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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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
7.4/10
Director: Jim Mallon
Starring: Kevin Murphy, Michael J Nelson, Trace Beaulieu
Blast off on the Satellite of Love with Mike Nelson, Tom Servo and Crow in the big-screen version of the hilarious TV series, as they wisecrack their... Read more
Mystery Team (2009)
6.7/10
Starring: Donald Glover
A group of former Encyclopedia Brown-style child-detectives struggle to solve an adult mystery. Read more
Mystery, Alaska (1999)
6.7/10
Director: Jay Roach
Starring: Russell Crowe, Hank Azaria, Burt Reynolds, Mary McCormack, Colm Meaney, Mike Mye...
This rousing mix of sports drama and small-town comedy follows a Sports Illustrated writer who returns to his Alaska hometown with a challenge for the... Read more
Mystics (2002)
6/10
Director: David Blair
Starring: Milo O'Shea, David Kelly, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Liam Cunningham
Dave and Locky are a couple of old-timers who have found the perfect scam, offering 'solace and peace' to the bereaved. Dave poses as a medium, whilst... Read more
Nacho Libre (2006)
5.7/10
Director: Jared Hess
Starring: Jack Black, Ana de la Reguera, Hector Jiminez, Richard Montoya, Darius Rose, Moi...
The unfalteringly funny Jack Black is Friar Ignacio, a cook in a Mexican monastery who harbours a secret desire to become a wrestling luchadore. With... Read more
Nadja (1995)
6.8/10
Director: Michael Almereyda
Starring: Elina Lowensohn, Peter Fonda, Suzy Amis, Martin Donovan, Jared Harris
In this stylish, supernatural thriller a pair of twin brother and sister vampires haunt contemporary New York. Full of dead-pan black humour and execu... Read more
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
6.5/10
Director: Peter Segal
Starring: Fred Ward, George Kennedy, Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, O J Simpson
A retired Leslie Nielsen is pulled back onto the force when a terrorist threatens to bomb the Academy Awards show. The laughs are non-stop, as Nielsen... Read more
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)
Director: Susanna White
Starring: Emma Thompson, Ewan McGregor, Maggie Smith, Ralph Fiennes, Rhys Ifans, Bill Bail...
Aka "Nanny McPhee Returns". Emma Thompson reprises her role as Nanny McPhee, the mysterious nanny with unsettling facial features, in this sequel. Thi... Read more
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
6.9/10
Director: Jared Hess
Starring: Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell, Efren Ramirez, Tina Majorino, Diedrich Bader
Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) is a new kind of hero, complete with a tight red 'fro, sweet moon boots, and skills that can't be topped. Napoleon spend... Read more
Narco: Secret Adventures of Gustav Klopp (2004)
Director: Tristan Aurouet, Gilles Lellouche
Starring: Guillaume Canet, Zabou, Benoit Poelvoorde, Guillaume Gallienne, Jean-Claude Van...
Gustav Klopp (Guillaume Canet) is narcoleptic, and holding down a job is difficult. At best, drive-through customers don't get their pizzas; at worst,... Read more