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 Dictator (Blu-ray) (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
The Dinner Guest (2007)
5.8/10
Director: Laurent Bouhnik
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Valerie Lemercier, Thierry Lhermitte, Hippolyte Girardot
AKA "L'Invite". A frivolous comedy of errors made entertaining by its esteemed cast; Daniel Auteuil stars as unemployed Gerard, a man with the opportu... Read more
The Disaster Artist (2017)
7.5/10
Director: James Franco
Starring: James Franco, Megan Mullally, Seth Rogen, Josh Hutcherson, Zac Efron, Ari Grayno...
James Franco transforms the tragicomic true-story of aspiring filmmaker and infamous Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseauan artist whose passion was as si... Read more
The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
6.4/10
Director: Frank Tashlin
Starring: Glenda Farrell, Jerry Lewis, Everett Sloane, Kathleen Freeman, Susan Oliver
Slapstick comedy starring Jerry Lewis as Jerome Littlefield, a squeamish and very clumsy medical student who drops out of college and gets a job in an... Read more
The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
5.9/10
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith, Joe Don Baker
Eddie Murphy portrays a conman who makes his way into Congress. Once there he develops a sense of responsibility. Features Lane Smith, Sheryl Lee Ralp... Read more
The Double (2013)
6.5/10
Director: Richard Ayoade
Starring: Cathy Moriarty, James Fox, Noah Taylor, Wallace Shawn, Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasi...
Deadpan Richard Ayoade's follow-up to the terrifically spiky teen black comedy Submarine is a Dostoevsky-inspired tale of a nerdy office clerk, Simon... Read more
The Drama (2026)
7.2/10
Director: Kristoffer Borgli
Starring: Zendaya , Robert Pattinson, Alana Haim, Mamadou Dioume, Hailey Gates
A happily engaged couple (Zendaya, Robert Pattinson) is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails. Read more
The Dream Team (1989)
6.5/10
Director: Howard Zieff
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Lorraine Bracco, Michael Keaton, Peter Boyle, Stephen Furst
A delightful comedy about four mental patients who become separated from their therapist on a day out and discover that maybe they aren't as looney as... Read more
The Drone (2019)
3.9/10
Starring: Anita Briem
A newlywed couple is terrorized by a consumer drone that has become sentient with the consciousness of a deranged serial killer. Read more
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)
5.6/10
Director: Melvin Frank
Starring: George Segal, Goldie Hawn
Goldie Hawn and George Segal star in this rough and tumble comedy that bounces from San Francisco's Barbary Coast to the wilderness of Utah. The Dirtw... Read more