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 Blue Rose (2013)
7.1/10
Starring: Antonia Prebble, Siobhan Marshall, Matt Minto
A contemporary, smart investigative drama in which the lowly back-room office staff join forces to fight for justice in a corrupt corporate world. A... Read more
The Blues Brothers (1980)
7.9/10
Director: John Landis
Starring: Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, John Belushi, James Brown, Henry Gibson, Dan Aykro...
Engagingly nutty comedy about John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd trying to raise money to save an orphanage by reuniting their old band and nearly destroyin... Read more
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Director: Richard Curtis
Starring: Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nick Frost, Tom Sturridge,...
Aka "Pirate Radio". In 1966, a rusty fishing trawler christened Radio Rock floats just outside British territorial waters, broadcasting illicit rock '... Read more
The Boat That Rocked ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
Director: Richard Curtis
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rhys Ifans, Bill Nighy, Chris O'Dowd, R...
Aka "Pirate Radio". In 1966, a rusty fishing trawler christened Radio Rock floats just outside British territorial waters, broadcasting illicit rock '... Read more
The Bobo (1967)
5.5/10
Director: Robert Parrish
Starring: Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Rossano Brazzi, Adolfo Celi, Hattie Jacques, Kennet...
Peter Sellers is Juan Bautista, a hopeless matador who really wants to be a singer. Trying his luck in Barcelona, he gets a gig at a local hotspot wi... Read more
The Bonfire Of The Vanities (1990)
5.5/10
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith
This controversial adaptation of Tom Wolfe's caustic satire, directed by Brian De Palma, stars Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis and Melanie Griffith. Read more
The Book of Life (2014)
7.3/10
Director: Jorge R Gutierrez
Starring: Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum, Ron Perlman, Christina Applegate, Ice C...
From producer Guillermo del Toro and director Jorge R. Gutierrez comes a breathtaking animated comedy with a dazzling visual style unlike anything you... Read more
The Boss Baby (2017)
6.3/10
Director: Tom McGrath
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Lisa Kudrow, Steve Buscemi, Tobey Maguire, (Voices of)
A suit-wearing briefcase-carrying baby pairs up with his seven-year old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co. A new baby's arriva... Read more
The Boss Baby ( Blu-ray ) (2017)
6.3/10
Director: Tom McGrath
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Lisa Kudrow, Steve Buscemi, Tobey Maguire, Voices Of
A suit-wearing briefcase-carrying baby pairs up with his seven-year old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co. A new baby's arriva... Read more
The Boss of It All (2006)
6.7/10
Director: Lars von Trier
Starring: Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Iben Hjejle, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
Inventing a fictitious supervisor who makes all of his company's unpopular decisions, an industrial bigwig (Peter Gantzler) gets into a jam when he wa... Read more