Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Comedy: 1110 Films to Buy & Rent
Adam's Apples (2005)
- Dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
Feat. Mads Mikkelsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Paprika Steen…
- Roguishly sardonic Danish black comedy about a sanguine country vicar (CASINO ROYALE’s Mikkelsen) who encounters resistance from a neo–Nazi…
Bigger than the Sky (2005)
- Dir. Al Corley
Feat. John Corbett, Amy Smart, Sean Astin…
- An innocuous if fitfully insightful drama about a sad–sack graphic designer (Thomas) who finds solace when he snags the lead role in a…
Boston Legal - Season 2 (TV Series) (2005-2006)
- Feat. James Spader, William Shatner
- Further episodes from the irreverent spinoff to THE PRACTICE, based around the cases and happenings of the civil law section of a renowned Boston…
Boynton Beach Club (The Boynton Beach Bereavement Club) (2005)
- Dir. Susan Seidelman
Feat. Dyan Cannon, Sally Kellerman, Brenda Vaccaro…
- Endearingly affable comedy–drama centres on a group of recently bereaved retirees attempting to rejuvenate their lives while coping with trauma…
Broken Flowers (2005)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Bill Murray, Julie Delpy, Frances Conroy…
- A beguiling middle–age lament starring Bill Murray, unfurled in typical low gear by the world's 'coolest' director, Jim Jarmusch.
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Conversations with Other Women (2005)
- Dir. Hans Canosa
Feat. Aaron Eckhart, Helena Bonham Carter
- An innovative, bittersweet romantic two–hander that uses split screen for its entire running time to explore the contrasting…
Daltry Calhoun (2005)
- Dir. Katrina Holden Bronson
Feat. Elizabeth Banks, Johnny Knoxville, Beth Grant…
- 'Bachelor father' black comedy set in Tennessee sees ordinary Southern lad Calhoun (Knoxville) have his life turned upside down by the appearance of…
Dark Horse (Voksne mennesker) (2005)
- Dir. Dagur Kari
Feat. Jakob Cedergren, Nicolas Bro
- Charmingly offbeat slacker comedy from the director of NOI THE ALBINO, following a Copenhagen graffiti artist who spends his days dodging parking…
Everything is Illuminated (2005)
- Dir. Liev Schreiber
Feat. Elijah Wood
- An ambitious debut for dir. Schreiber, telling the deadpan, yet wistful tale of an earnest NYC Jew (Wood) who travels to the Ukraine to find the…
Family Stone, The (2005)
- Dir. Thomas Bezucha
Feat. Sarah Jessica Parker, Diane Keaton, Luke Wilson…
- More considered and better–written than the usual family Christmas comedy plot, this finds Mulroney bringing his fiance (Parker) to his clan's…