Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5458 Films to Rent
French Can Can (French Cancan, Only the French Can) (1955)
- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Jean Gabin, Michel Piccoli, Dora Doll…
- Jean Renoir returned to France after 15 years absence to make this vibrant tribute to the Parisian world of his father, the Impressionist painter…
Grandes Manoeuvres, Les (1955)
- Dir. Rene Clair
Feat. Michele Morgan, Gerard Philipe, Brigitte Bardot
- Sophisticated French fare is a battle of the sexes between a notorious womanizer, and the divorcee he’s convinced he’ll be able to seduce and…
Honeymooners, The (TV Series) (The Color Honeymooners; The Jackie Gleason Show) (1955-1956)
- Feat. Jackie Gleason
- This Jackie Gleason sitcom from the 1950s is the saga of a not–so–newly–wed couple who lived in a run down apartment.
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Lucky Me (1955)
- Dir. Jack Donohue
Feat. Doris Day, Robert Cummings, Phil Silvers
- Showbiz musical comedy with Doris Day paired once again with CALAMITY JANE tune smiths Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster.
Mister Roberts (1955)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon
- Naval officer Henry Fonda yearns for combat but instead must tolerate his eccentric captain (James Cagney). Jack Lemmon won an Oscar for his funny…
My Sister Eileen (1955)
- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Janet Leigh
- Charming if not modest retread of the "brains vs. beauty" dilemma sees on–screen sisters Janet Leigh and Betty Garrett jostle for the affection…
Sergeant Bilko (TV Series) (The Phil Silvers Show) (1955-1959)
- Feat. Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck
- Three–disc compilation of 18 episodes from the classic US sitcom about an irresponsible, gambling conman of a staff sergeant at a US Army base…
Seven Year Itch, The (1955)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell
- Marilyn Monroe gives plenty of dumb blonde for this comedy about a married man (Tom Ewell) who has a fling with you–know–who.
Simon & Laura (Simon and Laura) (1955)
- Dir. Muriel Box
Feat. Peter Finch, Kay Kendall, Maurice Denham…
- Prescient satire with a bickering couple, on the brink of splitting up are given the opportunity to revitalise their acting careers by starring in a…
Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens Leende) (1955)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson…
- An enjoyable, ultimately serious comedy of deception set among the Swedish gentry of the early 20th century who are engaged in a poetic dance of…