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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Sky Sharks (2020)
3.9/10
Starring: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tony Todd
"Deep in the ice of the antarctic, a team of geologists uncover an old nazi laboratory still intact where dark experiments had occured. In order to co... Read more
Skylab (2011)
6.4/10
Director: Julie Delpy
Starring: Bernadette Lafont, Emmanuele Riva, Julie Delpy, Karin Viard, Aure Atika, Jean-Lo...
July 1979. In Brittany, an extended family gathers to celebrate the grandmother's birthday. There's a hint of tension in the air, as the Skylab is rum... Read more
Slack Bay (2016)
6/10
Director: Bruno Dumont
Starring: Fabrice Luchini, Juliette Binoche, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
Inspectors Machin and Malfoy investigate after tourists vanish from beaches on the Channel Coast, near the Van Peteghem family's mansion. Read more
Slackers (2002)
5.3/10
Starring: Devon Sawa, Jason Segel, Jason Schwartzman
When geeky Ethan discovers three fellow students scamming the examination system, he blackmails them to win over the college's most popular girl. Read more
Slap Shot (1977)
7.4/10
Director: George Roy Hill
Starring: Strother Martin, Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean, Lindsay Crouse, Jerry Houser, Jen...
Paul Newman plays an ageing player-coach of an ice hockey team who's a loser until he instructs the members of his team to behave like 'animals' durin... Read more
Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018)
5.6/10
Director: Crispian Mills
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Michael Sheen, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Margot Robbie
An illustrious British boarding school becomes a bloody battleground when a mysterious sinkhole appears at a nearby fracking site unleashing unspeakab... Read more
Sleeper (1973)
7.3/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory, Woody Allen
'Sleeper' is loaded with hilarious sight gags and brilliant wit as Woody pokes fun at everything from sex to politics to health foods in this look at... Read more
Sleeping Dogs Lie (2005)
6.3/10
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait
Starring: Melinda Page Hamilton, Bryce Johnson, Geoff Pierson
Daring his fiancee Amy (Melinda Page Hamilton) to confess her most unwholesome indiscretion, strait-laced John (Bryce Johnson) becomes shocked beyond... Read more
Sleepwalk with Me (2012)
6.8/10
Director: Mike Birbiglia
Starring: Carol Kane, James Rebhorn, Lauren Ambrose, Mike Birbiglia, Cristin Milioti
Winner of a 2012 Audience Award at Sundance, comedian Mike Birbiglia wrote, directed and stars in this sincere and hilarious film, based on his off-Br... Read more
Slipstream (2007)
5.1/10
Director: Anthony Hopkins
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Christian Slater, John Turturro, Stella Arroyave, Michael Clark...
Anthony Hopkins directed, wrote and stars in this Lynch-ian, stream-of-consciousness drama about a screenwriter whose reality and imagination are abou... Read more