Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5561 Films to Buy & Rent
Nude Bomb, The (1980)
- Dir. Clive Donner
Feat. Don Adams, Sylvia Kristel
- An aging Don Adams tries to re–ignite the GET SMART magic in this latter–day feautre film spin–off. Strictly for completists only.
Pride and Prejudice (TV Mini-Series) (1980)
- Feat. Elizabeth Garvie, David Rintoul, Moray Watson
- Fay Weldon adaptation of the Jane Austen perennial in which the arrival of a wealthy gentleman sends her marriage–minded mother into a frenzy,…
Private Benjamin (1980)
- Dir. Howard Zieff
Feat. Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante…
- Well–fashioned vehicle for Hawn's natural comic talents, she here plays a swanky socialite who joins the army on the spur of the…
Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980)
- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam LeFevre…
- In his feature debut, writer–director John Sayles demonstrates a wisdom way beyond his years with this ‘do–it–yourself’…
Richard Pryor - Gene Wilder Collector's Pack (Stir Crazy, Another You, See No Evil Hear No Evil) (1980-1991)
- Feat. Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor
Rising Damp (TV Series) (1980)
- Dir. Ronnie Baxter
Feat. Leonard Rossiter, Richard Beckinsale, Frances de la Tour…
- A dank Brit boarding–house is the setting for this classic sitcom written by Eric Chappell.
Series 1 & 2 (15 episodes) available across two…
Rising Damp - The Movie (1980)
- Dir. Joseph McGrath
Feat. Leonard Rossiter, Frances de la Tour, Denholm Elliott…
- A movie–length reprise of the classic boarding–house sitcom, which retains the slightly squalid characters and stories, but in its humour…
Seems Like Old Times (1980)
- Dir. Jay Sandrich
Feat. Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Charles Grodin…
- Neil Simon scripted this unheralded screwball comedy, right up there with THE GOODBYE GIRL. Chevy Chase plays a divorced novelist who seeks the help…
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980)
- Dir. Steve Roberts
Feat. Trevor Howard, Patrick Magee
- Based on Vivian Stanshall's surreal radio monologues, this tipsy British comedy concerns the attempts of an eccentric British aristocrat to exorcise…
Stir Crazy (1980)
- Dir. Sidney Poitier
Feat. Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Craig T. Nelson
- The first and best of the Pryor/Wilder comedies, about a pair of clumsy crooks who land in jail. Plenty of laughs – though fairly predictable…