Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 545 Films to Rent on VHS
- Celebrity Deathmatch (TV Series) (1999)
- Genuinely amusing clay–mation generated by MTV, stages fantasy bouts–to–the–death between various celebrity pairings, like:…
- Comedy Greats - Dick Emery (1999)
- Dir. Harold Snoad
Feat. Dick Emery
- A much–loved British TV comedian of the 1960s and 70s, Dick Emery was a master of costume and make–up, playing a host of characters in…
- Critical Care (1999)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. James Spader, Helen Mirren, Kyra Sedgwick
- Veteran dir. Sidney Lumet (NETWORK) elevates a potentially humdrum comedy about hospital ethics into smart satire. James Spader plays an intern who…
- Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
- Dir. Mike Mitchell
Feat. Rob Schneider
- A lumpen, crassly effective sex–farce about a luckless–in–love fish–tank cleaner who scrubs up for gigolo duties in a series…
- East Is East (1999)
- Dir. Damien O'Donnell
Feat. Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jimi Mistry
- Polished bittersweet comedy about a family of Pakistani Brits living in 1970s Manchester, headed by a traditionalist patriarch whose keen to make…
- Elephant Juice (1999)
- Dir. Sam Miller
Feat. Emmanuelle Beart, Sean Gallagher, Daniel Lapaine
- The makers of the cult late–night TV–series ‘This Life’, extract a similar blend of drama, ennui and pathos from the lives of…
- Funny by George (The George Wallace Story) (1999)
- Dir. Don Percy
- Celebrates the life and times of unashamedly Australian vaudeville comedian and movie star, George Wallace.
- Girl (1999)
- Dir. Jonathan Kahn
Feat. Dominique Swain
- Hybrid of the teen–flick with grunge–rock movie, starring Dominique Swain (LOLITA) as a brainy virgin who decides to fall in with some…
- Gun Shy (1999)
- Dir. Eric Blakeney
Feat. Liam Neeson, Sandra Bullock, Oliver Platt…
- Implausible and cartoonish, this crime comedy has the novelty of Liam Neeson trying out a comedy role – as stressed–out undercover cop…
- I Think I Do (1999)
- Dir. Brian Sloan
Feat. Alexis Arquette, Christian Maelen, Lauren Valez
- Feelgood, gay–affirmative comedy revolves around six 20–somethings of various persuasions, who come together when two of their number…