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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Le Redoubtable (Godard Mon Amour) (2017)
6.7/10
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Starring: Louis Garrel, Berenice Bejo, Gregory Gadebois, Stacy Martin, Micha Lescot
During the making of one of his films, French film director Jean-Luc Godard falls in love with 17-year-old actress Anne Wiazemsky and later marries he... Read more
Le Souffle au Coeur ( Murmur of the Heart ) (1971)
7.8/10
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Daniel Gelin, Benoit Ferreux, Lea Massari, Marc Wincourt
One of Louis Malle's finest films, it is set in France at the time of the Indochinese war and follows the progress of 14-year-old Laurent as he tries... Read more
Le Week-End (2013)
6.3/10
Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Jim Broadbent, Olivier Audibert, Igor Gotesman, Lindsay Duncan, S...
A British couple return to Paris many years after their honeymoon there in an attempt to rejuvenate their marriage. The new film from the director of... Read more
Leap Of Faith (1993)
6.1/10
Director: Richard Pearce
Starring: Lolita Davidovich, Steve Martin, Debra Winger, Liam Neeson
Steve Martin turns in a terrific performance as Jonas Nightingale, a travelling preacher who uses high-tech razzmatazz directed by associate Debra Win... Read more
Leaves of Grass (2009)
6.5/10
Director: Tim Blake Nelson
Starring: Edward Norton, Melanie Lynskey, Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Tim Blake Nels...
A comic thriller seen through the dual perspectives of identical twins Bill and Brady Kincaid (both played by Edward Norton). Bill, a classics profess... Read more
Legal Eagles (1986)
5.9/10
Director: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Brian Dennehy, Daryl Hannah, Debra Winger, Robert Redford, Terence Stamp
Robert Redford and Debra Winger star in this sophisticated comedy thriller about art fraud and murder, with Redford as a hard-nosed assistant district... Read more
Legally Blonde (2001)
6.2/10
Director: Robert Luketic
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Ali Larter, Raquel Welch
Blondacious Los Angeles college student Reese Witherspoon is unceremoniously dumped by her preppy Havard-bound boyfriend, who happens to think she's b... Read more
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003)
4.7/10
Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Regina King, Jennifer Coolidge, Bruce McGill, Bo...
Reese Witherspoon is back in Elle Woods' strappy shoes, and this time she's taking on Washington, D.C.! When Elle (Witherspoon) discovers that her lov... Read more
Leigh Hart's Mysterious Planet (2010)
Starring: Leigh Hart
Explorer, adventurer and self-proclaimed expert Leigh Hart is on a quest to seek the truth behind the world's greatest mysteries. Armed only with his... Read more
Leningrad Cowboys Collection ( Leningrad Cowboys Go America / Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses / Total Balalaika Show ) (1989)
Director: Aki Kaurismaki
Starring: Andre Wilms, Jim Jarmusch, Kari Vaananen, Matti Pellonpaa, Nicky Tesco
The legendary Leningrad Cowboys, one of Finland's oddest but most successful exports, are a comic rock band of outlandish appearance with their dark s... Read more