Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5458 Films to Rent
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…
Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1977)
- Dir. Norman Cohen
Feat. Robin Askwith, Anthony Booth, Windsor Davies
- Third in the series has Askwith once again in the titular role. Expect jokes about stick shifts.
Crime Busters (1977)
- Dir. Enzo Barboni
Feat. Bud Spencer, Terence Hill, David Huddleston
- An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.
Despair (1977)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Dirk Bogarde
- Fassbinder's blackly comic adaptation of Nabakov's novel about delusion, depression and decline of the human spirit. Dirk Bogarde plays a Russian…
Eight is Enough (TV Series) (1977)
- Feat. Dick Van Patten, Diana Hyland, Betty Buckley
- Comedy about a family of eight living in Sacramento California, where Dad is a columnist for the fictional local newspaper (based on real–life…
Freaky Friday (1977)
- Dir. Gary Nelson
Feat. Jodie Foster, Barbara Harris
- Barbara Harris and a 13–year–old Jodie Foster are mother and daughter who miraculosly swap personalities for a day. Plenty of fun here.
Fun With Dick And Jane (1977)
- Dir. Ted Kotcheff
Feat. George Segal, Jane Fonda, Ed McMahon…
- Amusing low–brow satire sees affluent Segal and Fonda plunged into possible poverty and turning to criminal enterprise in an effort to sustain…
Galton and Simpson Playhouse, The (TV Series) (1977)
- Feat. Arthur Lowe, Warren Mitchell, Richard Briers
- Long regarded as Britain's most successful comedy duo, Richard Galton and Alan Simpson (STEPTOE AND SON) turned their hand to one–off stories…