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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Stick It (2006)
6.4/10
Director: Jessica Bendinger
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Missy Peregrym, Vanessa Lengies, Nicki SooHoo, Maddy Curley, John...
From first-time director and writer of teen hit 'Bring It On', Jessica Bendinger, comes this comedy/drama starring Missy Peregrym as Haley, a cocky gy... Read more
Still Crazy (1998)
7.1/10
Director: Brian Gibson
Starring: Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Bruce Robinson, Jimmy Nail, Timothy Spall, Bill Nig...
Twenty years ago, 70s rock phenomenon Strange Fruit turned out, turned off and dried up. Now after two decades, they're trying to get it together for... Read more
Stir Crazy (1980)
6.8/10
Director: Sidney Poitier
Starring: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor
STIR CRAZY teams two of the most brilliant and zany comic performers of their day: Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. Skip (Wilder) and Harry (Pryor) have... Read more
Stone of Destiny (2008)
6.8/10
Director: Charles Martin Smith
Starring: Charlie Cox, Kate Mara, Billy Boyd, Robert Carlyle, Ciaron Kelly
In 1950, Ian Hamilton, a student and dedicated nationalist, reignited Scottish national pride with his daring raid on Westminster Abbey to bring back... Read more
Strange Bedfellows (2004)
6.4/10
Director: Dean Murphy
Starring: Paul Hogan, Michael Caton
Tells the hilarious and heartwarming story of two very straight country blokes who, out of financial desperation, declare themselves as a gay couple t... Read more
Strange Brew (1983)
6.7/10
Starring: Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Max von Sydow
Canada's most famous hosers, Bob and Doug McKenzie, get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, only to learn that something is rotten with the state of it. Read more
Strange Invaders / Invaders From Mars (1986)
Director: Michael Laughlin, Tobe Hooper
Starring: Nancy Allen, Paul LeMat, Fiona Lewis, Karen Black, Bud Cort
'Strange Invaders' (1983): A fun spoof of science fiction invader films of the '50s and '60s. A UFO lands in a remote area of the midwest during the 1... Read more
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
7.6/10
Director: Marc Forster
Starring: Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson
Will Ferrell does a serio-comic turn as IRS agent Harold Crick, a pedantic number-cruncher who one day wakes up to find he can hear a woman's voice na... Read more
Strangers with Candy (2005)
6.1/10
Director: Paul Dinello
Starring: Amy Sedaris, Greg Hollimon, Paul Dinello, Deborah Rush, Stephen Colbert, Dan Hed...
A prequel to the brilliant comedy series of the same name about Jerri Blank (Amy Sedaris) an ex-drug addict who wants to come good - so she's going ba... Read more
Strays (2023)
Starring: Will Forte, Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx, Isla Fisher, Randall Park
Abandoned on the mean city streets by his lowlife owner, Doug, a naive but lovable dog named Reggie falls in with a fast-talking, foul-mouthed Boston... Read more