Subgenre Sampler
Sales > Drama > Comedy: 142 films to Buy
- Simple Men (1992)
- Hartley's third feature re–visits his deadpan, sexy and intellectual world in which two brothers set off to find their estranged father.
- Poster (U) $9.95
- Commitments, The (1991)
- Surprise hit simply chronicles the rise and fall of a Dublin soul band, formed by a group of teens with naught better to do. Unashamedly light fare,…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Gravy Train, The (TV Mini-series) (1990-1991)
- Intriguing political TV Mini–series based around a scheming Director of European Economic Community and his naive assistant travelling across…
- DVD $24.95, $24.95, $39.95
- Life Is Sweet (1990)
- Life is always bittersweet in a Mike Leigh film, but never so funny. Naturalism and caricature harmonise is this domestic black comedy thanks to his…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Do the Right Thing (1989)
- Spike Lee's tour–de–force of racial friction and personal politics, forged his status as the most important black director in history.…
- DVD $39.95
- Wonder Years, The (TV Series) (1988-1993)
- One of the more endearing US TV series of the period, depicts the 'growing up' of its adolescent protagonists with humour and empathy. This disc…
- DVD $24.95, $34.95, $34.95, $34.95
- Porterhouse Blue (Mini-series) (1987)
- Stuffy Powerhouse College, with its old boy archaism and hermetically sealed traditions, is given a jolt of reform by new headmaster Ian Richardson.…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
- Naked Civil Servant, The (1981)
- The life and times of homosexual Quentin Crisp, as drawn from his autobiography. John Hurt is a revelation as this courageous man who endured major…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95, $19.95
- BBC Shakespeare Collection: Series 3 (The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice, All's Well That Ends Well, The Winter's Tale, Timon of Athens, Antony & Cleopatra) (1978)
- The third in a series of boxed–sets compiling the BBC's comprehensive Shakespeare adaptations for television. This set includes:
The Taming…
- DVD $54.95
- Annie Hall (1977)
- The 'hall'mark of Woody Allen's career – it won him an Oscar for Best Picture and made him a household name. It's a hilarious send–up of…
- DVD
$20 $15