Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5459 Films to Rent
Wilt (1989)
- Dir. Michael Tuchner
Feat. Griff Rhys-Jones, Mel Smith
- Tom Sharpe's outrageous farce with Griff Rhys Jones as the dowdy schoolteacher suspected of murdering his social–climbing wife. Bent in all the…
Young Einstein (1989)
- Dir. Yahoo Serious
Feat. Yahoo Serious, Odile Le Clezio, John Howard
- Ozzie one–man film–making machine Yahoo Serious stars in his own zany slapstick epic about an intrepid young maverick who happens to be a…
18 Again! (1988)
- Dir. Paul Flaherty
Feat. George Burns, Charlie Schlatter, Tony Roberts
- Cigar–chomping icon George Burns stars in this gauche 80's comedy in which he inadvertently switches souls with his grandson.
Action Jackson (1988)
- Dir. Craig R. Baxley
Feat. Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Sharon Stone
- Sports hero turned actor Carl Weathers lends charisma as the titular Detroit cop driven by vengeance to stay on the trail of dastardly auto magnate…
Alexei Sayle's Stuff (TV Series) (1988)
- Feat. Alexei Sayle
- Highlights from Alexei Sayle's fab TV show including sketches “The Art of Verbal Abuse” and “Crapbags Holiday Tours”.
An Audience with Peter Ustinov (1988)
- Feat. Peter Ustinov
- Multi–talented actor and writer Ustinov performs a set full of over–the–top anecdotes with his unique brand of observational humour…
Ariel (1988)
- Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpaa
- A redundant miner takes his newly acquired Thunderbird to Helsinki in search of financial and emotional security, but is hampered with rotten luck. A…
As Thick As Thieves (1988)
- Dir. Claude Zidi
Feat. Christophe Malavoy, Claire Nebout, Francois Cluzet
- A practical joke goes awry for a group of successful business men who mislead an aspiring friend into thinking he's struck it rich. Hilarious…
Beetlejuice (1988)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin…
- A deceased couple return as ghosts and discover their home has been occupied by an obnoxious family, so decide to enlist the services of…
Big (1988)
- Dir. Penny Marshall
Feat. Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia…
- Tom Hanks is perfect as a 12–year–old trapped in an adults body, having to cope with big business and romance without the benefit of…