Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Comedy: 1089 Films to Buy & Rent
Mother's Day (2016)
- Dir. Garry Marshall
Feat. Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson…
- A quality sap–fest from the director of NEW YEAR'S EVE and VALENTINE'S DAY that follows the fortunes of three generations coming together for…
Mum (TV Series) (2016-2019)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Richard Laxton
Feat. Lesley Manville, Peter Mullan
- Quality British character comedy following twelve months in the life of a newly widowed mother in her late fifties who attempts to rebuild her life…
Olive Tree, The (El olivo) (2016)
- Dir. Iciar Bollain
Feat. Anna Castillo, Javier Gutiérrez, Pep Ambros
- Spanish actor–director Iciar Bollain and Ken Loach's regular screenwriter Paul Laverty join forces for this warm and sometimes humorous road…
Ordinary World (2016)
- Dir. Lee Kirk
Feat. Billie Joe Armstrong, Selma Blair, Judy Greer…
- Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong tries out his acting chops as a domesticated ex–rocker who throws an extravagant 40th birthday party…
Perfect Strangers (Perfetti sconosciuti) (2016)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Paolo Genovese
Feat. Giuseppe Battiston, Anna Foglietta, Marco Giallini…
- A clever comedy of manners for the iphone–era, this Italian award–winner follows a dinner party debacle that unfolds after seven…
Shared Rooms (2016)
- Dir. Rob Williams
Feat. Daniel Lipshutz, Alex Neil Miller, Enzo Nova
- Queer rom–com telling three interconnected stories of gay men seeking love during the holiday season.
A married couple take in a teenage…
Street Cat Named Bob, A (2016)
- Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Luke Treadaway, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt
- A sweet and poignant comedy–drama based on the life (and best–selling autobiography) of James Bowen, a young homeless London busker and…
Teacher, The (Ucitelka) (2016)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Jan Hrebejk
Feat. Zuzana Mauréry
- Black comedy set in 1983 Bratislava, where a school teacher takes advantage of Communist traditions, manipulating the parents of her students into…
This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)
- Dir. Simon Aboud
Feat. Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine…
- A talented but reclusive girl develops a friendship with her cantankerous neighbour in this contemporary fairy tale set against the backdrop of a…
This Is Us (TV Series) (2016)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Feat. Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown…
- Comedy–drama following the lives of two twins and their adopted brother, interweaving the past and present to explore how each of the…