Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5452 Films to Rent
Graduate, The (1967)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katherine Ross
- An endearing Dustin Hoffman in his first leading role, is seduced by a middle–aged woman and then falls in love with her daughter. A brilliant…
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
- Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier
- Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy become perplexed parents of son–in–law Sidney Poitier, in this agreeable mixed–marriage comedy.
Honey Pot, The (1967)
- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward, Maggie Smith…
- Trifling comedy of money and manipulation in which Harrison plays a millionaire who deceives a trio of former mistresses into believing he is dying.…
How I Won the War (1967)
- Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. John Lennon, Michael Crawford
- John Lennon and Michael Crawford do service in this black satire on military lunacy.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
- Dir. David Swift
Feat. Robert Morse, Michele Lee, Rudy Vallee
- Skillfully treading the line between silliness and satire, this adaptation of the lauded Broadway musical sees Morse play an ambitious young window…
King of Hearts (1967)
- Dir. Phillipe De Broca
Feat. Alan Bates, Genevieve Bujold, Pierre Brasseur
- Excellently quirky mid–60s comedy that became a cult–hit in the US, has soldier Alan Bates infiltrate a French village in WWI, which has…
Ladies of the Night (Plus vieux métier du monde, Le) (1967)
- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard, Philippe de Broca, Claude Autant-Lara
Feat. Anna Karina, Elsa Martinelli, Jeanne Moreau…
- A six–segment portmanteau comedy which traces the history of prostitution from its Stone Age version (being the 'oldest profession') through to…
Les Grandes Vacances (The Big Vacation) (1967)
- Dir. Jean Girault
Feat. Louis de Funès, Ferdy Mayne
- French comedy great Louis de Funès plays dictatorial headmaster to his two wayward sons, who rock the boat when sent to England as exchange students.
Magnificent Two, The (1967)
- Dir. Cliff Owen
Feat. Morecambe and Wise
- Perhaps the tightest of the TV comedy duo's cinematic attempts, in which they play a pair of salesmen dithering around in an unstable South American…
Playtime (1967)
- Dir. Jacques Tati
Feat. Jacques Tati
- Tati's satirical vision of modern city life and brutalist architecture is his magnum opus. His alter–ego Mr. Hulot goes about his third…