Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5452 Films to Rent
Twelfth Night (1978)
- Dir. John Gorrie
Feat. Alec McCowen, Robert Hardy, Felicity Kendal…
- Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
Up in Smoke (1978)
- Dir. Lou Adler
Feat. Cheech and Chong
- Cheech and Chong's first movie is their best and most remembered. They transpose their popular doped–out comic routines for the big screen, in…
Wiz, The (1978)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor
- Much maligned 'black musical' version of L. Frank Baum's classic fairytale (best known through the Judy Garland version).
Here, New York City was…
WKRP in Cincinatti (TV Series) (1978-1982)
- Feat. Gary Sandy, Howard Hesseman, Gordon Jump…
- American pop culture of the late 70's is captured in this easy–going ensemble sitcom that follows the misadventures of the staff of a…
Abigail's Party (1977)
- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Alison Steadman
- A cult classic of British TV, this is an outrageously funny send up–of social etiquette in the suburbs, with fashions to match. Squirm as buxom…
Annie Hall (1977)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
- The 'hall'mark of Woody Allen's career – it won him an Oscar for Best Picture and made him a household name. It's a hilarious send–up of…
Are You Being Served? - The Movie (1977)
- Dir. Bob Kellett
Feat. John Inman, Mollie Sugden
- Spinoff movie of the British TV–Series set in a department store. Retains the cast and broad campiness of the original, as the staff go on…
Bad (Andy Warhol's Bad) (1977)
- Dir. Jed Johnson
Feat. Carroll Baker, Perry King, Susan Tyrrell
- The last Andy Warhol production before his death is a pleasingly demented soap–opera directed by Jed Johnson, a man who originally worked…
Citizen Smith (1977-1980)
- Dir. Ray Butt
Feat. Robert Lindsay
- Mischievous TV comedy about self–styled 'urban guerilla' Wolfie Smith (Lindsay) who tries to spark a socialist revolution from the London…
Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977)
- Dir. Norman Cohen
Feat. Robin Askwith, Anthony Booth
- Askwith and Booth are back in this final tired entry of a the series. Fans will by now know what to expect. Those who don't would be advised to…