Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy > Independent: 231 Films to Rent on DVD
- Future, The (2011)
- Dir. Miranda July
Feat. Miranda July, Hamish Linklater, David Warshofsky…
- Another arthouse treasure from the writer/director/actor behind ME AND YOU EVERYONE WE KNOW concerns an atypical 30–something LA couple who…
- Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011)
- Dir. Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Feat. Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Susan Sarandon…
- The Duplass brothers follow–up the formidable CYRUS with another deep–centred comedy about the crises of two stagnant adult siblings; one…
- Terri (2011)
- Dir. Azazel Jacobs
Feat. John C. Reilly, Jacob Wysocki, Creed Bratton
- An overweight teenage outcast finds unlikely counsel and friendship in the intimidating vice principal of his high school in this…
- Win Win (2011)
- Dir. Tom McCarthy
Feat. Paul Giamatti, Alex Shaffer, Amy Ryan…
- Recession comedy starring midlife–crisis poster boy Paul Giamatti, who here entangles his professional life as a struggling lawyer with his…
- Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
- Dir. James Nguyen
Feat. Alan Bagh, Whitney Moore
- Shoe–string trash homage to Hitchcock's THE BIRDS that follows a romantic couple whose small town that is attacked by birds.…
- Cyrus (2010)
- Dir. Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Feat. John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei…
- This placid yet sophisticated comedy of male rivalry sees a middle–aged divorcee (Reilly) stumble upon the woman of his dreams (Tomei), only to…
- Daydream Nation (2010)
- Dir. Michael Goldbach
Feat. Kat Dennings, Reece Thompson, Andie MacDowell…
- A daydreaming 17–year–old (Dennings) seduces a high school teacher for kicks, only to attract the attention of a lovesick stoner…
- Get Low (2010)
- Dir. Aaron Schneider
Feat. Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek…
- Folksy comic tale with mysterious hermit Duvall throwing the inhabitants of a small town into turmoil when he decides to host his own funeral party.
- Greenberg (2010)
- Dir. Noah Baumbach
Feat. Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Rhys Ifans…
- An off–key, serio–comic role for Ben Stiller, here playing a challenged 40–something whose stint crashing at his brother’s L.A.…
- Happy Thank You More Please (2010)
- Dir. Josh Radnor
Feat. Josh Radnor, Malin Akerman, Zoe Kazan…
- Genial indie comedy with a self involved writer and his friends struggling to adjust to adulthood. Directorial debut of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER star…