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Sales > Foreign Cinema > Comedy: 73 films to Buy on DVD
- Fallen Leaves (2023)
- Director Aki Kaurismaki returns with a deadpan romantic crowd–pleaser about two lost souls in Helsinki on a bumpy road to finding each…
- DVD $29.95
- The Origin of Evil (2022)
- A black comedy thriller from France about riches, bitches and patriarchal pricks, because when it comes to money all bets are off and all knives come…
- DVD $29.95
- Two Tickets To Greece (2022)
- A sunlit escapist comedy set in Les Cyclades (the original French title) starring Laure Calamy and Olivia Côte as long–estranged childhood…
- DVD $29.95
- I'm Your Man (2021)
- A fabulously entertaining high concept comedy from Germany about a skeptical scientist who agrees to a three week product test of a humanoid robot…
- DVD $29.95
- Next Door (2021)
- A dark and witty German comedy exploring gentrification and social inequality in Berlin, marking the directorial debut of accomplished actor Daniel…
- DVD $29.95
- Worst Person in the World, The (2021)
- Gloriously provocative and richly perceptive comedy drama from talented Norwegian director Joachim Trier (THELMA), which follows an unpredictable,…
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- A Friendly Tale (Le bonheur des uns) (2020)
- A charming four–hander from the director of LE CHEF in which a sparkling cast play two forty–something couples whose professional and…
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- Antoinette in the Cevennes (2020)
- A warm hearted French comedy from writer director Caroline Vignal, starring Laure Calamy as a school teacher on a journey of self–discovery in…
- DVD $29.95
- County, The (2020)
- A quintessentially Icelandic serio–comedy from the director of RAMS about one woman’s fight against a monopolistic co–op stifling the…
- DVD $29.95
- How to Be a Good Wife (2020)
- Feather lite French comedy set in 1968, with the predictably scene–stealing Juliette Binoche playing an immaculate and morally upright teacher…
- DVD $29.95
- Limbo (2020)
- A moving cross–cultural comedy about the refugee experience, set on a remote Scottish island where a promising young Syrian musician is waiting…
- DVD $29.95
- Man in the Hat, The (2020)
- Road–trip comedy–musical about a man who sets off from Marseilles in a small Fiat 500, with five angry men in a Citroën Dyane…
- DVD $29.95
- Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)
- Assured Polish Oscar contender about a Ukrainian immigrant who unexpectedly develops a cult–like following while working as a masseur in a…
- DVD $29.95
- Rosa's Wedding (2020)
- Delightful Spanish comedy about a hard–working seamstress in her mid–40's who decides to turn her life around after spending years…
- DVD $29.95
- Rose Maker, The (La fine fleur) (2020)
- Gentle French comedy with Catherine Frot (THE MIDWIFE) playing a rose maker on the verge of financial ruin, who hires three hapless misfits with no…
- DVD $29.95
- Wedding Speech, The (Le discours) (2020)
- Smart and sophisticated crowd–pleaser from French director Laurent Tirard (NICHOLAS ON HOLIDAY), following an anxiety–ridden man who is…
- DVD $29.95
- An Unexpected Love (El amor menos pensado) (2019)
- Argentinian romantic comedy exploring the lives of a couple who, after 25 years of marriage, decide to explore being single, with hilarious and…
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- Heroic Losers (2019)
- Winning underdog comedy from Argentinian director Sebastian Borensztein (CHINESE TAKEAWAY) based on the novel by Eduardo Sacheri (THE SECRET IN THEIR…
- DVD $29.95
- I Feel Good (2019)
- Oscar winner Jean Dujardin (THE ARTIST) stars in this quirky French comedy about a man with a ridiculous get–rich–quick scheme involving…
- DVD $29.95
- It Must Be Heaven (2019)
- Brilliantly absurdist comedy of errors following a Palestinian filmmaker who leaves his country for the West and the promise of a new and better…
- DVD $29.95
- My Days of Glory (Mes jours de gloire) (2019)
- French comedy about a self–absorbed, unemployed twenty–something who shamelessly sponges off his parents after his promising career as a…
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- Mystery of Henri Pick, The (Le mystère Henri Pick) (2019)
- Delectable literary–themed French comedy caper based on the book of the same name by David Foenkinos.
The titular Henri Pick is a…
- DVD $29.95
- Of Love and Lies (2019)
- Uplifting French dramedy about a diminutive but spirited 12–year old boy who challenges his lonely disillusioned dad into embracing life again…
- DVD $29.95
- Perfumes (2019)
- Anne (Emmanuelle Devos) was once the star of her industry – a perfumer whose ability to produce enticing new fragrances was second to none. She…
- DVD $29.95
- Room 212 (Chambre 212, On a Magical Night) (2019)
- Playful French rom–com from acclaimed writer–director Christophe Honore (MA MERE, DAN PARIS).
