Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5570 Films to Buy & Rent
What's Up Doc? (1972)
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn…
- Creditable homage to the screwball farces of Hawks and Sturges, with Barbara Streisand as the wildcard in the life of musicologist Ryan O’Neal.…
Where Does It Hurt? (1972)
- Dir. Rodney Amateau
Feat. Peter Sellers, Rick Lenz, Harold Gould…
- Watchable farce has Sellers playing Dr. Albert T Hopfnagel, a corrupt hospital official devoted to the art of ripping off patients.
Barbed satire…
Alfredo Alfredo (1971)
- Dir. Peitro Germi
Feat. Dustin Hoffman
- Even Dustin Hoffman is dubbed in this low–rent sex farce that only the Italians seem to find funny. Time has procured it novelty value.
All in the Family (TV Series) (1971-1979)
- Dir. Norman Lear
Feat. Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner
- Iconic American sitcom from the 1970's centred around the life of working–class bigot Archie Bunker and his family in Queens, New York. The…
Bananas (1971)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen
- A bizarre storyline lands Woody in the middle of a South American revolution.
Bearcats! (TV Series) (1971)
- Feat. Rod Taylor, Dennis Cole
- Endearing "late Western" TV series set in 1914 in which Rod Taylor and Dennis Cole star as a pair of charismatic troubleshooters for hire who gad…
Beware Of A Holy Whore (Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte, The Little Chaos, The City Tramp) (1971)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla
- Dubbed Fassbinder's most autobiographical work, this ambiguous comedy investigates relations between a clan of artists attempting to make a film in…
Boy Friend, The (1971)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Max Adrian…
- Unavailable on any format until recently, this long lost flight of fancy finds Ken Russell remodeling the golden age of musicals in his own…
Carnal Knowledge (1971)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret…
- Classic from the early 70s 'zeitgeist', this funny yet sobering film chronicles the sex lives of two disparate men from high–school to…
Comedians, The (TV Series) (1971-1993)
- Born out of the working men's clubs in 70's England, and beginning as an experiment for Granada TV, this had more gags, one–liners and knowing…