Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5452 Films to Rent
Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972)
- Dir. Gene Saks
Feat. Alan Arkin, Sally Kellerman, Paula Prentiss…
- Neil Simon adapts his portrait of a middle aged restaurateur trying desperately to join the sexual revolution by taking advantage of his mother's…
Lenny Bruce Without Tears (1972)
- Dir. Fred Baker
- Unsparing yet compassionate, this documentary covers the life of oneof the most renowned comedians of the 20th century, Lenny Bruce, whose stage…
Lo Scopone Scientifico (1972)
- Dir. Luigi Comencini
Feat. Bette Davis, Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano…
- Little–known Italian comedy stars Bette Davis as a wealthy, Nora Desmond–esque countess who entices those less fortunate to gamble with…
Love Thy Neighbour (TV Series) (1972)
- Dir. Stuart Allen
Feat. Jake Smethurst, Rudolph Walker
- Devised to defuse some of the racial tension of the day, this controversial 70s Brit sitcom hilariously pits black and white neighbours…
MASH (TV Series) (M*A*S*H) (1972-1983)
- Feat. Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, Loretta Swit
- Long running and much loved TV Series loosely based on Robert Altman’s 1969 film set in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the Korean…
Monty Python's And Now for Something Completely Different (1972)
- Feat. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle…
- An anthology of some of the great moments from Monty Python's revolutionary comedy programme.
Number 96 (TV Series) (1972-1977)
- Feat. Rebecca Gilling
- A groundbreaking Australian soap–opera set around a block of flats in Sydney, and the sometimes nude, often rude, and frequently comedic…
Ooh, You Are Awful (1972)
- Dir. Cliff Owen
Feat. Dick Emery, Derren Nesbitt, Ronald Fraser
- Cheeky Brit comedy focused on a con–man (Emery) who swindles an Italian millionaire out of a large sum of cash, only to have it deposited into…
Pete 'n' Tillie (1972)
- Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Page…
- Bittersweet character story of a smarmy rogue and an aging virgin who get married despite fundamental differences which remain unaltered nine years…
Play It Again, Sam (1972)
- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts
- Probably Woody Allen's funniest film is this tale of a nerdish film critic who is aided by the ghost of Bogart to find love after his wife divorces…