Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5570 Films to Buy & Rent
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage
- Kathleen Turner returns to the '50s to relive her youth and contemplate what might have been.
Peking Opera Blues (1986)
- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Brigitte Lin, Cherie Chung, Sally Yeh
- One of prolific Hong Kong director/producer Tsui Hark's most celebrated films is a genre–blending romp set around the Peking Opera in 1913. A…
Perfect Strangers (TV Series) (1986-1993)
- Feat. Bronson Pinchot, Mark Linn-Baker
- Quirky 80's comedy series following the farcical exploits of a couple of mismatched Chicago roommates – a foreign sheepherder from a distant…
Pretty in Pink (1986)
- Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton
- Molly Ringwald faces some tricky teenage dilemmas in John Hughes' quintessentially '80s rite–of–passage.
Real Ghostbusters, The (TV Series) (1986)
- Popular eighties cartoon series furthers the adventures of Ghostbusters Peter, Egon, Ray and Winston, although this time they're joined by past…
Robin Williams - Live at the Met (1986)
- Feat. Robin Williams
- Vintage, foul–mouthed Robin Williams performance features the zany comedian at his best in a series of improvisations and loopy character…
Running Scared (1986)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Steven Bauer
- Two street–wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed…
Ruthless People (1986)
- Dir. David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams
Feat. Bette Midler, Danny De Vito
- A genuine classic from the Zucker brothers and Touchstone pictures. The ingenious plot is laced with great gags, giving Bette Midler and Danny DeVito…
Shadows in Paradise (Varjoja paratiisissa) (1986)
- Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Matti Pellonpaa, Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen
- The first film in Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy follows a lonely garbage collector who finds romance with a check–out clerk (Kaurismäki…
She's Gotta Have It (1986)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Spike Lee
- Spike Lee's stylish debut accounts the love–lives of Nola Darling, a black siren with three boyfriends all demanding her fidelity. A remarkably…