Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5445 Films to Rent
Friends and Family (2001)
- Dir. Kristen Coury
Feat. Tony Lo Bianco, Greg Lauren
- An unassuming, mostly ticklish comedy, in which a gay couple in New York are visited by relations and have to conceal their careers as Mafia hitmen.…
Fruits Basket (TV Series) (2001)
- A teenage girl ingratiates herself to a mysterious family who are known to transform into animals of the Chinese Zodiac in this peppy comedy romance,…
Fun at the Funeral Parlour (TV Series) (2001-2002)
- Feat. Rhys Thomas, William Thomas, Alex Lowe…
- A BBC comedy series set around the Swansea area of South Wales, where four funeral directors, all known as Thomas, are running a funeral business…
Get Over It (2001)
- Dir. Tommy O’Haver
Feat. Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Melissa Sagemiller…
- Although helped by the charisma of Kirsten Dunst, this teen–movie retreads many of the usual formulas, with hero Ben Foster losing his…
Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle (2001)
- Dir. Philippe Harel
Feat. Benoit Poelvoorde, Jose Garcia
- Less sports drama than celebration of the endearingly average, this comical biopic charts the 30–year career of big–hearted, but…
God is Great, I'm Not (Dieu est grand, je suis toute petite) (2001)
- Dir. Pascale Bailly
Feat. Audrey Tautou, Edouard Baer, Julie Depardieu
- Slim Audrey Tautou vehicle has the AMELIE–ingénue unable to settle on a religion, eventually converting to Judaism in order to win over a…
Guinevere (2001)
- Dir. Audrey Wells
Feat. Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea
- Sarah Polley (GO) headlines in this Sundance–winning indie, as a directionless Harvard graduate who falls under the spell of…
Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Kiyoshiro Imawano…
- A delirious confection from Japanese bad boy dir., Takashi Miike, this “zombie musical” is his most benevolent yet purely entertaining…
Happy Days - Biography (2001)
- Feat. Ron Howard, Henry Winkler
- The 1970s US TV–Series ‘Happy Days’, set in suburban 1950s Milwaukee, is revisited with the crew and cast.
Happy Times (Xingfu Shiguang) (2001)
- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Dong Jie, Zhao Benshan
- Putting a gentle Asian spin on the "French farce" model, dir. Zhang Yimou takes a light–hearted detour with this comedy about a retired…