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 Out Of Towners (1969)
7.1/10
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis
Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis are perfectly matched as the hapless Kellermans of Twin Oaks, Ohio, in Neil Simon's tumultuous comedy hit. The top candid... Read more
The Out-Laws (AKA Clan) (2012)
Starring: Barbara Sarafian
Clan draws you into the lives of the Goethals sisters, tied together by the premature death of their parents, they've clung to each other like a real... Read more
The Out-Of-Towners (1999)
5.3/10
Director: Sam Weisman
Starring: Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, John Cleese
Farewell, Ohio. Hello, hilarity! Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn reunite for this exhilarating comedy based on the Neil Simon screenplay. They play Henry... Read more
The Overnight (2015)
6.1/10
Starring: Adam Scott, Taylor Schilling, Jason Schwartzman, Judith Godreche
Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A fam... Read more
The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
6.8/10
Director: Herbert Ross
Starring: Barbra Streisand, George Segal, Marilyn Chambers
Boisterous call girl Barbra Streisand moves into the apartment of her neighbour, shy bookstore clerk George Segal, after his complaints about her "pra... Read more
The Paleface (1948)
7.6/10
Director: Norman Z McLeod
Starring: Bob Hope, Jane Russell
A Bob Hope comedy 'The Paleface' (1948) - Hope is a daffy dentist and a shaky gun; Jane Russell is the gorgeous gunslinger Calamity Jane, and together... Read more
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
7.7/10
Director: Preston Sturges
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee, William Demarest
The captivating Claudette Colbert stars as the frustrated wife of struggling engineer Joel McCrea. In a seemingly amicable agreement, Colbert hops a t... Read more
The Paper (1994)
6.6/10
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Robert Duvall, Michael Keaton, Marisa Tomei, Glenn Close, Randy Quaid, Spalding...
Twenty-four hours in the life of a New York newspaper and its harried editors, who are trying to manage their troubled private lives against the unyie... Read more
The Parent Trap (1998)
6.5/10
Director: Nancy Meyers
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Lindsay Lohan
Updated remake of Disney's 1961 family film about long-separated identical twins, Hallie and Annie, who meet accidentally at camp and decide to reunit... Read more
The Parole Officer (2001)
6.4/10
Director: John Duigan
Starring: Steve Coogan, Lena Headey, Stephen Dillane, Om Puri, Steven Waddington
Not long into his new job, inept probation officer Simon Garden (Steve Coogan) witnesses a serious crime and is framed for murder. The only way to pro... Read more