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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 Lady Vanishes (1979)

5.9/10
Director: Anthony Page
Starring: Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Herbert Lom, Arthur Lowe, Ian C...

Screenwriter George Axelrod turns Alfred Hitchcock's classic comedy-thriller into a capering screwball comedy showcase for Cybill Shepherd and Elliot... Read more

The Ladykillers (2004)

6.2/10
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, Irma P. Hall

The classic '50s British crime comedy is transplanted to a small Southern town by Joel and Ethan Coen in this laugh-filled revamp. Tom Hanks stars as... Read more

The Ladykillers (1955)

7.8/10
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Starring: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Peter Sellers

Alec Guinness teams with Peter Sellers in this fabulous tale of a group of dumb crooks who become unhinged by a sweet old lady. An Ealing Studios gem. Read more

The Ladykillers (Blu-ray) (1955)

7.7/10
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Starring: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Peter Sellers

Alec Guinness teams with Peter Sellers in this fabulous tale of a group of dumb crooks who become unhinged by a sweet old lady. An Ealing Studios gem. Read more

The Larkins (2021)

6/10
Starring: Bradley Walsh, Joanna Scanlan, Amelia Bullmore, Peter Davison

A new adaptation of the classic novel "The Darling Buds of May" by H.E. Bates, following the warm-hearted, wheeler-dealing adventures of the iconic La... Read more

The Last Dragon (1985)

6.9/10
Director: Michael Schultz
Starring: Vanity

In New York City, a young man searches for a Master to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the Glow. Read more

The Last Days Of Disco (1998)

6.7/10
Director: Whit Stillman
Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Chris Eigeman, Kate Beckinsale

Set during the early 1980s and starring Chloe Sevigny and Kate Beckinsale as recent college grads who spend their nights partying at a New York disco,... Read more

The Last Detail (1973)

7.6/10
Director: Hal Ashby
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid

Comedy/drama about two career sailors escorting a sailor to the brig, who decide to show the young man a good time before he begins his prison sentenc... Read more

The Last Five Years (2014)

5.9/10
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Starring: Anna Kendrick, Jeremy Jordan

"The Last Five Years" is a musical chronicling a love affair and marriage taking place over a five year period. Jamie Wellerstein (Jeremy Jordan) is a... Read more

The Last Goon Show Of All (1972)

8.2/10
Starring: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan

From 1952 to 1960, 'The Goon Show' played the airwaves. For the BBC's 50th anniversary in 1972, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan reform... Read more