Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Comedy: 912 Films to Buy & Rent
All of Me (1984)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin
- Martin gives a career–best turn when, through a little hocus–pocus, is forced to share his body with a crotchety millionairess.
At Last Smith And Jones (TV Series) (Alas Smith and Jones) (1984-1998)
- Feat. Mel Smith, Griff Rhys-Jones
- Best of the British sketch show ALAS SMITH AND JONES.
Similar in tone to NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS, this is equally hit–and–miss,…
Blame it on Rio (1984)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Michael Caine, Demi Moore, Joseph Bologna…
- French–style farce in which Caine and his business partner holiday in Rio de Janeiro with their respective teenage daughters in tow. Caine has…
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Mia Farrow
- Woody is a well–meaning show–biz agent who signs up any odd–ball with an act on the notion that they may pay long–term…
Cheech and Chong: Corsican Brothers (1984)
- Dir. Thomas Chong
Feat. Cheech and Chong
- Cheech and Chong abandon drug–humour for this comic historical spoof, taking three roles each, with their own families being recruited to fill…
Flamingo Kid, The (1984)
- Dir. Garry Marshall
Feat. Matt Dillon
- Amiable teen vehicle for Matt Dillon set at a 1950s holiday resort.
Johnny Dangerously (1984)
- Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. Michael Keating, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner…
- Michael Keaton turns to a life of crime to support his ailing mother in this zany spoof of 1930's gangster films.
Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Robin Williams, Alejandro Rey, Maria Conchita Alonso
- Robin Williams plays a Russian musician who defects while touring the U.S., but finds his new home often less than rosy. Tragicomedy, played and…
Oxford Blues (1984)
- Dir. Robert Boris
Feat. Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy, Amanda Pays…
- A streetwise American hustler pursues the girl of his dream to England's where he enrols at Oxford University and joins the rowing team in an effort…
Police Academy (1984)
- Dir. Hugh Wilson
Feat. Steve Guttenberg, Michael Winslow, Kim Cattrall
- Original of a long–series of 80s comedies lampooning various misfit recruits to a chaotic Police Academy. Stars Steve Guttenberg and Kim…