Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5561 Films to Buy & Rent
Date With An Angel (1987)
- Dir. Tom McLoughlin
Feat. Michael E. Knight, Emmanuelle Beart, Phoebe Cates…
- Frothy and feckless, this dim comedy has a man waking up after his bachelor party to find an angel in his pool. You can bet they're going to have…
Degrassi Junior High (TV Series) (1987-1991)
- An unusually entertaining 1980s Canadian high school drama gathered a certain cult following around its charismatic young cast and well–judged…
Dirty Dancing (1987)
- Dir. Emile Ardolino
Feat. Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach…
- Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze set the woods on fire with their passionate dance–moves in a 1960s American holiday resort. Wildly successful…
Dragnet (1987)
- Dir. Tom Mankiewicz
Feat. Tom Hanks, Dan Aykroyd, Christopher Plummer…
- Amiably silly buddy–cop comedy that both parodies and pays homage to television crime drama of the 1950s and 60s. Dan Aykroyd plays the "old…
Dudes (1987)
- Dir. Penelope Spheeris
Feat. Jon Cryer, Catherine Mary Stewart
- A wacky road movie about a trio of New York punks who attempt to get to LA in a VW. They bargain on fame and fortune, but end up with serious…
Eat the Rich (1987)
- Dir. Peter Richardson
Feat. Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Jennifer Saunders…
- Terrific second feature from the COMIC STRIP players makes a spectacular mockery of the British class structure and Thatcherist politics. It's a…
Eddie Murphy - Raw (1987)
- Feat. Eddie Murphy
- Eddie Murphy captured live and, er, raw. Something here to amuse and offend just about everyone – live from the Flet Forum, New York.
Fatal Beauty (1987)
- Dir. Tom Holland
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Ruben Blades
- Whoopi Goldberg stars in this action–comedy thriller as a tough narc cop with a wig for every occasion. Clearly modelled after the BEVERLY…
Filthy, Rich and Catflap (TV Series) (1987)
- Feat. Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer
- THE YOUNG ONES magic had gone, but the anarchic energy lives on for Rik RicMayall and Adrian Edmondson in this follow–up series. All six…
Full House (TV Series) (1987-1995)
- Feat. John Stamos, Bob Saget, Mary-Kate Olsen…
- The ultimate in 24–carat family friendly fare, this light American sitcom expanded on the THREE MEN AND A BABY formula, with its premise of a…