Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy > Independent: 231 Films to Rent on DVD
- Juno (2007)
- Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. Elliot Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner…
- Upstart indie comedy that broke wide into the mainstream, this packages up Gen–Y angst and 'riot–grrl' attitude into a commercially…
- Just Buried (2007)
- Dir. Chaz Thorne
Feat. Rose Byrne, Jay Baruchel, Graham Greene
- Unrepentant dark comedy focused on a young man inheriting a struggling funeral home who tries to drum up some business by killing off the town…
- Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
- Dir. Craig Gillespie
Feat. Ryan Gosling, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer…
- Ryan Gosling plays an awkward loner who enters into a courtship with a life–size, anatomically–correct sex doll in this…
- Living Wake, The (2007)
- Dir. Sol Tryon
Feat. Mike O'Connell, Jesse Eisenberg, Jim Gaffigan
- Literate and defiantly non–conformist, this snob comedy about an eccentric failure in the arts and his rickshaw…
- Rats and Cats (2007)
- Dir. Tony Rogers
Feat. Jason Gann
- Warped black comedy from the makers of strange comedy series WILFRED, tracking down a talentless retired movie star, 'Darren McWarren', who retreats…
- Rocket Science (2007)
- Dir. Jeffrey Blitz
Feat. Reece Thompson, Anna Kendrick, Denis O'Hare…
- Pointy–headed comedy from the dir. of the documentary SPELLBOUND that switches the subject to high–school debating, and the travails of…
- Waitress (2007)
- Dir. Adrienne Shelly
Feat. Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Adrienne Shelly…
- Keri Russell plays a small–town diner waitress and pie expert, stuck with (and knocked up by) the wrong man – her scary redneck husband…
- Year of the Dog (2007)
- Dir. Mike White
Feat. Laura Dern, Peter Sarsgaard, Regina King…
- This sensitive comedy–drama about a woman whose life falls to pieces when her pet beagle dies, is the directorial debut of Mike White, writer…
- Clerks 2 (2006)
- Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson…
- Troublesome sequel to Kevin Smith's vulgar low–budget classic again injects bawdy humour and repressed angst into the lives of two listless,…
- Delirious (2006)
- Dir. Tom DiCillo
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Alison Lohman…
- Character–driven satire focused on a paparazzo and wannabe actor trying to make it big in the industry, only to discover the price of fame in…