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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Something to Sing About (1937)
6.4/10
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Starring: James Cagney, Philip Ahn, Gene Lockhart
Jimmy Cagney's at his foot-tappin' best as a New York bandleader who is offered a movie contract in this song-filled comedy that includes a few jabs a... Read more
Something Wild (1986)
6.9/10
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta
Jonathan Demme's wonderfully funny, unusual film with Jeff Daniels as the straight-laced stock broker whose only brush with crime - trying to get away... Read more
Sometimes Always Never (2018)
6.3/10
Director: Carl Hunter
Starring: Bill Nighy, Sam Riley, Alice Lowe, Jenny Agutter, Tim McInnerny
A man searches tirelessly for his missing son who he has not seen in years. When a body is located, the entire family's life is turned upside-down and... Read more
Son of Flubber (1963)
6.1/10
Director: Robert Stevenson
Starring: Ed Wynn, Fred MacMurray, Keenan Wynn, Leon Ames, Nancy Olson, Tommy Kirk
Professor Ned Brainard's discovery of flubber hasn't quite brought him - or his college - the riches he thought. The Pentagon has declared his discove... Read more
Son of Rambow (2008)
7.2/10
Director: Garth Jennings
Starring: Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Neil Dudgeon, Jessica Stevenson, Anna Wing, Tallulah...
The love of Sly Stallone brings two unlikely lads together during a long, hot English summer in the early '80s. Will Proudfoot is from a religious fam... Read more
Son of Rambow (Blu-ray) (2008)
7.2/10
Director: Garth Jennings
Starring: Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Neil Dudgeon, Jessica Stevenson, Anna Wing, Tallulah...
The love of Sly Stallone brings two unlikely lads together during a long, hot English summer in the early '80s. Will Proudfoot is from a religious fam... Read more
Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
3.8/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Roberto Benigni, Herbert Lom, Claudia Cardinale
Roberto Benigni is the son of the unco-ordinated Inspector Clouseau, and the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree. In search of a kidnapped Middle Ea... Read more
Song for Marion (2012)
8.9/10
Director: Paul Andrew Williams
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Terence Stamp, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Arterton
A.k.a. "Unfinished Song". A heartfelt drama, "Song for Marion" follows Terence Stamp's grumpy pensioner Arthur as he is reluctantly inspired by his be... Read more
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
7.1/10
Director: Edward Buzzell
Starring: Gloria Grahame, Myrna Loy, William Powell, Keenan Wynn, Dean Stockwell, Patricia...
In the sixth and final film of the series, Nick and Nora play a rousing rendition of 'Murder Musicale' when the homicide of a jazz bandleader leads th... Read more
Songs From The Second Floor (2000)
7.6/10
Director: Roy Andersson
Starring: Lars Nordh
Songs from the Second Floor (Swedish: Sånger från andra våningen) is a Swedish black comedy-drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 6 Oc... Read more