Set over the course of one night, where…
- DVD $29.95
- Truth, The (2019)
- Dazzling modern family drama from master auteur Kore–eda Hirokazu (SHOPLIFTERS), pairing French screen icons Catherine Deneuve and Juliette…
- DVD $29.95
- My Big Gay Italian Wedding (2018)
- Enjoyable silly comedy adaptation of the off–Broadway play about a gay couple in Berlin who decide to get married in a small village in Italy,…
- DVD $29.95
- Normandy Nude (Normandie nue, Naked Normandy) (2018)
- Francois Cluzet leads a sizeable cast of mostly non–actors in this warm–hearted French comedy from the dir. of THE WOMEN ON THE 6TH FLOOR…
- DVD $29.95
- Sink or Swim (Le grand bain) (2018)
- A group of 40–something guys, all on the verge of a mid–life crisis, decide to form their local pool's first ever synchronized swimming…
- DVD $29.95
- Trouble With You, The (En liberté!) (2018)
- Sparkling, action filled rom–com from director Pierre Salvadori (PRICELESS, WILD TARGET) where a principled detective on the French Riviera is…
- DVD $29.95
- Woman at War (2018)
- A droll yet heroic tale of a fifty–year–old environmental activist who is secretly waging a one–woman–war on the local…
- DVD $29.95
- Aurore (I Got Life!) (2017)
- Actress and co–writer Jaoui is the heart and soul of this witty if overly–familiar rom–com as the eponymous 50–year–old…
- DVD $29.95
- C'est La Vie (Le sens de la fête) (2017)
- An archetypically bubbly, if not quite champagne quality, French comedy from the creators of THE INTOUCHABLES in which an irritable veteran wedding…
- DVD $29.95
- Like Crazy (La Pazza Gioia) (2016)
- Gratifying comedy–drama following two women, one a troubled introvert, one an impassioned mythomaniac, who break out of a psychiatric facility…
- DVD $29.95
- Lost in Paris (Paris pieds nus) (2016)
- Another gem from husband–and–wife team, Abel & Gordon, featuring a roster of typically clever sight gags that follows the trail of a…
- DVD $29.95
- Olive Tree, The (El olivo) (2016)
- Spanish actor–director Iciar Bollain and Ken Loach's regular screenwriter Paul Laverty join forces for this warm and sometimes humorous road…
- DVD $39.95
- Slack Bay (Ma Loute) (2016)
- In a Northern French coastal town in 1910, a family of bourgeois eccentrics are holidaying in a picturesque cliff–top villa. But when tourists…
- DVD $24.95
- Two is a Family (Demain tout commence) (2016)
- An elegantly crafted, crowd–pleasing comedy–drama in fine French tradition, following a bachelor (Omar Sy, THE INTOUCHABLES) who enjoys a…
- DVD $29.95
- Up For Love (Un homme à la hauteur) (2016)
- Warm hearted French rom–com about a lawyer who unexpectedly falls for a man with short stature (Jean Dujardin, star of THE ARTIST and the OSS…
- DVD $34.95
- Truman (2015)
- Spanish cinema stars Ricardo Darin and Javier Camara team up for this sensitive comedy as childhood friends who reunite after many years when one of…
- DVD $29.95
- Folies Bergère (Paris Follies) (2014)
- Isabelle Huppert stars in this lighty comic French tale as a as a farmer’s wife who takes off to Paris on a whim and finds romance in unexpected…
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- Sex, Love and Therapy (The Missionaries) (2014)
- Frothy sex comedy with Patrick Bruel as a marriage counsellor and recovering sex addict whose abstinence is tested by the discovery that his new…
- DVD $24.95
- Wetlands (2013)
- Provocative comic tale of an eccentric girl who has strange attitudes towards hygiene and sexuality longs for the reunion of her divorced parents.
- DVD $29.95
- Another Woman's Life (2012)
- Juliette Binoche is typically radiant in this otherwise slight variation on the time–leap genre. She plays a well–to–do woman who…
- DVD $29.95
- Fly Me to the Moon (Un plan parfait) (2012)
- The French churn out another dispensable yet dishy rom–com, this time centred on a woman (Diane Kruger, she of the supermodel looks) who…
- DVD $29.95
- Ages of Love (Manual of Love 3) (2011)
- Third installment in the fluffy romantic series has benefits from the presence of De Niro as a visiting professor seduced by his neighbour's…
- DVD $29.95
- And If We All Lived Together (2011)
- Five 70–something friends resolve to move in together when faced with life in a retirement home, much to the fascination of a ethnology student…
- DVD $29.95
- Skylab (2011)
- Julie Delpy directs this nostalgic crowd–pleaser, set around a rowdy family gathering in the summer of 1979, whose youngest member believes…
- DVD $29.95
- Women on the 6th Floor, The (2011)
- An immensely entertaining comedy of the classes, about an uptight Parisian couple who welcome a gaggle of Spanish maids into their lives for the…
- DVD $19.95
- Abel (2010)
- Sweet and satisfyingly unpredictable child fantasy about an imaginative young boy who returns from a psychiatric ward to declare himself the father…
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- Age of Reason, The (With Love... from the Age of Reason) (2010)
- A frazzled career woman at breaking point reconnects with her childhood in this soul–searching romantic comedy.
