Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Comedy: 912 Films to Buy & Rent
Man About the House: The Movie (1974)
- Dir. John Robins
Feat. Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Spike Milligan
- Big screen outing of the popular sitcom has an unscrupulous property developer wants to flatten the street to make way for new buildings, only Robin…
Parade (1974)
- Dir. Jacques Tati
- An eclectic comedy cabaret show that involves the filming of live performers on and offstage with small minuets dotted throughout. This final film…
Thursday's Game (1974)
- Dir. Robert Moore
Feat. Gene Wilder, Bob Newhart, Ellen Burstyn…
- Well regarded made–for–TV buddy movie.
Acquaintances Gene Wilder and Bob Newhart, deeply mired in parallel mid–life crises,…
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1973)
- Dir. Norman Cohen
Feat. Jim Dale, Arthur Lowe
- Jim Dale plays a young Spike Milligan, then an aspiring jazz musician who in 1940 reluctantly obeys his call–up and joins the Royal Artillery…
Love Thy Neighbour - The Movie (1973)
- Feat. Jake Smethurst, Rudolph Walker
- Card–carrying unionist Eddie Booth, a socialistic avowed racial discriminator who maintains a constant barrage of abuse at his neighbor, a…
Man About the House (TV Series) (1973)
- Dir. Peter Frazer-Jones
Feat. Richard O'Sullivan, Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy
- Classic Brit sitcom concerning the accomodation adventures of student Richard O'Sullivan and his two female flatmates.
Two flies in the ointment…
National Health, The (1973)
- Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Lynn Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Eleanor Bron…
- Riotous black comedy focusing on the appalling conditions at an under–funded National Health Service hospital, based on the acclaimed 1969 play…
No Sex Please We're British (1973)
- Dir. Cliff Owen
Feat. Ronnie Corbett, Beryl Reid, Arthur Lowe…
- "Riotous" British sex farce based on the long–running stageplay about a swell of "adult literature" that floods a prudish small town by the way…
Once Upon a Scoundrel (1973)
- Dir. George Schaefer
Feat. Zero Mostel, A Martinez, Katy Jurado
- Obscure Mostel comedy, in which the stone–faced comedian plays a cruel landowner in rural Mexico. Worth a look for fans.
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (TV Series) (1973)
- Feat. Michael Crawford, Michele Dotrice
- The side–splitting misadventures of legendary klutz, Frank Spencer incarnated by a nimble, pre–'Phantom of the Opera' Michael Crawford.…