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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Stalag Luft (1993)
6.8/10
Director: Adrian Shergold
Starring: Geoffrey Palmer, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Stephen Fry, Sam Kelly
Deep in wartime Germany, something is stirring. Behind the barbed wire of a POW camp, brave allied heroes are plotting to escape, led by their daring... Read more
Stalking Santa (2006)
5.7/10
Director: Greg Kiefer
Starring: Chris Clark, Daryn Tufts, Lisa Clark, Narrated by, William Shatner
A devoted 'Santaologist' in search of the world's greatest living mystery attempts to cut through government conspiracy, big business hush-ups, and co... Read more
Stand Up Guys (2012)
6.5/10
Director: Fisher Stevens
Starring: Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, Christopher Walken, Julianna Margulies
After serving 28 years in prison for refusing to give up information on one of his close criminal associates, Val (Al Pacino) is released and picked u... Read more
Standing Still (2005)
5.8/10
Director: Matthew Cole Weiss
Starring: Amy Adams, Adam Garcia, Jon Abrahams, Colin Hanks, Mena Suvari, Ethan Embry, Lau...
When a bunch of old college friends reunite for a wedding, the scene is set for some awkard and even ugly confrontations. Michael and Elise both have... Read more
Standing Up for Sunny (2019)
Director: Steven Vidler
Starring: RJ Mitte, Sam Reid, Matt Nable
An isolated guy with cerebral palsy is railroaded into helping an unassertive comedienne, and finds love and acceptance through stand up comedy. Read more
Standing Up, Falling Down (2019)
Starring: Billy Crystal
A comedy about the unlikely friendship that kindles between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A., forced to move back home to Eastern Long Island... Read more
Stardust Memories (1980)
7.4/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper
Woody Allen plays a troubled filmmaker attending a film seminar weekend where space aliens confide that they enjoyed his earlier, funnier movies. He a... Read more
Stardust Memories (Blu-ray) (1980)
7.2/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper
Woody Allen plays a troubled filmmaker attending a film seminar weekend where space aliens confide that they enjoyed his earlier, funnier movies. He a... Read more
Stark (1993)
6.5/10
Director: Nadia Tass
Starring: Ben Elton, Colin Friels, Jacqueline McKenzie, Deborra-Lee Furness, Bill Hunter,...
Ben Elton stars in his own adaptation of his first and best-selling novel, filmed entirely in Australia. He plays CD, a layabout whose obsession with... Read more
Starsky and Hutch (2004)
7/10
Director: Todd Phillips
Starring: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Juliette Lewis, Snoop Dogg
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are 'the man', partnered with their trademark red and white Ford Torino in this hilarious spoof of the hit '70s crime dram... Read more