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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Megamind (2010)
7.3/10
Director: Tom McGrath
Starring: Brad Pitt, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, David Cross, Jonah Hill
At long last, the alien super-villain Megamind has vanquished his arch enemy, the heroic Metro Man. Bored out of his skull, he creates a new superhero... Read more
Melinda and Melinda (2004)
6.5/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Jonny Lee Miller, Radha Mitchell, Wallace Shawn, Will Ferrell, Am...
Can any story be comic or tragic depending on the telling? Woody Allen's innovative new film alternates between two versions of the same story - one... Read more
Melvin and Howard (1980)
6.9/10
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Jason Robards, Paul Le Mat, Mary Steenburgen
This gem tells the offbeat true story of a chance encounter between eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes and an unsuspecting labourer named Melvin Dumm... Read more
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
5.9/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill
An enjoyable, megabudgeted version of HF Saint's satirical bestseller about a wall street analyst who is turned invisible in a freak accident. Chevy C... Read more
Men at Work (1990)
5.9/10
Director: Emilio Estevez
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Leslie Hope, Keith David, John Getz
Brothers Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen star as a pair of trash-hauling heroes who dream of cleaning up the city and opening their own surf shop in... Read more
Men at Work (2006)
6.7/10
Director: Mani Haghighi
Starring: Mahnaz Afshar, Ahmad Hamed, Mahmoud Kalari, Reza Kianian
Four friends returning home from a skiing trip stumble upon a curiously large rock on the side of a mountain. What begins as a lighthearted project to... Read more
Men In Black (1997)
7.3/10
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn, Tony...
Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith are the nattily-dressed government agents whose top secret job is to track down any extraterrestrials landing on Earth... Read more
Men in Black ( Blu-ray ) (1997)
7.3/10
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn
Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith are the nattily-dressed government agents whose top secret job is to track down any extraterrestrials landing on Earth... Read more
Men in Black 3 (2012)
6.8/10
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Emma Thompson, Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Jemaine Clement, Michae...
The Men in Black are back and this time Agent J (Will Smith) must take a trip into the past in order to save both the future and his taciturn partner... Read more
Men in Black 3 (Blu-ray) (2012)
6.8/10
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Emma Thompson, Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Jemaine Clement, Michae...
The Men in Black are back and this time Agent J (Will Smith) must take a trip into the past in order to save both the future and his taciturn partner... Read more