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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Spy Hard (1996)
5.3/10
Director: Rick Friedberg
Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Barry Bostwick
Leslie Nielsen is Dick Steel, Secret Agent WD 40, on the trail of arch-villain General Rancor (Andy Griffith) in this zany spoof. Read more
St Ives (1976)
6.4/10
Director: J Lee Thompson
Starring: Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Harry Guardino, Harris Yulin, Dana Elcar
Ex-crime reporter Raymond St. Ives (Charles Bronson) has elegant taste, a yen for gambling and an unfinished novel in his typewriter. Hired to locate... Read more
St Trinian's (2007)
Director: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson
Starring: Colin Firth, Lena Headey, Rupert Everett, Mischa Barton
When their beloved school is threatened with closure should the powers that be fail to raise the proper funds, the girls of St. Trinians's, the infamo... Read more
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009)
5.4/10
Director: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson
Starring: Celia Imrie, Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, David Tennant, Juno Temple, Tamsin Ege...
The schoolgirls of St. Trinian's start a new term amidst the usual chaos and excitement. A rollercoaster-style treasure hunt for the legendary Fritton... Read more
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
6.4/10
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy
The new Brat Pack are featured as recent college grads having their problems. One critic referred to this as 'The Little Chill'. With Demi Moore, Rob... Read more
St. Trinians: The Belles of St Trinian's / Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1954)
Director: Frank Launder
Starring: Alastair Sim, George Cole, Hermione Baddeley, Joyce Grenfell
The Belles of St Trinian's: A wonderful flimization of Ronald Searle's cartoons about a completely crazy school for girls, run by a dotty Headmistress... Read more
St. Vincent (2014)
7.3/10
Director: Theodore Melfi
Starring: Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd, Terrence Howard, Jaede...
Maggie (McCarthy), a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her 12-year old son, Oliver (Lieberher). Forced to work long hours, she has... Read more
St. Vincent (Blu-ray) (2014)
7.2/10
Director: Theodore Melfi
Starring: Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd, Terrence Howard, Jaede...
Maggie (McCarthy), a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her 12-year old son, Oliver (Lieberher). Forced to work long hours, she has... Read more
Stage Beauty (2004)
7.2/10
Director: Richard Eyre
Starring: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Tom Wilkinson, Rupert Everett, Ben Chaplin, Richard...
Adapted from Jeffrey Hatcher's play and based loosely on the life of Ned Kynaston (Billy Crudup), a 17th century theatre star noted particularly for h... Read more
Stakeout (1987)
6.6/10
Director: John Badham
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe
A fast and funny cop thriller about a pair of detectives (Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez) who strive to apprehend a psychotic killer who has esca... Read more