Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Drama: 1115 Films to Buy & Rent
800 Words (TV Series) (2015)
- Feat. Erik Thomson, Michelle Langstone, Jonathan Brugh
- From the writers of OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE come this gentle dramedy that follows the travails of a widowed Sydney columnist as he up sticks for life in…
A Man Called Ove (En man som heter Ove) (2015)
- Dir. Hannes Holm
Feat. Rolf Lassgard, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg
- Endearing Swedish hit about a grumpy 59–year–old widower who was deposed as president of the condominium association, but still presides…
Aloha (2015)
- Dir. Cameron Crowe
Feat. Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Emma Stone…
- Hawaiian set romantic comedy with Bradley Cooper as a defense worker who teams up with a pilot to stop a satellite launch.
Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong (2015)
- Dir. Emily Ting
Feat. Jamie Chung, Bryan Greenberg
- A charming romance unfolds in Hong Kong between a Chinese–American toy designer and an American ex–pat. Based on the director's own…
Anomalisa (2015)
- Dir. Charlie Kaufman
Feat. David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan
- Charlie Kaufman directs this affecting stop–motion animation that explores a loners failure to connect with other people and his struggles to…
Ballers (TV Series) (2015)
- Feat. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Rob Corddry, John David Washington
- ENTOURAGE–like series centred around the misadventures of a group of NFL footballers, their agents and their families.
Better Call Saul (TV Series) (2015)
- Feat. Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Michael McKean
- Spinning–off from smash hit BREAKING BAD, this worthy successor follows the trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer Saul Goodman, in the…
Big Short, The (2015)
- Dir. Adam McKay
Feat. Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling…
- A nimble and pointed comedy with a serious agenda about four denizens in the world of high–finance who predict the credit and housing bubble…
Brand New Testament, The (2015)
- Dir. Jaco Van Dormael
Feat. Benoit Poelvoorde, Catherine Deneuve, François Damiens…
- Fantastical comedy in which God's teenage daughter gets fed up up with her overbearing father – who never gets off the computer – and…
Chi-Raq (2015)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Teyonah Parris…
- Brilliant Spike Lee musical transposing the classical Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes into the setting of a Chicago neighbourhood beset by gang…