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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The Best Of Times (1986)
6/10
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Starring: Robin Williams, Kurt Russell, Pamela Reed
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game. Read more
The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
4.9/10
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Starring: Diedrich Bader, Dabney Coleman, Erika Eleniak, Cloris Leachman, Rob Schneider, L...
This big-screen version of the backwoods Clampett family's invasion of Beverly Hills stars Jim Varney, Cloris Leachman and Lily Tomlin. Read more
The Beverly Hillbillies Collection (1962)
Director: Various
Starring: Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer, Nancy Kulp
"The Beverly Hillbillies" is one of the most loved series of all time, bringing back memories of fridgidaires that impressed the neighbours and televi... Read more
The Big Bounce (2003)
4.9/10
Director: George Armitage
Starring: Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman, Gary Sinise, Sara Foster, Willie Nelson, Vinnie Jon...
Sexy, twist-filled comic caper follows small-time Hawaiian scam artist Owen Wilson as he attempts to go straight. After falling for the beautiful form... Read more
The Big Chill (1983)
7.2/10
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, Meg Tilly, Mary Kay Place, JoBeth Will...
College friends from the 1960's are re-united at the funeral of a mutual friend who committed suicide, and have to re-examine the twenty years that ha... Read more
The Big Empty (2003)
6.1/10
Director: Steve Anderson
Starring: Jon Favreau, Joey Lauren Adams, Daryl Hannah, Rachael Leigh Cook, Kelsey Grammer...
In this quirky independent comedy, John Person (Jon Favreau) is an out of work actor who's faced with mounting debts and eviction from his apartment.... Read more
The Big Hit (2020)
7.3/10
Director: Emmanuel Courcol
Starring: Kad Merad, Marina Hands, Laurent Stocker
Etienne, an often out of work but endearing actor, runs a theater workshop in a prison, where he brings together an unlikely troupe of prisoners to st... Read more
The Big Lebowski (1998)
8.1/10
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: David Huddleston, Peter Stormare, Steve Buscemi, Sam Elliott, Philip Seymour Hof...
A comedy about kidnapping, nihilism, the Gulf War and bowling, courtesy of Joel and Ethan Coen. Jeff Bridges plays Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, a middle-... Read more
The Big Lebowski ( Blu-ray ) (1998)
8.1/10
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, John Turturro, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffma...
A comedy about kidnapping, nihilism, the Gulf War and bowling, courtesy of Joel and Ethan Coen. Jeff Bridges plays Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, a middle-... Read more
The Big Short (2015)
7.8/10
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell
Adam McKay co-writes and directs this financial drama starring Brad Pitt, Steve Carell, Christian Bale and Ryan Gosling. The film follows eccentric fi... Read more