Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5458 Films to Rent
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Miko Hughes
- Ingenious post–script to the tired NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST. franchise in which castmembers of the previous films (playing themselves), too, become…
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1993)
- Dir. Tom Shadyac
Feat. Jim Carrey
- Carrey overdoes it as an obnoxious private eye with an animal niche and finds himself catapulted to mega–stardom. Not the schlock comedy…
Addams Family Values (1993)
- Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Feat. Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd
- Not bad sequel focuses less on Gomez & Morticia, and gets more comic mileage from the rest of the gang.
Adventures of Brisco County Jr., The (TV Series) (1993-1994)
- Dir. Bryan Spicer
Feat. Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry, Christian Clemenson
- Wacky TV western following a Harvard–educated lawyer–turned–bounty hunter who goes after an outlaw using a range of curiously…
Air Up There, The (1993)
- Dir. Paul M. Glaser
Feat. Kevin Bacon
- Kevin Bacon plays a disillusioned basketball coach who sets off to rural Africa in pursuit of the ultimate star player.
Airheads (1993)
- Dir. Michael Lehmann
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Brendan Fraser, Adam Sandler…
- Three frustrated metal–heads hold a radio–station to ransom in a vain attempt to get their music played and become rock stars. The cool…
Amos and Andrew (1993)
- Dir. E. Max Frye
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson
- Cage and Jackson are unwitting abductor and hostage in an exclusive but crazy white neighbourhood. Sharply exacted racial satire is littered with…
Ben Elton Live 1993 & 1997 (1993-1997)
- Feat. Ben Elton
- The genius writer behind BLACK ADDER and THE YOUNG ONES, he attacks performance with his own special style and wit – like "Groucho Marx on…
Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
- Dir. Penelope Spheeris
Feat. Diedrich Bader, Dabney Coleman, Buddy Ebsen…
- A hair–brained big–screen remake, which despite being well re–cast, re–works what barely passed for a plot in THE ADDAMS…
Born Yesterday (1993)
- Dir. Luis Mandoki
Feat. Melanie Griffith, John Goodman, Don Johnson
- Remake of the 1950 film of the same name (itself based on the Broadway play by Garson Kanin) starring Melanie Griffith as the ditzy showgirl…