Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5536 Films to Buy & Rent
Yes Men Fix the World, The (2009)
- Dir. Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno
- The activist pranksters of documentary THE YES MEN direct and star in their own follow–up, which chronicles their continuing adventures as…
Youth in Revolt (2009)
- Dir. Miguel Arteta
Feat. Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Zach Galifianakis…
- Perfectly typecast, Michael Cera plays an adorable, sexually–frustrated "nice guy" who invents a trouble–making alter ego –…
Zombieland (2009)
- Dir. Ruben Fleischer
Feat. Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone…
- Deftly funny splatter comedy set in a post–apocalyptic world overrun with – you guessed it – Zombies, has two drifters teaming up…
$5 A Day (Five Dollars a Day) (2008)
- Dir. Nigel Cole
Feat. Christopher Walken, Alessandro Nivola, Sharon Stone…
- Lightweight comedy with the conservative son of a thrifty conman begrudgingly joining his father on the road –– after being released from…
$9.99 (2008)
- Dir. Tatia Rosenthal
Feat. Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Roy Billing…
- An unemployed 28–year–old named Dave comes across a booklet purporting the know the meaning of life – and all for $9.99 – in…
27 Dresses (2008)
- Dir. Anne Fletcher
Feat. Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Edward Burns
- Katherine Heigl is a perennial bridesmaid, torn between attending her 28th wedding, and falling in love with her sister's…
30 Rock (TV Series) - Season 3 (2008)
- Feat. Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan…
- Further episodes of the critically acclaimed TV satire captained by the brilliant Tina Fey, here playing the besieged head writer of a comedy variety…
A Bunch of Amateurs (2008)
- Dir. Andy Cadiff
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Derek Jacobi, Imelda Staunton
- Affable "backstage" comedy focused on a faded Hollywood action hero (Reynolds) who thinks he's won the prestige role of a lifetime – King Lear…
A Deal Is A Deal (Three And Out) (2008)
- Dir. Jonathan Gershfield
Feat. Mackenzie Crook, Gemma Arterton, Imelda Staunton…
- Quirky Brit comedy sees miserable train driver Paul (Mackenzie Crook, THE OFFICE) discover a novel loophole in his contract: if three people die…
A Film With Me In It (2008)
- Dir. Ian Fitzgibbon
Feat. Dylan Moran, Mark Doherty, Keith Allen…
- Wonderfully droll vehicle for the amiable, slightly–sozzled comic persona of Dylan Moran, who stars as a down–at–heel actor who…