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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Jackass: Number Two - The Movie (2006)
7.3/10
Director: Jeff Tremaine
Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O , Chris Pontius
Twice as fearless, twice as hilarious, and twice as curious, Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, and Chris Pontius stumble back onto the big scree... Read more
Jackie (2012)
6.8/10
Director: Antoinette Beumer
Starring: Holly Hunter, Carice Van Houten, Jelka van Houten
Dutch twin sisters travel to America to look for their long-lost mother. Read more
Jackpot (2011)
6.6/10
Director: Magnus Martens
Starring: Kyrre Hellum, Mads Ousdal, Henrik Mestad, Arthur Berning, Andreas Cappelen, Lena...
Jo Nesbø has sold over 9 million books - This film is based on a story you haven't read. Oscar Svendsen wakes up, terrified and bloodied; a shotgun in... Read more
Jackpot (2001)
5.7/10
Director: Michael Polish
Starring: Jon Gries, Garrett Morris, Adam Baldwin, Patrick Bauchau, Crystal Bernard, Mac D...
Twin brothers Mark and Michael Polish ("Twin Falls, Idaho") are the creative force behind this unusual road movie about Sunny Holiday (Jon Gries), who... Read more
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (2025)
6.4/10
Starring: Camille Rutherford, Pablo Pauly, Charlie Anson
Desperately single and plagued by writer's block, Agathe gets invited to the Jane Austen Writers' Residency in England. Caught in an unexpected romant... Read more
Jawbreaker (1998)
5.5/10
Director: Darren Stein
Starring: Rebecca Gayheart, Rose McGowan, Julie Benz, Pam Grier, Judy Greer
In this dark, satiric teen comedy, three beautiful and much-feared students at Reagan High School stage a mock kidnapping of their friend on her 17th... Read more
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
6.9/10
Director: Kevin Smith
Starring: Jason Mewes, Shannon Elizabeth, Will Ferrell, Kevin Smith, Jason Lee, Chris Rock...
Kevin Smith closes the book on his slacker reprobates with this fifth and final entry in his "New Jersey Trilogy". When convenience store hangabouts J... Read more
JCVD (2008)
7.2/10
Director: Mabrouk El Mechri
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Francois Damiens, Zinedine Soualem
Jean-Claude Van Damme plays himself in this unique, existential heist thriller with a dark comic streak. Down and out, with only straight-to-DVD title... Read more
JCVD (Blu-ray) (2008)
7.1/10
Director: Mabrouk El Mechri
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Francois Damiens, Zinedine Soualem
Jean-Claude Van Damme plays himself in this unique, existential heist thriller with a dark comic streak. Down and out, with only straight-to-DVD title... Read more
Jeeves and Wooster: Series 2 (1991)
8.4/10
Starring: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Martin Clunes, Robert Daws, Vivian Pickles
Following the immense success of the first series, British greats Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry return to the iconic swing-time roles of P.G. Wodehouse'... Read more