Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5535 Films to Buy & Rent
Suburbicon (2017)
- Dir. George Clooney
Feat. Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac
- Dark crime comedy set in supposedly idyllic 50's suburbia, with Matt Damon as a husband and father who is discovering a dark underbelly of crime and…
Table 19 (2017)
- Dir. Jeffrey Blitz
Feat. Anna Kendrick, Craig Robinson, June Squibb…
- Wedding cringe–comedy co–written by the often hilarious Duplass Brothers centered around the wedding table reserved for the unpopular and…
That's Not Me (2017)
- Dir. Gregory Erdstein
Feat. Alice Foulcher, Isabel Lucas, Richard Davies
- A charming Australian comedy that exceeds its very modest independent budget, with Alice Foulcher playing dual roles as acting sisters, one of whom…
Their Finest (2017)
- Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy…
- Charming, rousing WWII romance starring Gemma Arterton as a greenhorn screenwriter who joins a makeshift cast and crew to make a film to lift British…
This Country (TV Series) (2017)
- Feat. Daisy May, Charlie Cooper
- A British mockumentary sitcom about the day–to–day lives of two young people living in a small village in the Cotswolds. Created by,…
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
- Dir. Taika Waititi
Feat. Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett…
- New Zealand's most successful film–maker on home turf (and former Aro Valleyite) Taika Waititi makes his equally successful Hollywood debut…
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
- Dir. Martin McDonagh
Feat. Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell…
- Frances McDormand gives an Oscar–winning turn as a grieving mother who personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's…
Tragedy Girls (2017)
- Dir. Tyler MacIntyre
Feat. Brianna Hildebrand, Alexandra Shipp, Jack Quaid
- Ultra–hip black comedy playing on slasher movie tropes, following two death obsessed and fame hungry girls who'll do anything for popularity on…
Trip to Spain, The (2017)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon
- Spoiled–rotten comedians Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan return for the third round of gastronomic tourism and improvised comedy – a tango…
Wajib - The Wedding Invitation (Wajib) (2017)
- Dir. Annemarie Jacir
Feat. Mohamed Bakri
- Wryly comedic drama set in Nazareth in the lead–up to Christmas, where a conservative father and his estranged hipster son attempt to reconcile…