Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5452 Films to Rent
They Call Me Bruce? (A Fistful of Chopsticks) (1982)
- Dir. Elliott Hong
Feat. Johnny Yune
- An early, if fumbled, attempt at Asian vs. American humour sees a Mafioso's chef (Yune) sent on a drug–smuggling mission and being mistaken for…
Things Are Tough All Over (1982)
- Dir. Thomas K. Avildsen
Feat. Cheech and Chong
- The fourth outing for smokesters Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong in their usual guises, this time tangling with a pair of Arabs (also played by C & C)…
Tootsie (1982)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Bill Murray
- Much–loved classic, with unemployed actor Dustin Hoffman donning a dress to pay the bills. Unfortunately, his TV–soap character, Dorothy…
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Peter Sellers, David Niven, Herbert Lom…
- Inspector Clouseau is back again despite the death of the star, Peter Sellers. Using previously unseen footage and newly created linking material,…
Victor Victoria (1982)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Julie Andrews, James Garner, Lesley Ann Warren…
- Blake Edwards boudoir–farce with Julie Andrews playing a male impersonator in 30s Paris.
Whoops Apocalypse (TV Series) (1982)
- Dir. John Reardon
Feat. John Cleese, Richard Griffiths, Rik Mayall…
- An assortment of crusty politicians weigh up the future of their careers against the stability of all life itself in this 6 part ITV satire. This…
Wrong is Right (1982)
- Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Sean Connery, George Grizzard, Robert Conrad…
- Patchy media satire with Connery as a newsman on the trail of two nuclear weapons that have fallen into terrorist hands. Some fine supporting turns…
Young Ones, The (TV Series) (1982-1984)
- Feat. Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer…
- Off–the–wall, anarchic 80s sitcom about young rebels (liberal Rik, punk Vyvian, hippy Neil and bodgy Mike) co–habitating in a…
All Night Long (1981)
- Dir. Jean-Claude Tramont
Feat. Gene Hackman, Barbra Streisand, Dennis Quaid…
- Gene Hackman escapes the druggery of family life by shacking up with nutty Barbra Streisand in this uneven screwball comedy. Totally erratic,…
All's Well That Ends Well (1981)
- Dir. Elijah Moshinsky
Feat. Ian Charleson, Angela Down, Sir Michael Hordern…
- Adaptation of the Shakespeare play about a low–born daughter of a doctor who falls in love with the son of a countess, and attempts to cure the…