Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5452 Films to Rent
Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (1996)
- Dir. Jim Mallon
Feat. Trace Beaulieu, Michael J Nelson, Jim Mallon
- Movie version of a popular cable show in which a B–movie (in this case, THIS ISLAND EARTH) is mercilessly heckled by a trio of 'witty'…
Nutty Professor, The (1996)
- Dir. Tom Shadyac
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith
- Eddie Murphy finds what used to make him funny in this surprisingly inspired refresher of the Jerry Lewis comedy classic about a nerdy college…
Operation Dumbo Drop (1996)
- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Danny Glover, Ray Liotta
- A comedy based on a real–life military assignment – to deliver a full–size live elephant to a remote jungle village by any means…
Pallbearer, The (1996)
- Dir. Matt Reeves
Feat. Gwyneth Paltrow, David Schwimmer
- Reunited with high–school crush Gwyneth Paltrow, mommies boy David Schwimmer gets invited to be pallbearer and speechmaker at the funeral of…
Palookaville (1996)
- Dir. Alan Taylor
Feat. William Forsythe, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese
- A finely crafted comic 'indie' about three amiable New Jersey–ites who hope that petty crime will deliver unto them the American Dream. The…
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
- Dir. Sadjan Dragojevic
Feat. Dragan Bjelorgrlic, Nikola Kojo
- Seen in flashback from a ward in triage, the Bosnian war is portrayed in a riveting counter–play of nihilism and theatre, as a band of Serbian…
Ridicule (1996)
- Dir. Patrice Leconte
Feat. Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant…
- Delightful Cesar–winning comedy set in the Court of Louis XVI in 1700s France where the King grants favours to those endowed with only the…
Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion (1996)
- Dir. David Mirkin
Feat. Mira Sorvino, Lisa Kudrow
- Mira Sorvino and Lisa 'Friends' Kudrow duet as clueless airheads whose lack of achievement forces them to play a charade at their school reunion. The…
Sabrina (1996)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond
- Remake of the Hepburn–Bogart classic, the story of the chauffer's daughter who falls for the 'other' guy is tailored for a new generation,…
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996)
- Dir. Tibor Takacs
Feat. Melissa Joan Hart
- The pilot TV–movie for the ongoing series about a teenage girl who moves to a new town to be taken care of by her eccentric aunts. Struggles to…