Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Drama: 1093 Films to Buy & Rent
- Twin Town (1997)
- Dir. Kevin Allen
Feat. Llyr Ifans, Rhys Ifans, Dorien Thomas…
- The creators of TRAINSPOTTING lend their executive stamp to this anarchic tale of village dysfunction, set in a quiet Welsh community.
Crooked…
- Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)
- Dir. Stephen Surjik
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Ben Kingsley, Mimi Rogers…
- Media moguls Gabriel Byrne and Ben Kingsley vie for ownership of a pro football team, in an escalating war of one–upmanship, eventually raking…
- Autumn Sun (Sol de otoƱo) (1996)
- Dir. Eduardo Mignogna
Feat. Frederico Luppi, Norma Aleandro
- Argentine drama following a Jewish woman who pretends to be in a relationship with a Jewish man from Uruguay (Frederico Luppi, CRONOS) to appease her…
- Ballykissangel (TV Series) (1996-2001)
- Feat. Stephen Tompkinson, Dervla Kirwan, Niall Toibin
- Quirky smalltown Irish drama takes a warmly comedic approach to the travails of the 'new priest in town'. It doesn't help that he's English and…
- Beautiful Girls (1996)
- Dir. Ted Demme
Feat. Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, Uma Thurman…
- Not about beautiful girls but in fact about almost–thirtysomething blokes who think from between their legs. Lots of beautiful movie stars seem…
- Big Night (1996)
- Dir. Stanley Tucci, Campbell Scott
Feat. Stanley Tucci, Ian Holm, Isabella Rossellini…
- Two Italian restauranteur–brothers hope to catch the imagination of local tastebuds with an elaborate 6–course banquet, and rejuvinate…
- Children of the Revolution (1996)
- Dir. Peter Duncan
Feat. Judy Davis, Richard Roxburgh, Sam Neill
- An eclectic, ambitious black comedy based on a highly fictional premise – Stalin's son rises through the ranks in Australian politics.…
- Citizen Ruth (1996)
- Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz
- When chronic solvent–abuser Laura Dern becomes pregnant, then gets arrested again, she strays into the idealogical thicket of the abortion…
- Cold Comfort Farm (1996)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley, Ian McKellen…
- A beguiling comedy transpires when a penniless woman of society is forced to live with her yokel cousins. Full of eccentric dialogue and characters,…
- Cold Feet (TV Series) (1996)
- Feat. James Nesbitt, Helen Baxendale, John Thomson…
- Highly infectious and candid look at the lives of six thirty–something Brits, which gets to the sharp end of careers, love and sex in the…