Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5561 Films to Buy & Rent
We're No Angels (1989)
- Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Demi Moore…
- Robert De Niro and Sean Penn team up as a couple of escaped convicts who cross the border in clergical attire.
Weekend at Bernies (1989)
- Dir. Ted Kotcheff
Feat. Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart
- A tacky but highly inventive comedy about two young execs who must ensure their deceased boss at least appears that way in order to enjoy his luxury…
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
- Dir. Paul Flaherty
Feat. John Candy, Annie Potts, Jeffrey Jones…
- Comedy–mystery vehicle for John Candy, who plays an often incompetent, sometimes genius, private investigator in search of a kidnapping victim.
Wilt (1989)
- Dir. Michael Tuchner
Feat. Griff Rhys-Jones, Mel Smith
- Tom Sharpe's outrageous farce with Griff Rhys Jones as the dowdy schoolteacher suspected of murdering his social–climbing wife. Bent in all the…
Young Einstein (1989)
- Dir. Yahoo Serious
Feat. Yahoo Serious, Odile Le Clezio, John Howard
- Ozzie one–man film–making machine Yahoo Serious stars in his own zany slapstick epic about an intrepid young maverick who happens to be a…
18 Again! (1988)
- Dir. Paul Flaherty
Feat. George Burns, Charlie Schlatter, Tony Roberts
- Cigar–chomping icon George Burns stars in this gauche 80's comedy in which he inadvertently switches souls with his grandson.
Action Jackson (1988)
- Dir. Craig R. Baxley
Feat. Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Sharon Stone
- Sports hero turned actor Carl Weathers lends charisma as the titular Detroit cop driven by vengeance to stay on the trail of dastardly auto magnate…
Alexei Sayle's Stuff (TV Series) (1988)
- Feat. Alexei Sayle
- Highlights from Alexei Sayle's fab TV show including sketches “The Art of Verbal Abuse” and “Crapbags Holiday Tours”.
An Audience with Peter Ustinov (1988)
- Feat. Peter Ustinov
- Multi–talented actor and writer Ustinov performs a set full of over–the–top anecdotes with his unique brand of observational humour…
Ariel (1988)
- Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpaa
- A redundant miner takes his newly acquired Thunderbird to Helsinki in search of financial and emotional security, but is hampered with rotten luck. A…