Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5540 Films to Buy & Rent
Kuch Naa Kaho (2003)
- Dir. Rohan Sippy
Feat. Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan
- Effective, if predictable, this contemporary comedy of arranged marriage concerns an eligible bachelor (Bachban) who becomes the personal project of…
Kung Faux (TV Series) (2003)
- Postmodern comic conceit, where a series of classic kung–fu films are redubbed with new music and voiceovers by various hiphoppers –…
Last Detective, The (TV Series) (2003)
- Feat. Peter Davison
- The ironically moniker Constable "Dangerous" Davies livens up this comic policier about an inept but persistent detective saddled with the most…
Latter Days (2003)
- Dir. C. Jay Cox
Feat. Steve Sandvoss, Wes Ramsey, Jacqueline Bisset
- Putting a slight twist on the conventions of romantic gay comedy, a Los Angeles party animal falls for and becomes involved with a young Mormon…
Le Divorce (2003)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, Leslie Caron…
- Neither romantic escapism nor French farce American–style, this comedy from ‘prestige’ partnership Merchant–Ivory can’t find shape…
League of Gentlemen, The - Series 2 (TV Series) (2003)
- Dir. Steve Bendelack
Feat. Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith
- Second series of the ghoulishly black comedy set in the sinister Northern English village of Royston Vasey.
Little Britain (TV Series) (2003)
- Dir. Steve Bendelack, Graham Linehan
Feat. Tom Baker, Matt Lucas, David Walliams…
- A surrealistic (invented) travelogue narrated by Tom Baker, which explores the eccentricities of various caricatured 21st century Britons. Created by…
Look Around You (TV Series) (2003-2006)
- Dir. Tim Kirkby
Feat. Robert Popper, Peter Serafinowicz, Olivia Colman…
- Season 1 is a brilliant absurd satire of educational programmes, particularly of the faceless kind played to British schoolchildren in the 1970's,…
Looney Tunes - Back in Action (2003)
- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin…
- Veteran toons Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are successfully dusted off for the 21st century big–screen, interacting with live actors in a frantic…
Love Actually (2003)
- Dir. Richard Curtis
Feat. Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson…
- Golden–boy comedy writer Richard Curtis assumes directing duties for the first time but mislays the Midas touch he gained from penning “Four…