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 Final Girls (2015)
6.6/10
Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson
Starring: Taissa Farmiga, Malin Akerman, Adam Devine, Thomas Middleditch, Alia Shawkat, Al...
A bunch of modern day millennials get trapped inside a famous slasher film from the 80s. They soon realize that in order to escape they must fight of... Read more
The Firm (Blu-ray) (2009)
5.8/10
Director: Nick Love
Starring: Paul Anderson, Daniel Mays
Football hooligans organize themselves into firms that represent their favorite team. Read more
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008)
7.6/10
Director: Remi Bezancon
Starring: Jacques Gamblin, Roger Dumas, Zabou Breitman, Deborah Francois, Cecile Cassel, M...
This charming dramatic comedy charts the rights of passage of a family of five. A portrait of their family life sketched out over twelve years, throug... Read more
The First Wives Club (1996)
6.3/10
Director: Hugh Wilson
Starring: Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Diane Keaton
The fury of 'a woman scorned' was never funnier than in this comedy starring Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton and Bette Midler as former college friends who... Read more
The Fisher King (1991)
7.6/10
Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Amanda Plummer, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl
Terry Gilliam's ('Brazil', The Adventures of Baron Munchausen') thoughtful, magical offering deals with life's quest, the Holy Grail, free video club... Read more
The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
6.2/10
Director: Nicholas Stoller
Starring: Rhys Ifans, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, Chris Pratt, Alison Brie
Happily engaged after a year of dating, Tom (Jason Segel) and Violet (Emily Blunt) are continually faced with unexpected circumstances that keep forci... Read more
The Flame Of New Orleans (1941)
6.6/10
Director: Rene Clair
Starring: Bruce Cabot, Marlene Dietrich, Roland Young
In old New Orleans, a beautiful adventuress juggles the attentions of a rich banker and a dashing sea captain. Director René Clair stated he and scree... Read more
The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
7/10
Director: Irvin Kershner
Starring: George C Scott, Harry Morgan, Michael Sarrazin, Slim Pickens, Sue Lyon
George C. Scott plays Mordecai C. Jones (self-styled "M.B.S., C.S., D.D. - Master of Back-Stabbing, Cork-Screwing and Dirty-Dealing!"), a drifting con... Read more
The Foot Fist Way (2006)
6.4/10
Director: Jody Hill
Starring: Ben Best, Danny McBride, Mary Jane Bostic
Fred Simmons (Danny McBride - the latest Hollywood hot property, seen in 'Up In The Air' and 'Land of the Lost') was not the most stable person to beg... Read more
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
7.4/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Ron Rich, Cliff Osmond, Judi West
Jack Lemmon and Oscar-winning Walter Matthau star in Billy Wilder's hilarious, cynical fable about a TV cameraman who is injured while shooting a foot... Read more