Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5549 Films to Buy & Rent
Lonely in America (1990)
- Dir. Barry Alexander Brown
Feat. Tirlok Malik, Adelaide Miller, Robert Kessler…
- An ambitious but genial Indian bachelor elusively chases the American dream in New York. A colourful, spicy comedy from Spike Lee's longtime…
Loose Cannons (1990)
- Dir. Bob Clark
Feat. Dan Aykroyd, Gene Hackman, Dom DeLuise…
- Clunky buddy cop comedy has Gene Hackman and Dan Aykroyd teaming up to fight crime, only one of them suffers from split personality disorder.
Love at Large (1990)
- Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins, Anne Archer…
- Beautifully shot and styled like a '40s detective thriller, this sexy, romantic comedy sees Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins and Anne Archer embroiled…
Match Factory Girl, The (1990)
- Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Kati Outinen, Elina Salo
- Aki Kaurismaki concludes his "Proletariat Trilogy" with this bleakly ironic fable following the drab fortunes of a factory–worker (Kati…
Meet the Applegates (1990)
- Dir. Michael Lehmann
Feat. Ed Jr. Begley, Stockard Channing, Dabney Coleman
- A wacky satire about a family of insects who assimilate into suburban America in order to blow up a nuclear power plant. As bent as it sounds, from…
Meet the Feebles (1990)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Donna Akesten, Stuart Devenie, Mark Hadlow
- "The Muppets meets Blue Velvet in hell" was Fangoria's accurate description of this perversely funny satire featuring an all–puppet cast. From…
Men at Work (1990)
- Dir. Emilio Estevez
Feat. Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Leslie Hope…
- Real–life bros Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen play two garbage men who uncover a conspiracy involving illegal toxic waste dumping and decide…
Mermaids (1990)
- Dir. Richard Benjamin
Feat. Cher, Winona Ryder, Christina Ricci…
- Cher plays the sexpot mom of square daughter Winona Ryder who aspires to be a nun. Slight but affecting tale set in small town '60s America, with Bob…
My Blue Heaven (1990)
- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack…
- Steve Martin plays a mob informant who has trouble adapting to his new life–style in suburbia, arranged by FBI dweeb, Rick Moranis.
Nasty Girl, The (1990)
- Dir. Michael Verhoeven
Feat. Lena Stolze, Hans-Reinhard Muller, Monika Baumgartner
- Poignant comedy about an essay prize–winning scholar who creates community havoc when she decides to write about her home town during the Third…