Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5452 Films to Rent
Cable Guy, The (1996)
- Dir. Ben Stiller
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Jim Carrey
- Straightguy Matthew Broderick is plagued by obnoxious cable–TV man Jim Carrey, who thinks he's found a new friend. Lively satire on the perils…
Celestial Clockwork (1996)
- Dir. Fina Torres
Feat. Ariadna Gil, Arielle Dombasle
- Cinderella–type comedy that has a gifted Venezualan opera singer vaulting for stardom in an eccentric Parisian setting. Consistently sunny in…
Chicken (1996)
- Dir. Grant Lahood
Feat. Cliff Curtis, Bryan Marshall, Martyn Sanderson…
- Blackly comic farce about an middle–aged ex–pop–star–turned–fast–food–proprietor who is being stalked by a…
Children of the Revolution (1996)
- Dir. Peter Duncan
Feat. Judy Davis, Richard Roxburgh, Sam Neill
- An eclectic, ambitious black comedy based on a highly fictional premise – Stalin's son rises through the ranks in Australian politics.…
Citizen Ruth (1996)
- Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz
- When chronic solvent–abuser Laura Dern becomes pregnant, then gets arrested again, she strays into the idealogical thicket of the abortion…
Class Act (TV Series) (1996)
- Feat. Joanna Lumley, Nadine Garner
- Joanna Lumley plays a fallen aristocrat who turns to burglary and deception after a stint in jail for fraud in this savvy British sitcom. 14 episodes.
Cold Comfort Farm (1996)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley, Ian McKellen…
- A beguiling comedy transpires when a penniless woman of society is forced to live with her yokel cousins. Full of eccentric dialogue and characters,…
Cold Feet (TV Series) (1996)
- Feat. James Nesbitt, Helen Baxendale, John Thomson…
- Highly infectious and candid look at the lives of six thirty–something Brits, which gets to the sharp end of careers, love and sex in the…
Couch in New York, A (1996)
- Dir. Chantal Akerman
Feat. Juliette Binoche, William Hurt, Richard Jenkins…
- Belgian auteur Chantal Akerman directs this Stateside curiosity, with Juliette Binoche as a Parisian dancer who swaps apartments with a New York…
Dating the Enemy (1996)
- Dir. Megan Simpson Huberman
Feat. Guy Pearce, Claudia Karvan
- Daft Oz fantasy works surprisingly well as camp–king Guy Pearce and Claudia Karvan mysteriously swap bodies, leading to some dicey…