Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5472 Films to Rent
King of Hearts (1967)
- Dir. Phillipe De Broca
Feat. Alan Bates, Genevieve Bujold, Pierre Brasseur
- Excellently quirky mid–60s comedy that became a cult–hit in the US, has soldier Alan Bates infiltrate a French village in WWI, which has…
Ladies of the Night (Plus vieux métier du monde, Le) (1967)
- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard, Philippe de Broca, Claude Autant-Lara
Feat. Anna Karina, Elsa Martinelli, Jeanne Moreau…
- A six–segment portmanteau comedy which traces the history of prostitution from its Stone Age version (being the 'oldest profession') through to…
Les Grandes Vacances (The Big Vacation) (1967)
- Dir. Jean Girault
Feat. Louis de Funès, Ferdy Mayne
- French comedy great Louis de Funès plays dictatorial headmaster to his two wayward sons, who rock the boat when sent to England as exchange students.
Magnificent Two, The (1967)
- Dir. Cliff Owen
Feat. Morecambe and Wise
- Perhaps the tightest of the TV comedy duo's cinematic attempts, in which they play a pair of salesmen dithering around in an unstable South American…
Playtime (1967)
- Dir. Jacques Tati
Feat. Jacques Tati
- Tati's satirical vision of modern city life and brutalist architecture is his magnum opus. His alter–ego Mr. Hulot goes about his third…
President's Analyst, The (1967)
- Dir. Theodore J. Flicker
Feat. James Coburn
- Madcap comedy suspense tracking a hapless guy awarded the task of being the president's assistant, who then must deal with bribes and death threats…
Reluctant Astronaut, The (1967)
- Dir. Edward Montagne
Feat. Don Knotts, Leslie Nielsen, Joan Freeman
- Don Knotts, best known as the comedic sidekick on the "Andy Griffiths Show", plays a goofy carnival ride operator who is hired as a janitor at the…
Road to Nashville, The (1967)
- Dir. Will Zens
Feat. Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins
- An enjoyably corny plotline about organising a country concert is the frame for this stellar line–up of 60s mainstream country stars.
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Rocket To The Moon (1967)
- Dir. Don Sharp
Feat. Burl Ives, Troy Donahue, Gert Frobe…
- Jules Verne’s sci–fi classic gets a stupendously silly makeover in this comic chronicle of a scientific consortium’s attempts to launch a…
Secret War of Harry Frigg, The (1967)
- Dir. Jack Smight
Feat. Paul Newman, Tom Bosley
- WWII comedy following the sorry exploits of several high ranking allied generals who are captured in Italy but refuse to take orders from each other…