Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5458 Films to Rent
Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)
- Dir. Piers Haggard
Feat. Peter Sellers, Helen Mirren
- Notable as Peter Sellers' last movie, but ranking close to the bottom of the Sellers canon for its fiendish forced humour and racist overtones.
Flickers (TV Series) (1980)
- Feat. Bob Hoskins, Frances de la Tour, Sheila Reid
- An amiable Cockney rogue seeking investors in the silent–film industry finds that building a business out of make believe isn't as easy as he…
Grown-Ups (1980)
- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Philip Davis, Lesley Manville, Brenda Blethyn
- A working class couple discovers the joys of living in a council flat in this early Mike Leigh drama for the BBC (part of the 'Play for Today'…
Hi-de-hi! (TV Series) (1980-1988)
- Feat. Paul Shane, Ruth Madoc, Jeffrey Holland…
- The classic 1980s comedy series that took a sardonic look at the garish and cheerful culture of post–WW2 British holiday camps. Set around the…
Hopscotch (1980)
- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston…
- Walter Matthau carries this cat–and–mouse comedy as a demoted CIA operative who enjoys being a target after publishing a spiteful memoir…
Jerk, The (1980)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Steve Martin
- Classic debut for Steve Martin as a hayseed inventor raised in the bayou.
Kremmen - The Movie (1980)
- Animated sci–fi comedy with Kenny Everett voicing the egotistical superhero.
La Cage Aux Folles 2 (1980)
- Dir. Edouard Molinaro
Feat. Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Galabru
- Cast and crew reunite for this enjoyable sequel to one of the most successful French comedies of all time. This time our two heroes find themselves…
Last Married Couple in America, The (1980)
- Dir. Gilbert Cates
Feat. George Segal, Natalie Wood, Richard Benjamin…
- A "happily married" Californian couple begin to doubt their 15 year marriage after their friends all divorce and pressure them to do the same.
Little Miss Marker (1980)
- Dir. Walter Bernstein
Feat. Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis…
- Comedy set in the 30's, following a gloomy, cantankerous bookie (Walter Matthau) running a gambling operation, who finds himself with a 6–year…