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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Shane Maloney: The Brush-off (2004)
Director: Sam Neill
Starring: David Wenham, Mick Molloy, Bruce Spence, Steve Bisley
Sam Neill takes the helm for this adaptation of Shane Maloney's novel. When a dead artist is being fished from the ornamental moat outside an art gall... Read more
Shanghai Kiss (2007)
6.8/10
Director: David Ren, Kern Konwiser
Starring: Ken Leung, Hayden Panettiere, Kelly Hu, Timothy Bottoms
In the midst of pursuing his fledgling acting career, Liam Liu (Ken Leung) learns that he has inherited his grandmother's house in Shanghai. Eager to... Read more
Shanghai Knights (2003)
6.2/10
Director: David Dobkin
Starring: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Donnie Yen, Aidan Gillen
This high-kicking sequel to 'Shanghai Noon' has Chon (Jackie Chan) leaving his honourable life as sheriff of Carson City when his sister brings news o... Read more
Shanghai Noon (2000)
6.6/10
Director: Tom Dey
Starring: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu
Jackie Chan makes the Wild West even wilder in this rambunctious ride, playing an Imperial Guard in China's Forbidden City in the 1880's who comes to... Read more
Shaolin Soccer (2001)
7.3/10
Director: Stephen Chow
Starring: Stephen Chow, Vicki Zhao
Sing is an exceptionally skilled Shaolin kung fu devotee who's fallen on hard times when his amazing 'leg of steel' catches the eye of an equally down... Read more
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
7.9/10
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran, Penelope Wilton,...
There comes a day in every man's life when he has to get off the couch... and kill some zombies. When flesh-eating zombies are on the hunt for a bite... Read more
Shaun of the Dead ( Blu-ray ) (2004)
7.9/10
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Penelope Wilton, Bill Nighy, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Ka...
There comes a day in every man's life when he has to get off the couch... and kill some zombies. When flesh-eating zombies are on the hunt for a bite... Read more
Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)
7.4/10
Director: Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
Feature-length movie from Aardman Animations following Shaun (voice of Justin Fletcher) and his flock of sheep. After their mischievous behaviour gets... Read more
Shaun the Sheep Movie ( Blu-ray ) (2015)
7.4/10
Director: Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
Feature-length movie from Aardman Animations following Shaun (voice of Justin Fletcher) and his flock of sheep. After their mischievous behaviour gets... Read more
Shazam! (2019)
7.3/10
Director: David F Sandberg
Starring: Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, Adam Brody, Djimon Hounsou, Meagan...
We all have a superhero inside of us -- it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In 14-year-old Billy Batson's case, all he needs to do is shout... Read more