Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5458 Films to Rent
Heartbreak Kid, The (1993)
- Dir. Michael Jenkins
Feat. Alex Dimitriades
- Alex Dimitriades plays a hunky college student who becomes romantically entangled with his 22–year–old teacher. Sensitively drawn…
Hercules Returns (1993)
- Dir. David Parker
Feat. David Argue, Michael Carman, Mary Coustas
- Three hapless cinema entrepreneurs discover their opening film, HERCULES, is in Italian with no subtitles, so they dub the voices and sound effects…
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (1993)
- Dir. Joel Hershman
Feat. Adrienne Shelly, Sean Young, Diane Ladd
- A strained attempt at achieving that 'John Waters' feeling, where everyone shouts at one another in a trashy/camp kinda way in trailer–park…
If You See God, Tell Him (TV Series) (1993)
- Feat. Richard Briers, Adrian Edmondson, Imelda Staunton
- Richard Briers (ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE), injured by a freak accident that reduces his attention span to a mere 30 seconds, becomes fixated with TV ads…
Jamon Jamon (1993)
- Dir. Bigas Luna
Feat. Stefania Sandrelli, Anna Galiena, Juan Diego…
- Brazen mix of absurd humour, outrageous melodrama and body fluid, though with all the excitement to be had during the puffing and panting, the climax…
Just Like a Woman (1993)
- Dir. Chris Monger
Feat. Julie Walters, Adrian Pasdar, Gordon Kennedy
- Likeable gender–bending farce stars Julie Walters as a bored divorcee who discovers her hunky new boarder is a straight man who just happens to…
Kika (1993)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Veronica Forque, Peter Coyote, Victoria Abril
- A make–up artist juggles the dubious attentions of a porn stud, a philandering crime writer, and a trash TV journo. The perils of media…
Leap of Faith (1993)
- Dir. Richard Pearce
Feat. Steve Martin, Debra Winger, Lolita Davidovich…
- Steve Martin plays a charismatic but crooked evangelist whose mock–miracles lead to a personal revelation. Lightweight and sentimental, but the…
Les Visiteurs (Visitors, The) (1993)
- Dir. Jean-Marie Poire
Feat. Jean Reno, Christian Clavier
- Beleaguered, not to mention slobbish, medieval knights Jean Reno and Christian Clavier are plonked down is present–day Paris to duel over…
Life in the Theatre, A (1993)
- Dir. Gregory Mosher
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Matthew Broderick
- An affectionate and heartfelt look at thespian lives from playwright David Mamet. Jack Lemmon and Matthew Broderick are the 'spring and autumn' pair…