Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5458 Films to Rent
Two's Company (TV Series) (1975-1979)
- Dir. Stuart Allen
Feat. Elaine Stritch, Donald Sinden
- Light–hearted comedy series outlining the cultural clash between an American writer living in London and her British butler who fail to see…
Welcome Back, Kotter (TV Series) (1975)
- Feat. Gabe Kaplan, John Travolta
- This classic American sitcom still holds up in its rowdy but progressive view of high school delinquency and remedial education. A young John…
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Barry Humphries, Barry Crocker, Clive James…
- Lesser follow–up to ADVENTURES OF BARRY MCKENZIE, where Dame Edna is spirited off to Transylvania by vampiric kidnappers. Nephew Crocker and…
Best of Les Dawson, The (1974-1977)
- Feat. Les Dawson
- Genial comedian Dawson was all over British (and NZ) television in the 1970s, using his array of comic and musical talents in shows like "Blankety…
Blazing Saddles (1974)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder
- Classic Mel Brooks spoof–Western that almost killed the genre off!
California Split (1974)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. George Segal, Elliott Gould, Gwen Welles
- A terrific gambling lark–come–cautionary tale from director Robert Altman, starring George Segal as a casual gambler who befriends a…
Celine & Julie Go Boating (Celine et Julie vont en bateau) (1974)
- Dir. Jacques Rivette
Feat. Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier
- Rivette assaults the narrative form for his epic–lengthed, dream–like, near indescribable tale of two girls whose lives and imaginations…
Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974)
- Dir. Val Guest
Feat. Robin Askwith, Linda Hayden, Joan Hickson…
- First in the series of bawdy "true life" tales is generally regarded as the strongest with Askwith as the naughty windowcleaner with voyeuristic…
Female Trouble (1974)
- Dir. John Waters
Feat. Divine, Mink Stole, Edith Massey
- Waters' funniest trash–a–thon with Divine following up her unforgettable turn in Pink Flamingos as loathsome loser Dawn Davenport –…
For Pete's Sake (1974)
- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Michael Sarrazin, Estelle Parsons
- Middling comedy depicts Barbra Streisand as the wife of depressed NYC taxi–driver Michael Sarrazin – to change their fortunes she pursues…