Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Drama: 1117 Films to Buy & Rent
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
- Dir. Michael Patrick King
Feat. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon…
- While wrestling with the pressures of life, love, and work in Manhattan, Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte join Samantha for a trip to Abu Dhabi, where…
Spud (2010)
- Dir. Donovan Marsh
Feat. John Cleese, Troye Sivan, Jamie Royal
- Charming coming–of–age comedy concerns the misfortunes of a young boy struggling to adapt to live in a South African private school. Very…
Submarine (2010)
- Dir. Richard Ayoade
Feat. Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Noah Taylor…
- Actor Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd) proves adept behind the camera with this imaginative adaptation of Joe Dunthorne's novel about precocious…
Tamara Drewe (2010)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper, Tamsin Greig…
- Winning comedy concerns the comic travails of a young journalist whose return to her hometown sets tongues wagging and disasters into motion.
Tiny Furniture (2010)
- Dir. Lena Dunham
Feat. Lena Dunham, Laurie Simmons, Alex Karpovsky…
- A prototype for Lena Dunham's hugely successful HBO series GIRLS, this smart–funny indie finds the talented actress/director mining the…
Toast (2010)
- Dir. S.J. Clarkson
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Ken Stott, Freddie Highmore…
- Heartily nostalgic adaptation of chef and author Nigel Slater's best–selling memoir, about growing up in a stodgy British household in the 60s…
Vincent Wants to Sea (2010)
- Dir. Ralf Huettner
Feat. Florian David Fitz, Karoline Herfurth, Heino Ferch…
- Likeable though lightweight road comedy in which a Tourette's sufferer escapes from a clinic with two others (an obsessive and an anorexic) and…
Woman of My Dreams, The (La donna della mia vita) (2010)
- Dir. Luca Lucini
Feat. Alessandro Gassman, Luca Argentero
- Astute romantic comedy about the big and little lies people tell in their search for love, following the fallout of a friendship between two brothers…
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin…
- Not so much a serious Woody Allen film as a funny one without any jokes. An ensemble of fine actors stumble through a series of scenes with only a…
Accidents Happen (2009)
- Dir. Andrew Lancaster
Feat. Geena Davis, Harrison Gilbertson, Harry Cook…
- Earnest dramedy enlivened by a sensationally brash Geena Davis performance. Davis plays the mother of a deeply dysfunctional family who's lives are…