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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Stretch (2014)
6.5/10
Director: Joe Carnahan
Starring: Jessica Alba, Patrick Wilson, Ed Helms, James Badge Dale, Brooklyn Decker
Things perpetually go from bad to worse in Stretch the new action-comedy from Joe Carnahan (Smokin Aces). Stretch (Patrick Wilson, The Conjuring... Read more
Stripes (1981)
6.9/10
Director: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Warren Oates, P J Soles, Harold Ramis, Bill Murray
This box office hit is a routine army comedy about a loser who enlists and ends up in a platoon of volunteer misfits that a sergeant is doing his best... Read more
Striptease (1996)
4.4/10
Director: Andrew Bergman
Starring: Demi Moore, Armand Assante, Burt Reynolds
Demi Moore takes it all off in this adaptation ofCarl Hiaasen's cunning satirical novel. When she loses custody of her child to her slimy husband, she... Read more
Stuart Little (1999)
5.9/10
Director: Rob Minkoff
Starring: Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, Michael J Fox, Nathan Lane
Amazing computer animation and the voice of Michael J Fox help bring to life E.B. White's tiny mouse hero in this delightful live-action family film.... Read more
Stuber (2019)
6.1/10
Director: Michael Dowse
Starring: Dave Bautista, Kumail Nanjiani, Mira Sorvino
A mild-mannered Uber driver named Stu picks up a grizzled detective who is hot on the trail of a sadistic, bloodthirsty terrorist and finds himself th... Read more
Stuck on You (2003)
5.8/10
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Starring: Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Eva Mendes, Seymour Cassel, Cher
From the Farrelly Brothers ("There's Something About Mary") comes this amusing comedy chronicling the misadventures of conjoined twins Matt Damon and... Read more
Studio 666 (2022)
5.7/10
Legendary rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much anticipated 10th album. Read more
Submarine (2010)
7.3/10
Director: Richard Ayoade
Starring: Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine, Sally Hawkins, Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige
Young Oliver Tate's coming of age is coming even sooner than expected. Prone to daydreaming, listening to French crooners, and indulging other self-ab... Read more
Suburbicon (2017)
5.6/10
Director: George Clooney
Starring: Julianne Moore, Matt Damon, Oscar Isaac
Suburbicon is a peaceful, idyllic, suburban community with affordable homes and manicured lawns -- the perfect place to raise a family, and in the sum... Read more
Summer School (1987)
6.6/10
Director: Carl Reiner
Starring: Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Robin Thomas
Freddy the gym teacher has to teach remedial English in summer (high) school, if he wants tenure. As he can only teach gym and his students want fun,... Read more