Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5541 Films to Buy & Rent
Strip, The (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Luanne Gordon, Renée Ellwood, Jodie Rimmer…
- A highly strung corporate lawyer finds her life in disarray upon discovering her husband in bed with another man, so naturally she chucks in her job…
Sugar and Spice (2002)
- Dir. Francine McDougall
Feat. Mena Suvari, Marley Shelton
- A group of 'sugar and spice' cheerleaders plan a bank–robbery in this passably efficient black comedy. Despite the array of stereotypes, this…
Summer Things (Embrassez qui vous voudrez) (2002)
- Dir. Michel Blanc
Feat. Charlotte Rampling, Jacques Dutronc, Carole Bouquet…
- Rom–com with an ensemble cast led by Charlotte Rampling as an unhappily married woman who is off to stay at a seaside resort, where she…
Super Sucker (2002)
- Dir. Jeff Daniels
Feat. Jeff Daniels
- Jeff Daniels writes, directs and stars in a tale about competing door–to–door vacuum cleaner salesmen who must fight it out for the…
Super Troopers (2002)
- Dir. Jay Chandrasekhar
Feat. Jay Chandrasekhar, Brian Cox, Daniel von Bargen
- A group of five randy state troopers in Vermont find their future of patrolling the highways is threatened and try to outdo the local police in…
Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
- Dir. Andy Tennant
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey…
- Fashion designer Reese Witherspoon travels from a classy New York existence and engagement to the mayor’s son, back to her hometown in the…
Sweet Revenge (The Revenger's Comedies) (2002)
- Dir. Malcolm Mowbray
Feat. Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, Kristin Scott Thomas…
- A blackly comic caper, this adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn’s “Revenger’s Comedies” concerns two would–be suicides who, on…
Sweetest Thing, The (2002)
- Dir. Roger Kumble
Feat. Cameron Diaz, Selma Blair, Christina Applegate
- Cameron Diaz, Selma Blair and Christina Applegate are a trio of romantic musketeers who navigate a contemporary world of dating, sex and…
Tadpole (2002)
- Dir. Gary Winick
Feat. Aaron Stanford, Sigourney Weaver, Bebe Neuwirth…
- Slight but bright “indie” comedy about a precocious, Voltaire–reading 15–year–old with misplaced romantic designs on his…
Thunderpants (2002)
- Dir. Peter Hewitt
Feat. Simon Callow, Stephen Fry, Paul Giamatti…
- Sweet but slight comedy concerning a 10–year old prodigy who turns his scientific talents towards helping a misfit friend who suffers from high…