Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5458 Films to Rent
Titfield Thunderbolt, The (1952)
- Dir. Charles Crichton
Feat. Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Naunton Wayne…
- Gorgeously shot comedy with Stan Holloway leading the way in saving his local branch railway from being cut by British Rail. At the more whimsical…
Waiting Women (1952)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Anita Bjork, Eva Dahlbeck, Maj-Britt Nilsson…
- A group of women discuss their relationships while waiting for their husbands (all of whom are brothers) at a summer villa, and each of their…
We're Not Married (1952)
- Dir. Edmund Goulding
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Ginger Rogers, Fred Allen…
- Overlooked Marilyn Monroe starrer is a multi–episode comedy in which six married couples find out their weddings weren't legitimate.
What Price Glory? (1952)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. James Cagney, Dan Dailey, Corinne Calvet
- Soldiers James Cagney and Dan Dailey take time out from the trenches of WWI for some zesty romantic rivalry over local attraction Corrinne Calvet.
White Sheik, The (Sceicco bianco, Lo) (1952)
- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Alberto Sordi, Leopoldo Trieste, Giulietta Masina
- Fellini’s against–the–grain feature debut coaxes the marital problems of a newlywed couple into a light, playful comedy that wasn’t…
Appointment with Venus (1951)
- Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. David Niven, Glynis Johns, Kenneth More
- Bizarre war drama based on a true story about a small recently occupied British isle with a very important prize cow living on it that the War Office…
As Young As You Feel (1951)
- Dir. Harmon Jones
Feat. Marilyn Monroe
- A young Marilyn Monroe has a support role in this affable corporate satire about a printing employee who won’t sit still for retirement. Based on a…
Green Grow the Rushes (1951)
- Dir. Derek Twist
Feat. Richard Burton, Honor Blackman, Roger Livesey…
- Minor comedy, of the English variety, set in a brandy–soaked Kent village.
Let's Make It Legal (1951)
- Dir. Richard Sale
Feat. Claudette Colbert, Macdonald Carey, Marilyn Monroe
- Marilyn Monroe has an ornamental role in this light ‘divorcee’ comedy.
Man in the White Suit (1951)
- Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
Feat. Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker
- Lab–worker Alec Guinness invents a fabric that never wears out or gets dirty, only to have it suppressed by industry and unions alike. More…