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Rental > Comedy > LGBT: 24 Films to Rent on VHS
Mambo Italiano (2003)
- Dir. Emile Gaudreault
Feat. Luke Kirby, Ginette Reno, Paul Sorvino
- Light–hearted story follows an Italian immigrant family in Canada who comically resist their son's efforts to announce he is gay.
Set around…
Drole de Felix (The Adventures of Felix aka Funny Felix) (2001)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Jacques Martineau, Olivier Ducastel
Feat. Sami Bouajila
- Seeking to meet his father for the first time, HIV–positive Sami Bouajila journeys across France from Dieppe to Marseille in a tour of…
Broadway Damage (2000)
- Dir. Victor Mignatti
Feat. Mara Hobel, Michael Lucas, Hugh Panaro
- Big gay hugs to the Big Apple and Broadway culture, centering around two friends with mismatched romantic lives, and their scene–stealing…
Broken Hearts Club, The (2000)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Greg Berlanti
Feat. Timothy Olyphant
- Ensemble romantic comedy set in and around a baseball team in the bustling gay mecca of West Hollywood. Centre plate is up–and–coming…
I Think I Do (1999)
- Dir. Brian Sloan
Feat. Alexis Arquette, Christian Maelen, Lauren Valez
- Feelgood, gay–affirmative comedy revolves around six 20–somethings of various persuasions, who come together when two of their number…
If Only You Knew (1999)
- Dir. David Snedeker
Feat. Johnathon Schaech, Alison Eastwood, James LeGros…
- Journalist Johnathon Schaech needs an NYC apartment urgently and ends up feigning 'gay–ness' so as to placate sexy Alison Eastwood, who has an…
Trick (1999)
- Dir. Jim Fall
Feat. Tori Spelling
- Downtown Manhattan is the setting of this easy–going, nightlife adventure for a group of gay friends and fag–hag Tori Spelling...
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Tommy O'Haver
Feat. Sean P. Hayes, Paul Bartel, Meredith Scott Lynn
- A giddy tribute to the wayward impulses of the heart, the affable Sean P. Hayes plays Billy, a struggling gay photographer infatuated with a dreamy…
In and Out (1998)
- Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck…
- Bow–tied teacher Kevin Kline is 'out'–ed by an ex–student during his Oscar acceptance speech, casting suspicion on his impending…
Relax...It's Just Sex (1998)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. P.J. Castellaneta
Feat. Mitchell Anderson, T.C. Carson, Lori Petty…
- Centring around an eclectic group of friends – gay, straight and lesbian – in LA, a struggling gay playwright is desperately looking for…
Kiss Me Guido (1997)
- Dir. Tony Vitale
Feat. Nick Scotti, Anthony De Sando, Anthony Barrile
- Gay–straight comedy of mistaken identity (ala WEDDING BANQUET) set in New York's Little Italy has an authentic sub–cultural bent, but be…
Latin Boys Go to Hell (1997)
- Dir. Ela Troyano
Feat. Irwin Ossa, John Bryant Daula, Jenifer Lee Simard
- Torrid sexual intrigue, dance–club shenanigans and breakneck plot twists power this low–budget story of the New York Hispanic gay…
Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)
- Dir. Joe Mantello
Feat. Jason Alexander, Stephen Spinella
- The exclamations–marks certainly fly in this spirited comedy of summer–weekend craziness and bad manners. Based on Terrence McNally's…
Man of the Year (1996)
- Dir. Dirk Shafer
Feat. Vivian Paxton, Claudette Sutherland, Michael Marisi Ornstein
- Dirk Shafer's crafty autobiographical 'mockumentary', reconstructs his bizarre experience as a gay model having to live the charade of being…
Madagascar Skin (1995)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Chris Newby
Feat. Bernard Hill, John Hannah
- Intimate drama that portrays the unlikely relationship between two outsiders in a remote seaside cottage in South Wales.
Hannah plays a disfigured…
The Pink Show (1995)
- Feat. Scott Capurro, Steve Best, Maria Esposito
- A 'gay–friendly' revue show hosted by Ian Keable at the Playhouse Theatre, London in 1995. Acts include Scott Capurro, Steve Best and Maria…
Thin Ice (1995)
- Dir. Fiona Cunningham Reid
Feat. Sabra Williams, Charlotte Avery
- Lesbian ice–skating comedy, has Sabra Williams pairing–up with the straight Charlotte Avery for the Gay Games, and teetering into romance…
Grief (1994)
- Dir. Richard Glatzer
Feat. Illeana Douglas, Alexis Arquette, Mary Woronov…
- A quirky blend of 'situation–satire' and contemporary mores, centred round the production offices of Californian TV soap 'The Love Judge' (set…
To Die For (1994)
- Dir. Peter MacKenzie
Feat. Thomas Arklie, Ian Williams, Dilly Keane…
- A bizarre, often amusing ‘gay’ version of BLITHE SPIRIT, in which Thomas Arklie is haunted by the camped–up spirit of recently…
Zero Patience (1993)
- Dir. John Greyson
Feat. John Robinson, Normand Fauteur, Dianne Heatherington
- Completely unusual AIDS musical is a chaotic pastiche of sketches and styles that collectively debunk the various myths about the origins of AIDS.…
Law of Desire (1986)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura
- Sexual acrobatics and absurd humour abound as it explores the increasingly complex sex–life of a gay film director. Fun screwball romp.
La Cage Aux Folles 2 (1980)
- Dir. Edouard Molinaro
Feat. Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Galabru
- Cast and crew reunite for this enjoyable sequel to one of the most successful French comedies of all time. This time our two heroes find themselves…
Gay Deceivers, The (1969)
- Dir. Bruce Kessler
Feat. Kevin Coughlin, Lawrence P Casey
- Two draft–ees hope to dodge the army by pretending to be gay.
Julian Clary Live
- Feat. Julian Clary
- Everybody's favourite fruitcake is captured in all his sequined glory, accompanied by the lovely Russell and a swag of double entendres. Two shows:…