Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5452 Films to Rent
Last Horror Film, The (1982)
- Dir. David Winters
Feat. Caroline Munro, Joe Spinell, Filomena Spagnuolo…
- Horror comedy filmed on location at the Cannes Film Festival, where a New York City taxi driver is trying to fulfill his dream of directing a film…
Losing Ground (1982)
- Dir. Kathleen Collins
Feat. Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones
- Noted as the first feature–length drama directed by a black American woman since the 1920s – a semi–autobiographical story of a…
Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Jose Ferrer…
- A breezy romp in the fresh fields of a country estate with three ill–assorted couples at the turn of the century. Under–rated Woody Allen…
Missionary, The (1982)
- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard…
- Jolly Brit comedy sees Palin as the Rev. Charles Fortesque, recalled to England from missionary work in Africa to minister London's prostitutes,…
Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
- Dir. Terry Hughes
Feat. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam…
- Sheaf of classic sketches, incl. Lumberjacks, delivered onstage in Los Angeles. Should provoke tears of nostalgic merriment for fans.
My Favourite Year (1982)
- Dir. Richard Benjamin
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Jessica Harper, Mark Linn-Baker…
- An inventive, well–regarded 'backstage–comedy' based on the TV career of comedian Sid Caesar. Standing out among a handful of great…
National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982)
- Dir. Michael Miller
Feat. Gerrit Graham, Fred McCarren, Miriam Flynn…
- More of the same from National Lampoon – Lizzie Borden High's Class of '72 have their reunion disrupted by a deranged alum out for revenge…
Night Shift (1982)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Shelley Long, Pat Corley, Michael Keaton…
- Well–delivered comedy concerning a worker at a morgue who is persuaded to start a prostitution racket by a manic co–worker. Whole cast…
Not the Nine O'Clock News (TV Series) (1982)
- Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys-Jones…
- The breakthrough series for comic superstars Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and, er, Pamela Stephenson. The political sketches are as…
Pirates of Penzance (1982)
- Dir. Wilford Leach
Feat. Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Rondstadt…
- Kevin Kline and Angela Lansbury star in this hammy screen version of Gilbert and Sullivan's famous operetta.