More melodramatic, and less…
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- Nothing to Declare (2010)
- Actor–director Dany Boon follows up his hit regional comedy WELCOME TO THE STICKS with another lite French farce founded in stubborn parochial…
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- French Kissers, The (Les Beaux Gosses) (2009)
- Gallic hormonal comedy about two unkempt, sex–obsessed adolescents and their wavering exploits with the school's most popular girl.
Is quite…
- DVD $29.95
- LOL (2008)
- Sassy French comedy stars Sophie Marceau as the loving, long–suffering mother of a rebellious teen lass.
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- Silent Wedding (2008)
- Gentle comedy of a bride and groom whose wedding is interrupted by the death of Stalin, and the period of one weeks mourning effective immediately.…
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- No Mercy For The Rude (2006)
- A mute hitman limits his contract killings to ‘rude’ individuals, saving up for a voice–restoring operation in this unconventional riff on…
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- OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
- Dusting off a little–known French spy spoof from the 1960's, this remake upgrades rather than updates the franchise, combining the Bond school…
- DVD $19.95
- Science of Sleep, The (2006)
- A delightfully self–conscious, self–indulged fantasy for cine–wizard Michel Gondry, the director's follow–up to ETERNAL…
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- Agatha and The Storm (Agata e la tempesta) (2004)
- Loosely woven tale of a middle–aged bookshop owner, who becomes embroiled in a surreal swirl of romance and family secrets of infidelity, her…
- DVD $24.95
- As it is in Heaven (Så som i himmelen) (2004)
- A feelgood arthouse hit about a renowned classical music conductor who rediscovers his roots in the far north of Sweden.
Acquiring a rundown…
- DVD $19.95
- Matando Cabos (2004)
- Energetic Mexican 'farce of errors' in which two teenagers kidnap a coldly ruthless businessman, not realising he is also a coveted prize for a…
- DVD $29.95
- Narco: Secret Adventures of Gustav Klopp (2004)
- A narcoleptic comic–book writer finds illusion and reality blurring between his fantastical imagination, a succession of dead–end day…
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- Unconscious (Inconscientes) (2004)
- Boisterous 'Freudian farce' set amidst the extravagent architecture of Barcelona in 1913, where a disturbed psychiatrist suddenly adandons his…
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- Amelie (2001)
- A charming romantic comedy stamped with the purely cinematic style of dir. Jean–Pierre Juenet, who here remixes intricate set pieces, editing…
- DVD $14.95
- Autumn Spring (Babí léto) (2001)
- Spry Czech comedy of elderly bad manners, concerns an aging prankster (Brodsky) who spends his retirement impersonating people in league with a…
- DVD $29.95
- Closet, The (Le Placard) (2001)
- More comic gold from the king of French farce, Francis Veber, who understands the value of a good premise, great actors, and simple, unpretentious…
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- Va Savoir (Who Knows) (2001)
- Skilful romantic farce interweaves the lives of six characters connected to an Italian theatre troupe on tour in Paris (doing Pirandello’s ‘As…
- DVD $14.95
- The Best Man's Wedding (Jalla! Jalla!) (2000)
- A racy comic swirl through the family, romantic, sexual and general personal dilemmas of two Swedish best friends.
While one must suffer the…
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- Dinner Game, The (1998)
- Gourmet–grade French farce from the maestro of the genre – well–packaged, delivered without haste, indeed delicious, if a slightly…
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- Guantanamera (1996)
- A quirky mix of low–speed road movie and romantic comedy following the unsteady progress of a funeral procession across the length of Cuba…
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- Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1993)
- Unabashed low–brow comedy about a gang of misfits who tussle it out in a Tokyo University wrestling ring, which also serves as the circle in…
- DVD $29.95
- Things of Life, The (Les Choses De La Vie) (1970)
- Golden Palm nominated French comedy focusing on the life of a fatally injured man who upon seeing his life flash before his eyes realizes he must…
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- Mr. Hulot's Holiday (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot) (1953)
- Jacques Tati fine–tunes the virtues of JOUR DE FETE to create his most eponymous character. The first of four Hulot features follows the…
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