Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5549 Films to Buy & Rent
Tremors (1990)
- Dir. Ron Underwood
Feat. Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Michael Gross
- Exciting tongue–in–cheek horror flick in the tradition of 50s 'Creature Features' has Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward among the desert yokels…
User Friendly (1990)
- Dir. Gregor Nicholas
Feat. William Brandt, Alison Bruce, Judith Gibson
- An exuberant comic jaunt in which a mysterious kanine statuette becomes the object of hot pursuit for a number of crackpots, each keen to exploit its…
Waiting for God (TV Series) (1990)
- Feat. Graham Crowden, Stephanie Cole
- Two stoic geriatrics refuse to give in to their retirement village sentence in this stubborn comedy of staying young. Crowden is particularly…
Waiting for the Light (1990)
- Dir. Christopher Monger
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Teri Garr, Clancy Brown
- Shirley MacLaine is a hoot in this silly family film about a former magician who moves her straight–laced niece and her mischievous children to…
When Harry Met Sally (1990)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal
- Thirtysomething favourite that amicably flirts with the subject of platonic relationships between men and women. Meg Ryan's priceless 'fake orgasm'…
Where the Heart Is (1990)
- Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Uma Thurman, Crispin Glover, Dabney Coleman…
- Trendy New York teens are forced out of their parents house to live in a ramshackle dump, and learn the ways of the real world. Kooky fun.
Wicked Willie Comes Again (1990)
- Dir. Bob Godfrey
- The animated adventures of a man and his 'best friend' Willie adapted for the small–screen from Gray Jolliffe's cartoon series. More amusing…
Without You I'm Nothing (1990)
- Dir. John Boskovich
Feat. Sandra Bernhard
- Sandra Bernhard struts her stuff on various New York stages with music, dance and humour packaged into something that's gloriously sexy, flamboyant,…
You Rang, M'lord? (TV Series) (1990)
- Feat. Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland, Su Pollard
- An 'upstairs, downstairs' sitcom from TV writers David Croft and Jimmy Perry (DAD'S ARMY), featuring much of the cast that appeared in the creators'…
Zilch (1990)
- Dir. Richard Riddiford
Feat. Michael Mizrahi
- Ominously–titled comedy–thriller in which a clerk (Michael Mizrahi) becomes involved in a conspiracy involving greedy money–men on…