Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5452 Films to Rent
All of Me (1984)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin
- Martin gives a career–best turn when, through a little hocus–pocus, is forced to share his body with a crotchety millionairess.
American Dreamer (1984)
- Dir. Rick Rosenthal
Feat. Giancarlo Giannini, JoBeth Williams, Tom Conti…
- Comedy adventure in which a fed–up housewife pens a story about a spy and wins a trip to Paris where she starts to believe she is the spy in…
At Last Smith And Jones (TV Series) (Alas Smith and Jones) (1984-1998)
- Feat. Mel Smith, Griff Rhys-Jones
- Best of the British sketch show ALAS SMITH AND JONES.
Similar in tone to NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS, this is equally hit–and–miss,…
Bachelor Party (1984)
- Dir. Neal Israel
Feat. Tom Hanks
- 'Classic', if that's the word, 80s sex comedy has an impish Tom Hanks undergoing various hair–raising rites of passage before he is wed.
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
- Dir. Martin Brest
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Steven Berkoff
- Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley has never been funnier than in this winning combo of action and comedy.
Blame it on Rio (1984)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Michael Caine, Demi Moore, Joseph Bologna…
- French–style farce in which Caine and his business partner holiday in Rio de Janeiro with their respective teenage daughters in tow. Caine has…
Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
- Dir. Ray Cameron
Feat. Kenny Everett, Pamela Stephenson, Vincent Price…
- Horror comedy about six scientists investigating a creepy manor, where a mysterious massacre killed 18 guests in a single night many years…
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Mia Farrow
- Woody is a well–meaning show–biz agent who signs up any odd–ball with an act on the notion that they may pay long–term…
Brother from Another Planet (1984)
- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Joe Morton, Steve James, Bill Cobbs
- Quirky comic fantasy from John Sayles about a mute alien negro who crash lands in New York and mixes with some earthbound home–boys in downtown…
Chance in a Million (TV Series) (1984-1986)
- Feat. Simon Callow, Brenda Blethyn
- A young Simon Callow and Brenda Blethyn star as Tom Chance and his long–suffering girlfriend Alison in this 'classic' Brit–com based…