Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Drama: 1110 Films to Buy & Rent
Higher Love (At Sachem Farm; Uncorked) (1998)
- Dir. John Huddles
Feat. Rufus Sewell, Minnie Driver, Nigel Hawthorne
- Moderately quaffable comedy has a young heir (Sewell) plan to sell his wealthy Californian family's huge wine collection so as make an investment.…
Last Days of Disco (1998)
- Dir. Whit Stillman
Feat. Chloe Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale
- Not so much a nostalgia trip as a literate comedy of manners a la 1980s Manhattan, dissecting the sashays on the social dancefloor among a troupe of…
Late August, Early September (Fin août, début septembre) (1998)
- Dir. Olivier Assayas
Feat. Mathieu Amalric, Virginie Ledoyen, Francois Cluzet…
- Overlooked French drama from prolific and distinctive auteur Olivier Assayas (IRMA VEP, PERSONAL SHOPPER) following a group of friends and lovers as…
Life Is Beautiful (La vita e bella) (1998)
- Dir. Roberto Benigni
Feat. Roberto Benigni
- Winner of both Best Foreign Film and Best Actor Oscars (a first for an actor speaking a foreign tongue) as well as the top prize at Cannes, Roberto…
Living Out Loud (1998)
- Dir. Richard LaGravenese
Feat. Holly Hunter, Queen Latifah, Danny De Vito…
- Facing up to life without her philandering husband, a nurse (Holly Hunter) forges unlikely friendships with a jazz club chanteuse (Queen Latifah) and…
Polish Wedding (1998)
- Dir. Theresa Connelly
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Lena Olin, Rade Serbedzija…
- Laid on incredibly thick, Polish accents and all, this is 'ethnic shtick' writ large with Gabriel Byrne, Lena Olin and Rade Serbedzija heading a…
Relax...It's Just Sex (1998)
- Dir. P.J. Castellaneta
Feat. Mitchell Anderson, T.C. Carson, Lori Petty…
- Centring around an eclectic group of friends – gay, straight and lesbian – in LA, a struggling gay playwright is desperately looking for…
Sex and the City - The Ultimate Collection (1998-2004)
- Feat. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis…
- Enticing 19–disc DVD box set presented in an oh–so–stylish set of drawers that should take pride of place in the collection of any…
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
- Dir. John Madden
Feat. Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Judi Dench…
- Shakespeare's art imitates life according to this gloriously fanciful, Oscar–winning tragicomedy, as the Bard himself (Joseph Fiennes), stuck…
Truman Show, The (1998)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Natascha McElhone…
- A brilliantly conceived script by expat–Kiwi whizz–kid Andrew Niccol (GATTACA) finds consummate direction in the hands of esteemed…