Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5458 Films to Rent
Roxanne (1987)
- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah
- Steve Martin's splendid update of Cyrano de Bergerac casts him as a fire chief burdened with an enormous nose. Daryl Hannah is the object of his…
Secret of My Success (1987)
- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan
- Michael J. Fox returns back to the present to climb the Wall Street corporate ladder.
Secret Policeman's Third Ball, The (1987)
- Feat. John Cleese, Ben Elton, Jennifer Saunders…
- A selection of the very best of 1980s British comedians perform live for charity. Also includes backstage footage with some of the stars.
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
- Dir. Howard Deutch
Feat. Mary Stuart Masterson, Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson
- Some wonderful romantic angst from John Hughes' pen, with Mary Stuart Masterson in love with Eric Stoltz in love with Lea Thompson.
Someone to Love (1987)
- Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Orson Welles
- Typically loose and naturalistic drama from independent stalwart Henry Jaglom, who pretty much plays himself – a jaded divorcee filmmaker in search…
Spaceballs (1987)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks, John Candy…
- A rollicking and fairly successful Mel Brooks take–off of STAR WARS and the space–opera genre, with Rick Moranis irresistibly hilarious…
Stakeout (1987)
- Dir. John Badham
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe…
- Cops Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez run into some well–scripted comic entanglements on surveillance detail.
Summer School (1987)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Robin Thomas…
- Goofy 80's High School comedy starring Mark Harman as a gym teacher with big vacation plans who reluctantly agrees to teach a summer English class…
Three O'Clock High (1987)
- Dir. Phil Joanou
Feat. Casey Siemaszko
- Bad day scenario finds teenage loner Siemaszko in a twist with the school’s leather–jacketed thug, who must wheedle out of a 3pm rendezvous…
Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
- Dir. Danny De Vito
Feat. Billy Crystal, Danny De Vito, Kim Greist…
- Snappy comic spinoff of STRANGERS ON A TRAIN.