Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5570 Films to Buy & Rent
Blott on the Landscape (TV Mini-Series) (1985)
- Feat. David Suchet, George Cole, Geraldine James…
- Cheeky, farcical BBC comedy is one of the better adaptations of Tom Sharpe's satirical works. David Suchet nails the defiant gardener Blott who,…
Brazil (1985)
- Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Ian Holm…
- Daydreaming bureaucrat Jonathan Pryce becomes unwittingly involved with an underground superhero and a mystery woman before falling victim to his own…
Breakfast Club, The (1985)
- Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall…
- Five teenagers do detention together in this John Hughes classic.
Came a Hot Friday (1985)
- Dir. Ian Mune
Feat. Billy T. James
- Billy T. James stars in this comic yarn about a pair of inept bookmakers whose greed leads them to losing (and trying to recoup) their…
Catholic Boys (Heaven Help Us) (1985)
- Dir. Michael Dinner
Feat. Mary Stuart Masterson, John Heard, Donald Sutherland…
- Slight, but engaging comedy set around a group of Roman Catholic schoolboys and their misadventures with the opposite sex.
Clue (1985)
- Dir. Jonathan Lynn
Feat. Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn…
- Whodunnit comedy based on the well–known boardgame, with its characters undergoing the rounds of suspicion and questioning after a murder.…
Coca Cola Kid, The (1985)
- Dir. Dusan Makavejev
Feat. Eric Roberts, Greta Scacchi, Bill Kerr…
- Quirky Aussie comedy about a Coca Cola marketing guru (Roberts) who visits a small town in the Australian outback to try and sell his product, only…
Cocoon (1985)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn…
- Delightful fantasy about a group of elderly folk who find the fountain of youth in a swimming pool that has been adopted by alien visitors. A special…
Creator (1985)
- Dir. Ivan Passer
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Vincent Spano…
- A charmingly absurd sci–fi rom–com from the 1980's starring Peter O'Toole as a madcap scientist who applies his eccentric methodology to…
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
- Dir. Susan Seidelman
Feat. Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn…
- Rosanna Arquette and Madonna shine in this spunky and spirited New York comedy/murder mystery – up there with the best of John Hughes' popular…