Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5452 Films to Rent
Dinner Game, The (1998)
- Dir. Francis Veber
Feat. Thierry Lhermitte, Jacques Villeret
- Gourmet–grade French farce from the maestro of the genre – well–packaged, delivered without haste, indeed delicious, if a slightly…
Divorcing Jack (1998)
- Dir. David Caffrey
Feat. David Thewlis
- David Thewlis (NAKED) does what he does best as a hard–drinking, hard–bitten hack who, after a rotten series of luck, musters up the…
Eddie Izzard - Dress to Kill (1998)
- Dir. Larry Jordan
Feat. Eddie Izzard
- British comedian Eddie Izzard gives a dazzling stand–up show, live in San Francisco in 1998. Includes a brief mock–tourism film.
Final Cut (1998)
- Dir. Dominic Anciano, Ray Burdis
Feat. Jude Law, Sadie Frost, Ray Winstone
- A sordidly comic tale of sex, lies and 8mm film – eleven 'friends' gather for the funeral of a film–maker (Jude Law) and discover that…
Free Money (1998)
- Dir. Yves Simoneau
Feat. Marlon Brando, Donald Sutherland, Charlie Sheen…
- With a cult reputation in the offing, this strangely watchable black comedy stars Marlon Brando as a controlling patriarch in Hicksville, America…
Front Line (TV Series) (Frontline) (1998)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Kevin J. Wilson, Rob Sitch, Jane Kennedy…
- Sharp Aussie satire, which goes ‘behind–the–scenes’ of an Australian current affairs show – with bullying producer, vain…
Gimme Gimme Gimme (TV Series) (1998)
- Dir. Liddy Oldroyd
Feat. Kathy Burke, James Dreyfus
- Ill–matched, yet inseparable flatmates squabble in this cult late night sitcom, that’s one of comedian Kathy Burke’s more enduring…
Girls' Night (1998)
- Dir. Nick Hurran
Feat. Julie Walters, Brenda Blethyn
- A windfall at the local bingo hall puts air in the wings of forty–something factory gals Julie Walters and Brenda Blethyn, but a wheel of…
Goodbye Lover (1998)
- Dir. Roland Joffe
Feat. Patricia Arquette, Dermot Mulroney, Ellen DeGeneres…
- Dark neo–noir comedy with a group of 90's yuppie types embroiled in a tangled web of seduction, adultery and a murder plot, until cynical…
Goodness Gracious Me (TV Series) (1998)
- Dir. Nick Wood
Feat. Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal
- BBC sitcom based around a clan of Indians that dares to poke fun at Asians and English alike. Often extremely funny, though some of the topical…