Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy > Foreign Cinema: 70 Films to Rent on VHS
- Would I Lie to You? (1997)
- Dir. Thomas Gilou
Feat. Richard Anconina, Vincent Elbaz, Bruno Solo
- In a Jewish rag–trade district of Paris, an affable street kid maintains the ruse of being Jewish to financial, social and romantic advantage.…
- Celestial Clockwork (1996)
- Dir. Fina Torres
Feat. Ariadna Gil, Arielle Dombasle
- Cinderella–type comedy that has a gifted Venezualan opera singer vaulting for stardom in an eccentric Parisian setting. Consistently sunny in…
- Forbidden City Cop (1996)
- Dir. Vincent Tak-Chiu
Feat. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
- Hysterical and kinda crazy semi–sequel to the smash hit comedy FROM BEIJING WITH LOVE, splices James Bond with A CHINESE GHOST STORY, following…
- Guantanamera (1996)
- Dir. Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabio
Feat. Carlos Cruz, Mirta Ibarra, Jorge Perugorria…
- A quirky mix of low–speed road movie and romantic comedy following the unsteady progress of a funeral procession across the length of Cuba…
- Summer in La Goulette (1996)
- Dir. Ferid Boughedir
Feat. Sonia Mankai, Ava Cohen-Jonathan, Sarah Pariente…
- Three families of disparate cultures enjoy harmony in Tunisian paradise, until three of their beautiful daughters flirt with losing their virginity,…
- High Risk (1995)
- Dir. Wong Jing
Feat. Jet Li, Jacky Cheung
- A Hong Kong actioner worth singling out from the glut, Jet Li is charisma–on–legs as an unflappable stunt double/bodyguard who is forced…
- Kamikaze Taxi (1995)
- Dir. Masato Harada
Feat. Koji Yakusho, Kazuya Takahashi, Reiko Kataoka
- An apprentice gangster fouls up his first major assignment and flees Tokyo in a taxi, the driver of which turns out to be a unlikely confident with a…
- Sixty Million Dollar Man (1995)
- Dir. Yip Wai-Man
Feat. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
- Spoiled brat 'accident' victim Stephen Chow becomes a not–so–super hero when he is pieced back together Steve Austin–style for a…
- Bodyguard from Beijing (1994)
- Dir. Yuen Kwai
Feat. Jet Li
- Jet Li is "The Bodyguard" in this delightful parody of the Kevin Costner/Whitney Houston smash. A gourmet chop suey of action, humour and simmering…
- City Hunter (1994)
- Dir. Wong Jing
Feat. Jackie Chan, Chingmy Yau, Joey Wong
- Jackie Chan is the popular Japanese comic book character Ryu Saeba: part detective, part mercenary, all womanizer – is contracted to return the…