Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5561 Films to Buy & Rent
At Last Smith And Jones (TV Series) (Alas Smith and Jones) (1984-1998)
- Feat. Mel Smith, Griff Rhys-Jones
- Best of the British sketch show ALAS SMITH AND JONES.
Similar in tone to NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS, this is equally hit–and–miss,…
Bachelor Party (1984)
- Dir. Neal Israel
Feat. Tom Hanks
- 'Classic', if that's the word, 80s sex comedy has an impish Tom Hanks undergoing various hair–raising rites of passage before he is wed.
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
- Dir. Martin Brest
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Steven Berkoff
- Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley has never been funnier than in this winning combo of action and comedy.
Blame it on Rio (1984)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Michael Caine, Demi Moore, Joseph Bologna…
- French–style farce in which Caine and his business partner holiday in Rio de Janeiro with their respective teenage daughters in tow. Caine has…
Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
- Dir. Ray Cameron
Feat. Kenny Everett, Pamela Stephenson, Vincent Price…
- Horror comedy about six scientists investigating a creepy manor, where a mysterious massacre killed 18 guests in a single night many years…
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Mia Farrow
- Woody is a well–meaning show–biz agent who signs up any odd–ball with an act on the notion that they may pay long–term…
Brother from Another Planet (1984)
- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Joe Morton, Steve James, Bill Cobbs
- Quirky comic fantasy from John Sayles about a mute alien negro who crash lands in New York and mixes with some earthbound home–boys in downtown…
Chance in a Million (TV Series) (1984-1986)
- Feat. Simon Callow, Brenda Blethyn
- A young Simon Callow and Brenda Blethyn star as Tom Chance and his long–suffering girlfriend Alison in this 'classic' Brit–com based…
Cheech and Chong: Corsican Brothers (1984)
- Dir. Thomas Chong
Feat. Cheech and Chong
- Cheech and Chong abandon drug–humour for this comic historical spoof, taking three roles each, with their own families being recruited to fill…
Comfort and Joy (1984)
- Dir. Bill Forsyth
Feat. Bill Paterson, Eleanor David
- Another likeable and quirky comedy from Bill Forsyth, about a disc–jockey who becomes involved in a mob feud over a mobile ice–cream…