Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5452 Films to Rent
Meatballs (1979)
- Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Bill Murray
- A laidback Bill Murray injects some meat into the summer camp cliche, here playing a trainee counselor in charge of a group of misfit stereotypes:…
Middle Age Spread (1979)
- Dir. John Reid
Feat. Grant Tilly, Dorothy McKegg, Peter Sumner…
- Grant Tilly is priceless as the philandering high–school deputy who reluctantly hosts a dinner party for six. Based on the play by Roger Hall,…
Minder (TV Series) (1979-1994)
- Feat. George Cole, Dennis Waterman
- Long–running British drama set around the shady activities of Arthur Daley (Cole) and his beleaguered 'minder'. Most entertaining for its…
More American Graffiti (1979)
- Dir. Bill L. Norton
Feat. Ron Howard, Bo Hopkins, Candy Clark…
- College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s in this creaky sequel to the coming–of–age hit.
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
- Dir. Michael O'Donoghue
Feat. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher…
- Notorious spoof of the Italian schockumentaries is the brain child of Saturday Night Live's oddball genius Michael O'Donoghue.
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North Dallas Forty (1979)
- Dir. Ted Kotcheff
Feat. Nick Nolte, Bo Svenson, Steve Forrest
- A sports film set in late 1970s Texas, following American Football player Phil Elliott (Nolte), whose independent attitude and lifestyle of…
Only When I Laugh (TV Series) (1979)
- Feat. James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Richard Wilson
- Chaotic sitcom series written by Eric Chappell (RISING DAMP) set in a madcap hospital occupied by bickering patients and hackneyed staff.…
Porridge (1979)
- Dir. Dick Clement
Feat. Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale
- Ronnie Barker returns for this feature film based on the popular British TV series as a long–time prison inmate Fletcher who here arranges a…
Porridge (TV Series) (1979)
- Dir. Dick Clement
Feat. Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale
- Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale are on oatmeal and water in this classic British comedy set within the prison walls of Her Majesty’s…
Potter (TV Series) (1979)
- Feat. Arthur Lowe
- Memorable British sitcom of a busybody retiree who occupies his time by meddling in other people's business – much to the chagrin of his…