Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Drama: 1115 Films to Buy & Rent
Anglo Saxon Attitudes (TV Series) (1992)
- Feat. Richard Johnson, Douglas Hodge, Elizabeth Spriggs…
- TV drama based on the post–war satirical novel by Angus Wilson, following an aging historian (Richard Johnson) as he reflects on his youth, his…
Broadway Bound (1992)
- Dir. Paul Bogart
Feat. Anne Bancroft, Hume Cronyn
- Third film in the trilogy based on the Neil Simon's memoirs remains faithful to its stage origins. His alter–ego aspires to write successful…
Dear Diary (Caro Diario) (1992)
- Dir. Nanni Moretti
Feat. Nanni Moretti
- Often hilarious and inspiring film travelogue follows the endearing Nanni Moretti's personal experiences over 18 months. Over three chapters, he…
Discrete, La (1992)
- Dir. Christian Vincent
Feat. Fabrice Luchini, Judith Henry, Maurice Garrel…
- Things don't go to plan for a philandering writer who refuses to commit emotionally. A literary yet accessible essay on sexual game–playing,…
Get Back (TV Series) (1992-1993)
- Feat. Ray Winstone, Carol Harrison, Larry Lamb…
- Limp sitcom with Ray Winstone as an East End boy now running a menswear shop facing financial ruin. Notable only for an early Kate Winslet role and…
Husbands and Wives (1992)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Judy Davis, Sydney Pollack, Liam Neeson…
- A Woody Allen 'art–imitates–life' parable about aging intellectuals with the twenty–year itch. Judy Davis, Sydney Pollack and Liam…
In the Soup (1992)
- Dir. Alexandre Rockwell
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel, Jennifer Beals…
- Steve Buscemi lends his bug–eyed innocence as a wannabee film–maker who becomes involved with a charismatic hood who promises to raise…
Newsies (1992)
- Dir. Kenny Ortega
Feat. Christian Bale, Bill Pullman, Ann-Margret…
- Disney musical based loosely on the 1899 New York City Newsboys' strike, in which the young newspaper hawkers of the city rose up to demand fair…
Peter's Friends (1992)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie…
- British stiff–upper–lip spin on the BIG CHILL with Kenneth Brannagh and friends. They come across as something of a lacklustre lot,…
Simple Men (1992)
- Dir. Hal Hartley
Feat. Robert Burke, Bill Sage, Martin Donovan…
- Hartley's third feature re–visits his deadpan, sexy and intellectual world in which two brothers set off to find their estranged father.