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 Marrying Man (1991)
5.8/10
Director: Jerry Rees
Starring: Kim Basinger, Alec Baldwin, Robert Loggia, Elisabeth Shue, Armand Assante, Paul...
A millionaire playboy goes into Las Vegas and comes out married to a woman he barely knows. Read more
The Mask (1994)
6.9/10
Director: Charles Russell
Starring: Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Green
Inspired by the manic 1940s cartoons of Tex Avery and based on the comic book of the same name, this loopy tale has a bank clerk discovering an ancien... Read more
The Mask ( Blu-ray ) (1994)
6.9/10
Director: Charles Russell
Starring: Amy Yasbeck, Cameron Diaz, Jim Carrey, Peter Green, Peter Riegert, Richard Jeni
Inspired by the manic 1940s cartoons of Tex Avery and based on the comic book of the same name, this loopy tale has a bank clerk discovering an ancien... Read more
The Matador (2005)
6.8/10
Director: Richard Shepard
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Adam Scott, Philip Baker Hall, Roberto...
Pierce Brosnan gleefully takes the mick out of his suave Bond/Remington Steele persona, as Julian Noble, an international gun-for-hire, who's past his... Read more
The Match (2004)
6.6/10
Director: Mick Davis
Starring: Max Beesley, Richard E Grant, Ian Holm, Neil Morrissey, Tom Sizemore
Scottish Highlander Wullie Smith has two goals in life, to win the football game for his local pub, and the heart of his beloved Rosemary Bailey. Thou... Read more
The Medallion (2003)
5.2/10
Director: Gordon Chan
Starring: Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, Claire Forlani, Julian Sands, John Rhys-Davies, Anthony...
In this rousing action yarn spiked with comedy and amazing stuntwork, Jackie Chan is a Hong Kong detective loaned to Interpol to track down a magical... Read more
The Meddler (2015)
6.3/10
Director: Lorene Scafaria
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne, J K Simmons
With a new iPhone, an apartment near the Grove, and a comfortable bank account left to her by her beloved late husband, Marnie Minervini has happily r... Read more
The Mel Brooks Collection: Volume 1 - High Anxiety / Life Stinks / To Be or Not To Be / History of the World Part 1 (1981)
Director: Alan Johnson, Mel Brooks
Starring: Billy Barty, Ron Carey, Barbara Harris, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Lea...
Four classic films from comic genius Mel Brooks. 'High Anxiety' - Dr Robert Thorndyke is the newly appointed director of the psychoneurosis institute... Read more
The Mel Brooks Collection: Volume 2 - The Twelve Chairs / Young Frankenstein / Silent Movie (1976)
Director: Mel Brooks
Starring: Peter Boyle, Diana Coupland, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Gene Hackman, Madeline Ka...
Three classic films from comic genius Mel Brooks. 'The Twelve Chairs' - Derived from a Russian folk tale, Mel Brooks' fast-paced farce stars Ron Mood... Read more
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
6.2/10
Director: Grant Heslov
Starring: Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Robert Patrick, Steph...
Loosely adapted from the book by Jon Ronson that was inspired by actual events, this satirical comedy stars Ewan McGregor as a journalist working in I... Read more