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 Death of Stalin (2018)
7.2/10
Director: Armando Iannucci
Starring: Dermot Crowley, Jason Isaacs, Jeffrey Tambor, Karl Johnson, Michael Palin, Steve...
When tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin dies in 1953, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. Am... Read more
The Delicate Art of Parking (2003)
6.4/10
Director: Trent Carlson
Starring: Dov Tiefenbach, Diana Pavlovska, Fred Ewanuick
An absurd comedy about a Parking Enforcement Officer, who - despite constant abuse from the public - finds truth, honour and serenity in the act of ti... Read more
The Descendants (2011)
7.3/10
Director: Alexander Payne
Starring: Beau Bridges, George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Judy Greer
A high-powered Hawaii real estate lawyer (George Clooney) finds his ordered existence shattered when a boating accident leaves his wife in a coma, lea... Read more
The Descendants (Blu-ray) (2011)
7.3/10
Starring: George Clooney
A high-powered Hawaii real estate lawyer (George Clooney) finds his ordered existence shattered when a boating accident leaves his wife in a coma, lea... Read more
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
7.8/10
Director: William Dieterle
Starring: Walter Huston, Edward Arnold, James Craig, Anne Shirley, Simone Simon
Stephen Vincent Benet's "New Englandized" Faust story. A young 19th-century farmer (James Craig) sells his soul to Mr. Scratch (Walter Huston) for sev... Read more
The Devil Dared Me To (2007)
5.6/10
Director: Chris Stapp
Starring: Chris Stapp, Matt Heath, Phil Brough, Dominic Bowden
The boys from 'Back of the Y Masterpiece Television' hit the big screen with this joyously low-brow, expletive-loaded stunt-fest, with the story of ho... Read more
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
6.9/10
Director: David Frankel
Starring: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Simon Baker, Adrian Gre...
Meryl Streep is the boss from hell in this comedy-drama about an idealistic, mid-west girl (Anne Hathaway) who comes to the big smoke to be a real jou... Read more
The Devil Wears Prada ( Blu-ray ) (2006)
6.9/10
Director: David Frankel
Starring: Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, Adrian Grenier, Anne Hathaway, Simon Baker, Emily B...
Meryl Streep is the boss from hell in this comedy-drama about an idealistic, mid-west girl (Anne Hathaway) who comes to the big smoke to be a real jou... Read more
The Devil's Rock & Fresh Meat (2011)
7.9/10
Director: Danny Mulheron
Starring: Temuera Morrison, Kate Elliott, Nicola Kawana, Hanna Tevita, Craig Hall, Matthew...
The Devil's Rock: Set in the Channel Islands on the eve of D Day,two Kiwi commandos, sent to destroy German gun emplacements to distract Hitler's forc... Read more
The Dictator (2012)
6.4/10
Director: Larry Charles
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris
Sacha Baron Cohen co-wrote and stars in this comedy as Admiral General Shabazz Aladeen, a North African dictator who travels to New York City to addre... Read more