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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Waiting For Guffman (1996)
7.6/10
Director: Christopher Guest
Starring: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Bob Balaban, Catherine O'Hara, Par...
This deadpan mockumentary spoofs amateur theatre productions, Middle American values and celebrates tackiness; all centered around the mounting of a m... Read more
Waitress (2007)
7/10
Director: Adrienne Shelly
Starring: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Jeremy Sisto, Andy Griffith, Adrienn...
Adrienne Shelly had written and directed several films before this sleeper-hit and she was unfortunately killed before it was released to such success... Read more
Waking Ned Devine (1998)
7.3/10
Director: Kirk Jones
Starring: Ian Bannen, Fionnula Flanagan, David Kelly
When Ned Devine, from the tiny Irish hamlet of Tullymore, discovers he has won the National Lottery, the shock kills him . . .Two friends discover the... Read more
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
6.8/10
Director: Jake Kasdan
Starring: John C Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Tim Meadows
John C. Reilly stars in this pitch-perfect spoof of the rock biopic genre, chronicling the life of country boy-turned-music superstar, Dewey Cox. Foll... Read more
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Blu-ray) (2007)
6.8/10
Director: Jake Kasdan
Starring: John C Reilly, Tim Meadows, Jenna Fischer
John C. Reilly stars in this pitch-perfect spoof of the rock biopic genre, chronicling the life of country boy-turned-music superstar, Dewey Cox. Foll... Read more
WALL-E (2008)
8.4/10
Director: Andrew Stanton
Starring: Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Burtt, Elis...
Pixar hit the box office jackpot with the charming exploits of a little robot who got left behind when Earth became uninhabitable. His job? Pick up th... Read more
WALL-E ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
8.4/10
Director: Andrew Stanton
Starring: Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Na...
Pixar hit the box office jackpot with the charming exploits of a little robot who got left behind when Earth became uninhabitable. His job? Pick up th... Read more
Wallace and Gromit: The Collection (2016)
7.1/10
Academy Award-winning eccentric inventor Wallace, and his faithful, four-legged friend Gromit have specially re-mastered all four of their smashing ha... Read more
Wallace and Gromit: The Collection ( Blu-ray ) (2016)
7.1/10
Academy Award-winning eccentric inventor Wallace, and his faithful, four-legged friend Gromit have specially re-mastered all four of their smashing ha... Read more
Waltz Of The Toreadors (1962)
5.9/10
Director: John Guillermin
Starring: Peter Sellers, Dany Robin, Margaret Leighton
In this robust adaptation of the Jean Anouilh play, Peter Sellers is General Fitzjohn, whose pursuit of a sexy Parisian is thwarted by his put upon wi... Read more