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 Four Seasons (1981)
7.2/10
Director: Alan Alda
Starring: Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Jack Weston, Sandy Dennis, Rita Moreno
A film for all seasons. Alan Alda wrote, directed and stars in this witty, sophisticated comedy of three married couples whose ups and downs are chart... Read more
The French Dispatch (2021)
7.2/10
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Bill Murray, Adrien Brody, Benicio Del Toro, Tilda Swinton, Lea...
A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection... Read more
The French Kissers (2009)
6.4/10
Director: Riad Sattouf
Starring: Irene Jacob, Valeria Golino, Anthony Sonigo, Vincent Lacoste, Alice Tremolieres
Herve and his mulleted best mate Camel are fourteen and in possession of some serious hormones. They're forever fantasising over the girls in their cl... Read more
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The French Minister (2013)
6.4/10
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Starring: Niels Arestrup, Thierry Lhermitte, Julie Gayet, Raphael Personnaz, Anais Demoust...
Bertrand Taverniers bracing new film The French Minister (also known as Quai dOrsay) is a screwball comedy set in the heart of French political life... Read more
The Freshman (1990)
6.5/10
Director: Andrew Bergman
Starring: Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Bruno Kirby, Penelope Ann Miller, Maximilian S...
This off-beat comedy stars Matthew Broderick as a N.Y. University film student who gets a summer job with an Italian-American importer who looks suspi... Read more
The Frighteners (1996)
7.1/10
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Michael J Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson
Peter Jackson's wild horror-comedy principally filmed in Lyttelton, and starring Michael J. Fox as a psychic con-artist who uses a trio of ghosts he's... Read more
The Frighteners (Blu-ray) (1996)
7.1/10
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Michael J Fox, Peter Dobson, Trini Alvarado
Peter Jackson's wild horror-comedy principally filmed in Lyttelton, and starring Michael J. Fox as a psychic con-artist who uses a trio of ghosts he's... Read more
The Frisco Kid (1979)
6.4/10
Director: Robert Aldrich
Starring: Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Ramon Bieri, Val Bisoglio, George Dicenzo, Leo Fuchs
Gene Wilder saddles up in this kosher comedy western as a Polish rabbi, on his way to the wild west to set up a synagogue in San Francisco. Luckily f... Read more
The Front (1976)
7.4/10
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Andrea Marcovicci, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy, Woody Allen, Zero Mostel
This acclaimed comedy with a serious theme stars Woody Allen, in a rare non-Allen vehicle, as Howard Prince, a cashier who is convinced to 'front' for... Read more
The Front Page (1974)
7.4/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, Vincent Gardenia, David Wayne, Alle...
BIlly Wilder's sharp remake of the classic 'His Girl Friday' (in turn a remake of a 1931 film, based on a play from 1928!) stars Jack Lemmon as ace re... Read more