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.
Right: There's Something About Mary's hairdo...
The Duke (2020)
6.9/10
Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Matthew Goode, James Wilby, Helen Mirren, Anna Maxwell Martin, Fi...
In 1961, 60-year-old Kempton Bunton stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. He sent ransom notes saying t... Read more
The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
5.1/10
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Starring: Joe Don Baker, Lynda Carter, Johnny Knoxville, Willie Nelson, Burt Reynolds, Jes...
'The Dukes of Hazzard' get the makeover treatment with Johnny Knoxville and Seann William Scott as the good ol' boys and Jessica Simpson as their bare... Read more
The Durrells (2016)
8.2/10
Starring: Keeley Hawes, Josh O'Connor
Based on the real-life events of the Durrell family as they resettle from England to Greece. In the funny, feel-good drama, a family leaves their Eng... Read more
The Durrells (Series Two) (2017)
8.2/10
Starring: Keeley Hawes, Josh O'Connor
Follow the further adventures of the eccentric Durrell family as they embrace life on the gorgeous Greek island of Corfu. Based on Gerald Durrell's tr... Read more
The Ealing Comedy Collection: The Lavender Hill Mob / Whisky Galore! / Passport to Pimlico / School for Scoundrels / The Maggie (1951)
Director: Alexander Mackendrick, Charles Crichton, Henry Cornelius, Robert Hamer
Starring: Alastair Sim, Alec Guinness, Basil Radford, Ian Carmichael, James Robertson Just...
The legendary Ealing Studios were home to some of Britain's most enduring - and endearing - comedies. It is the oldest continuously-working studio fac... Read more
The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 1 (1930)
The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection - Volume 1 DVD Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Play... Read more
The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 2 (1930)
7.6/10
Product Description Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 2 DVD Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or regi... Read more
The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 3 (1932)
7.6/10
A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessentially British nature, Ealing Studios made more than 150 films over a three decade period. A cher... Read more
The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 4 (1930)
7.6/10
A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessentially British nature, Ealing Studios made more than 150 films over a three decade period. A cher... Read more
The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 5 (1936)
7.6/10
A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessentially British nature, Ealing Studios made more than 150 films over a three-decade period. A cher... Read more