Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5458 Films to Rent
Bill Cosby - 49 (1987)
- Feat. Bill Cosby
- Comedian Bill Cosby hilariously ponders the state of being 49 in front of a live audience at the Chicago Theatre.
Includes many new routines and…
Billy Connolly - Billy and Albert (1987)
- Dir. Nobby Clark
Feat. Billy Connolly
- Unexpurgated pure Billy, live at the Royal Albert Hall in July 1987. Some of the topics that Connolly gives his own idiosyncratic slant to are…
Boyfriends and Girlfriends (My Girlfriend's Boyfriend) (1987)
- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Emmanuelle Chaulet, Sophie Renoir
- Through a series of deceptions and misunderstandings, four Parisians come to discover their true feelings for each other. Entrancing tale of…
Broadcast News (1987)
- Dir. James L. Brooks
Feat. Holly Hunter, William Hurt, Albert Brooks…
- Superb TV newsroom dramedy in which vacuous newsreader Hurt and neurotic reporter Brooks compete for the attentions of Holly Hunter.
Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
- Dir. Steve Rash
Feat. Patrick Dempsey
- Likeable though period–bound comedy in which nerdy student Patrick Dempsey pays the gorgeous Amanda Peterson a thousand bucks to pose as his…
Comic Strip Presents: Bad News (1983) / More Bad News (1987)
- Dir. Sandy Johnson, Adrian Edmondson
Feat. Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer…
- An uncannily similar forerunner to the king of mockumentaries, THIS IS SPINAL TAP, follows the equally hilarious exploits of a 'Heavy Metal' band…
Date With An Angel (1987)
- Dir. Tom McLoughlin
Feat. Michael E. Knight, Emmanuelle Beart, Phoebe Cates…
- Frothy and feckless, this dim comedy has a man waking up after his bachelor party to find an angel in his pool. You can bet they're going to have…
Degrassi Junior High (TV Series) (1987-1991)
- An unusually entertaining 1980s Canadian high school drama gathered a certain cult following around its charismatic young cast and well–judged…
Dirty Dancing (1987)
- Dir. Emile Ardolino
Feat. Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach…
- Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze set the woods on fire with their passionate dance–moves in a 1960s American holiday resort. Wildly successful…
Dragnet (1987)
- Dir. Tom Mankiewicz
Feat. Tom Hanks, Dan Aykroyd, Christopher Plummer…
- Amiably silly buddy–cop comedy that both parodies and pays homage to television crime drama of the 1950s and 60s. Dan Aykroyd plays the "old…