Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Family > Comedy: 289 Films to Rent on DVD
- Look Who's Talking (1989)
- Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Bruce Willis…
- Amiable comedy featuring 'Mickey', the infant that thinks aloud, courtesy of Bruce Willis. He's more than handful for Mom Kirstie Alley and boyfriend…
- Simpsons, The (TV Series) (1989)
- Dir. Various
- Fun at home with Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson – the definitve animated American family, in the iconic TV series of the 1990s has…
- Beetlejuice (1988)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin…
- A deceased couple return as ghosts and discover their home has been occupied by an obnoxious family, so decide to enlist the services of…
- Big (1988)
- Dir. Penny Marshall
Feat. Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia…
- Tom Hanks is perfect as a 12–year–old trapped in an adults body, having to cope with big business and romance without the benefit of…
- Just Ask for Diamond (1988)
- Dir. Stephen Bayly
Feat. Colin Dale, Dursley McLinden, Saeed Jaffrey…
- Whimsical British spoof on 'The Maltese Falcon' that tells the story of a precocious private eye and his kid brother who are given £200 to guard a…
- Short Circuit 2 (1988)
- Dir. Kenneth Johnson
Feat. Fisher Stevens, Michael McKean, Cynthia Gibb…
- The lovable robot of SHORT CIRCUIT fame is back, with the same endearing naivety – this time he's up against street hoods, a greedy banker and…
- Wonder Years, The (TV Series) (1988-1993)
- Feat. Fred Savage
- 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…
- Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
- Dir. Chris Columbus
Feat. Elisabeth Shue, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp…
- A young Elisabeth Shue is serious crush material as the teenage babysitter who must escort two rug rats through the treacherous urban jungle of…
- Full House (TV Series) (1987-1995)
- Feat. John Stamos, Bob Saget, Mary-Kate Olsen…
- The ultimate in 24–carat family friendly fare, this light American sitcom expanded on the THREE MEN AND A BABY formula, with its premise of a…
- Innerspace (1987)
- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan…
- The premise of FANTSTIC VOYAGE is comically reworked with a vastly different plotline involving a miniaturized Dennis Quaid is inadvertently injected…