Comedy
Q: How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? A: The fish. Much like that joke, comedy comes down to personal taste and what one finds funny or not. Some like their humour light and frothy and very generalised, while others like it to have an edge and go for a more twisted, darker humour. The motherlode of this genre can be scrolled below. Either way, we're sure there will be something for everybody in the subsections on the left.
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Free Money (1998)
5/10
Director: Yves Simoneau
Starring: Marlon Brando, Charlie Sheen, Thomas Haden Church, Mira Sorvino, Donald Sutherla...
'The Swede' (Brando) is a hardened prison warden and equally harsh patriach, so when things start unravelling at his work and his beautiful twin daugh... Read more
Free Samples (2012)
5.6/10
Starring: Jess Weixler, Jesse Eisenberg
Stanford Law dropout Jillian wakes up with a hangover and is pressured by her friend to take a shift at an ice-cream truck in LA, giving out free samp... Read more
Freebird (2008)
5.6/10
Director: Jon Ivay
Starring: Peter Bowles, Phil Daniels, Geoff Bell, Laila Rouass, Jon Ivay, Alun ap Brinley,...
A British biker flick with an engaging mix of male bonding, drug humour and bumbling criminal activity from writer/director Jon Ivay. Three friends fu... Read more
French and Saunders: Complete Series 1 - 6 (2008)
7.7/10
Starring: Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders
A 6-disc collection featuring all the 'French and Saunders' from Series One (1987) to Series Six (2004). Written by and starring Dawn French and Jenn... Read more
French and Saunders: Live (2000)
8.2/10
Director: Anon
Starring: Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders
The class double act of French and Saunders are at their hilarious LIVE best in this offering. Dawn French says of their show "I am an all seeing, all... Read more
French Exit (2020)
6/10
Director: Azazel Jacobs
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Imogen Poots, Isaach De Bankole
"My plan was to die before the money ran out," says 60-year-old penniless Manhattan socialite Frances Price, but things didn't go as planned. Her husb... Read more
Fresh Meat (2012)
5.4/10
Director: Danny Mulheron
Starring: Temuera Morrison, Kate Elliott, Nicola Kawana, Hanna Tevita
In this Kiwi mash-up of comedy, horror and action, a prison breakout goes violently wrong for a dysfunctional gang of criminals and they need a hideou... Read more
Friday After Next (2002)
5.8/10
Director: Marcus Raboy
Starring: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, John Witherspoon, Don "D C" Curry, Anna Maria Horsford
Craig and Day-Day have finally gotten jobs as mall security guards and moved into their own crib. When a fake Santa robs their rundown apartment on Ch... Read more
Friends and Family (2001)
6.4/10
Director: Kristen Coury
Starring: Tony Lo Bianco, Greg Lauren, Christopher Gartin, Tovah Feldshuh, Anna Maria Albe...
Farcical mob comedy with a twist stars Greg Lauren and Christopher Gartin as a gay couple employed as hit men for Tony Lo Bianco, a mob boss who wishe... Read more
Friends with Money (2006)
5.8/10
Director: Nicole Holofcener
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Joan Cusack, Catherine Keener, Frances McDormand, Jason Isaacs...
Jennifer Aniston, Joan Cusack, Catherine Keener and Frances McDormand headline this vibrant comedy-drama as four friends who are re-evaluating their l... Read more