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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Jeeves and Wooster: Series 3 (1992)
8.4/10
Starring: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Robert Daws, Julian Firth, Pip Torrens
The perfectly cast Fry and Laurie are back in series three as the comic mayhem spreads across the Atlantic. Wooster flees the idea of marriage, but he... Read more
Jeff Green: Back From the Bewilderness (2003)
Director: Mick Thomas
Starring: Jeff Green
Stand-up legend Jeff Green brings his show to London's West End for a sell-out night at the Gielgud Theatre. A routine that has wowed crowds at the Ed... Read more
Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011)
6.5/10
Director: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Judy Greer, Jason Segel, Ed Helms
Quirky indie comedy stars Jason Segel as Jeff, a pot-smoking adult slacker who lives in his mother's (Susan Sarandon) basement. Sent out on a seemingl... Read more
Jersey Girl (2004)
6.2/10
Director: Kevin Smith
Starring: Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, George Carlin, Stephen Root, Mike Starr, Raquel Castro,...
Change of pace for slacker filmmaker Kevin Smith ("Clerks", "Chasing Amy") finds career-driven New York music publicist Ben Affleck's life shattered w... Read more
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004)
5.4/10
Director: Vadim Jean
Starring: Martin Short, Linda Cardellini, Janeane Garofalo, John Michael Higgins, Elizabet...
Martin Short is Jiminy Glick, a corpulent star-struck celebrity interviewer spawned as a character on Saturday Night Live, then given his own show on... Read more
Jingle All the Way (1996)
5.5/10
Director: Brian Levant
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman
This wonderful farce has businessman Arnold Schwarzenegger promising to get his son a Turbo Man, the action toy of the year, for Christmas. Things get... Read more
Joe Dirt (2001)
5.9/10
Director: Dennie Gordon
Starring: David Spade, Dennis Miller, Brittany Daniel, Kid Rock, Adam Beach
David Spade is the lead character, a stuck in the 70s radio station janitor who tells his sad and silly life story on the air to shock jock Dennis Mil... Read more
John Dies at the End (2012)
6.4/10
Director: Don Coscarelli
Starring: Clancy Brown, Paul Giamatti, Daniel Roebuck, Doug Jones, Chase Williamson, Rob M...
It's a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users drift across time and dimensions. B... Read more
John Tucker Must Die (2006)
5.8/10
Director: Betty Thomas
Starring: Ashanti , Arielle Kebbel, Sophia Bush, Jesse Metcalfe, Brittany Snow, Jenny McCa...
Three teens who were two-timed by local romeo John Tucker (Jesse Metcalfe), have decided to give him a taste of his own medicine. Enlisting the help... Read more
Johnny Be Good (1988)
4.6/10
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Uma Thurman, Anthony Michael Hall, Paul Gleason
Johnny's the top high-school football player and many colleges want him. His girlfriend, coach and best friend want him in the college, serving themse... Read more