Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 545 Films to Rent on VHS
- Thunderpants (2002)
- Dir. Peter Hewitt
Feat. Simon Callow, Stephen Fry, Paul Giamatti…
- Sweet but slight comedy concerning a 10–year old prodigy who turns his scientific talents towards helping a misfit friend who suffers from high…
- Unconditional Love (2002)
- Dir. P.J. Hogan
Feat. Kathy Bates, Rupert Everett, Lynn Redgrave…
- A neatly amusing comedy concerning the fan of a recently deceased pop crooner, who teams up with the singer's gay lover to investigate the death (or…
- Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The (2001)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Helen Hunt, Dan Aykroyd…
- Woody comfortably ambles through this genial spoof of a 40s detective film, playing a renowned insurance investigator who falls prey to a…
- Drole de Felix (The Adventures of Felix aka Funny Felix) (2001)
- 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…
- Everybody Famous (2001)
- Dir. Dominique Deruddere
Feat. Josse De Pauw, Eva van der Gucht, Werner De Smedt…
- A hit in the Netherlands and at festivals, this half–sweet, half–cringe–inducingly sour satire, sees truly mediocre singer Eva Van…
- Evolution (2001)
- Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Julianne Moore…
- An attempt to replicate the jokey sci–fi formula of MEN IN BLACK by the same producers, has alien bacteria riding a meteor and crashing on…
- Get Over It (2001)
- Dir. Tommy O’Haver
Feat. Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Melissa Sagemiller…
- Although helped by the charisma of Kirsten Dunst, this teen–movie retreads many of the usual formulas, with hero Ben Foster losing his…
- Guinevere (2001)
- Dir. Audrey Wells
Feat. Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea
- Sarah Polley (GO) headlines in this Sundance–winning indie, as a directionless Harvard graduate who falls under the spell of…
- Happy Days - Biography (2001)
- Feat. Ron Howard, Henry Winkler
- The 1970s US TV–Series ‘Happy Days’, set in suburban 1950s Milwaukee, is revisited with the crew and cast.
- Human Nature (2001)
- Dir. Michel Gondry
Feat. Tim Robbins, Rhys Ifans, Patricia Arquette…
- An odd yet amusing burlesque from the makers of BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, presenting a wildly contrived scenario as an excuse to examine the comedy of…