Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5549 Films to Buy & Rent
Les Patterson Saves the World (1987)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Barry Humphries, Pamela Stephenson, Thaao Penghlis
- This raunchy comedy sees Humphries star as the bumbling Australian ambassador Les Patterson and his better known alter–ego Dame Edna Everage…
Lethal Weapon (1987)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
- Enjoyable caper–comedy, teaming up Gibson and Glover as partners–in–crime–fighting, struck a winning formula and inspired a…
Life Is a Long Quiet River (1987)
- Dir. Etienne Chatiliez
Feat. Benoit Magimel, Helene Vincent, Andre Wilms…
- Wry, off–beat comedy with a resonant message about two families of different classes who discover that their twelve–year–old…
Love Child (1987)
- Dir. Robert Smith
Feat. Peter Capaldi
- Conceived by famed hippy parents who were killed in a car crash, office nerd Peter Capaldi now aspires only to be 'ordinary'. A quirky,…
Made in Heaven (1987)
- Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Timothy Hutton, Kelly McGillis, Maureen Stapleton…
- Quirky comedy with Timothy Hutton finding true soul–mate Kelly McGillis in heaven.
Mannequin (1987)
- Dir. Michael Gottlieb
Feat. Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty…
- Andrew McCarthy stars as a department store window–dresser who discovers that one of his mannequins (Kim Cattrall) is actually a woman from…
Monster Squad, The (1987)
- Dir. Fred Dekker
Feat. Andre Gower, Stephen Macht, Stan Shaw…
- A group of savvy kids attempt to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monstrous cohorts – all familiar faces from Universal horror…
Moonstruck (1987)
- Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Cher, Danny Aiello
- Superb comic drama rivals the best of Woody Allen through vignettes of family life in New York's Italian district, and the cast have never been…
New Statesman, The (TV Series) (1987-1991)
- Dir. Geoffrey Sax
Feat. Rik Mayall
- Rik Mayall plays British Tory MP Alan B’Stard in this fairly amusing sift through the sleazy, corrupt corridors of Westminster.
All four series…
Outrageous Fortune (1987)
- Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Bette Midler, Shelley Long, George Carlin…
- Floozy Bette Midler and straight–gal Shelley Long search for their boyfriend in common.