that preceded the likes of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM and 30 ROCK, Garry Shandling's parody of the late–night talk show hit all…
League of Their Own, A (1992)
- Dir. Penny Marshall
Feat. Geena Davis, Madonna, Tom Hanks…
- Good–natured comedy centres around the female baseball league that formed while the men were off fighting in WW2.
Leon the Pig Farmer (1992)
- Dir. Gary Sinyor, Vadim Jean
Feat. Mark Frankel
- Well–written comic gem has Jewish boy Mark Frankel discovering (shock! horror! the guilt!) that his real parents are not the suburban…
Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
- Dir. Dale Launer
Feat. Sandra Bullock, Tate Donovan, Dale Midkiff
- Hokey rom–com following a lonely biochemist who discovers a "love potion" that can cause those around him to be hopelessly attracted to him.
Mad About You (TV Series) (1992)
- Feat. Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt, John Pankow
- Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt lengthened already solid acting careers with this light, fail–safe nineties sticom detailing the relationship…
Martin (TV Series) (1992-1997)
- Feat. Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, Carl Anthony Payne II
- Sassy sitcom vehicle for Martin Lawrence, who plays his alter–ego Martin Payne, a radio and television personality. Focuses on his romantic…
Matinee (1992)
- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. John Goodman, Cathy Moriaty, David Clennon
- The director of GREMLINS and EXPLORERS affectionate nod to science fiction B–movies and film director/gimmickmeister, William Castle. Set…
Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful (1992)
- Dir. John Fortenberry
Feat. Julie Brown, Bobcat Goldthwait
- The talented Julie Brown sharpens her claws and is not afraid to use them in this parody of Madonna's self–adoring documentary, TRUTH OR DARE.