Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 545 Films to Rent on VHS
- Out-of-Towners, The (1999)
- Dir. Sam Weisman
Feat. Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn
- Replaying Neil Simon's original screenplay (the basis for the 1970 Jack Lemmon film), Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn leave the safe and cosy haven of…
- Picking Up the Pieces (1999)
- Dir. Alfonso Arau
Feat. Sharon Stone, Woody Allen, Cheech Marin…
- When the pieces of a dismembered Sharon Stone are dumped on the Mexican border one of her hands goes astray and is soon being worshiped by the locals…
- Playing by Heart (1999)
- Dir. Willard Carroll
Feat. Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson…
- Ambitious multi–character film along the lines of SHORT CUTS, likewise set in the varying social strata of Los Angeles, but infused with…
- Secret Society (1999)
- Dir. Imogen Kimmel
Feat. Charlotte Brittain
- ‘Big lady’ Charlotte Brittain finds herself entering a secret society of other seeming lard–arses from her factory job –…
- Shonky Golf (1999)
- Feat. Mick Molloy
- Oz comedian Mick Molloy divets up the fairway in a demonstration of dodgy, illegal, and frankly crass golf–play.
- Siam Sunset (1999)
- Dir. John Polson
Feat. Linus Roache, Danielle Cormack
- Bright brain candy that puts a surreal, antipodean tilt on road–movie/black comedy familiarities, with dazed Brit Linus Roache suffering an…
- Skipped Parts (1999)
- Dir. Tamra Davis
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bug Hall, Brad Renfro…
- Set in the early 1960s, this begins as a typical coming–of–age comedy, with Jennifer Jason Leigh and her son shifting to Smalltown, USA…
- South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999)
- Dir. Trey Parker
- This big screen splash from the cult TV show is also fouler–mouthed, has a strong musical element, and an ironic twist – an R–rated…
- This Year's Love (1999)
- Dir. David Kane
Feat. Kathy Burke, Jennifer Ehle, Ian Hart…
- Set amongst the romantic roundelays of 6 thirty–somethings who reside in London's bohemian Camden Town, this comedy has a quirky streak, some…
- Three to Tango (1999)
- Dir. Damon Santostefano
Feat. Matthew Perry, Neve Campbell, Dylan McDermott
- An urban comedy of deception whose quality varies between its mildly idiotic plot and some effective casting, in the form of Matthew Perry (TV's…