Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5452 Films to Rent
Neighbors (Neighbours) (1981)
- Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Cathy Moriarty
- Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi bicker over the back–fence in this suburban comedy.
Only Fools and Horses (TV Series) (1981)
- Feat. David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Lennard Pearce
- The highly successful British comedy series that made David Jason a star of the smallscreen, playing Del, a black–marketeer on the streets of…
Pacific Banana (1981)
- Dir. John D. Lamond
- One of the last Australian sexploitation–ers is set around a madcap airline and a pilot with an 'undercarriage problem'. Randy humour abounds…
Polyester (1981)
- Dir. John Waters
Feat. Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey
- Divine gives suburban neurosis a new meaning as a wife and mother of a whacked–out family living in Baltimore. The director's first…
Present Laughter / Star Quality (The Noel Coward Collection - Disc 5) (1981-1985)
- Feat. Donald Sinden, Ian Richardson, Susannah York
- – 'Present Laughter' (81') Semi–autobiographical comedy following a self–obsessed actor as he prepares himself for a tour amid a…
Private Lessons (1981)
- Dir. Alan Myerson
Feat. Sylvia Kristel, Eric Brown, Howard Hesseman…
- A slightly queasy mix of thriller and sexual drama, has a teenager (Brown) initiated by the family maid (Kristel) into the carnal facts of life, and…
Private Schulz (1981)
- Feat. Michael Elphick, Ian Richardson, Billie Whitelaw…
- Gleefully macabre farce focuses on the scheming titular character who convinces the Nazis to mass counterfeit millions of five pound notes in a bid…
Rodney Dangerfield - No Respect (1981-1995)
- Feat. Rodney Dangerfield, Tim Allen, Bill Murray…
- Weighty retrospective of comic legend Rodney Dangerfield's hilarious career highlights, with collaborative appearances by other big name comedy acts,…
S.O.B. (1981)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Julie Andrews, William Holden, Richard Mulligan…
- Blake Edwards' satire of the film industry and Hollywood society in which a movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by…
Secret Policeman's Other Ball, The (1981)
- Dir. Julien Temple
Feat. John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson, Barry Humphries…
- Most comical and musical shenanigans performed for the benefit of Amnesty International in the second 'Ball' of the series. The Monty Python team…