Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5452 Films to Rent
Who's the Boss? (TV Series) (1984-1992)
- Feat. Tony Danza, Alyssa Milano, Katherine Helmond…
- Very likeable 1980s sitcom, set in a suburban mansion, with a household comprised of an advertising executive (Light), her elderly mother (Helmond),…
Woman In Red, The (1984)
- Dir. Gene Wilder
Feat. Gene Wilder, Kelly Le Brock, Charles Grodin
- Perhaps the height of Gene Wilder comedic indulgence, playing a middle–aged average man who becomes besotted with the womanly curves of leggy…
Alfresco (TV Series) (1983-1984)
- Dir. Stuart Orme
Feat. Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Ben Elton…
- A comedy sketch show, intended as ITV's equivalent to Not The Nine O'Clock News, which was currently popular on BBC. Written by Ben Elton, with…
Alice in Wonderland (1983)
- Dir. Kirk Browning
Feat. Kate Burton, Richard Burton, Eve Arden…
- From the Broadway Theatre Archive series, this is a filmed version of the 1970s revival of a 1932 Broadway version. Distinguished by extraordinary…
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (TV Series) (1983-2004)
- Feat. Timothy Spall, Jimmy Nail, Tim Healy…
- Much loved and admired British drama series about a gang of construction labourers who take slightly dodgy, yet lucrative jobs in Europe and…
Bananaman (TV Series) (1983-1986)
- An animated series from the 80's featuring the talents of "The Goodies" themselves, based around the silly adventures of a schoolboy who eats a…
Bullshot (1983)
- Dir. Dick Clement
Feat. Alan Shearman, Billy Connolly, Michael Aldridge…
- Silly comedy starring Alan Shearman as 'Bullshot Crummond', a dunderheaded WW1 fighter pilot who must save the world from the dastardly Count Otto…
Cheech and Chong - Still Smokin (1983)
- Dir. Thomas Chong
Feat. Cheech Marin, Thomas Chong
- Further herbal adventures from the creators of UP IN SMOKE, this time in the 'promised land' of Holland.
Class (1983)
- Dir. Lewis John Carlino
Feat. Rob Lowe, Jacqueline Bisset, Andrew McCarthy…
- McCarthy plays a preppy student who is goaded by roommate Lowe into losing his virginity. He ends up being seduced by an older woman who turns out to…
D.C. Cab (1983)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Mr T, Max Gail, Gary Busey…
- Low–octane comedy about a group of hapless cabbies struggling to keep their ailing company afloat. Mr. T and a pre–brain injury Gary…