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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...

War on Everyone (2016)

5.8/10
Director: John Michael McDonagh
Starring: Paul Reiser, David Wilmot, Michael Pena, Alexander Skarsgard, Tessa Thompson, Ma...

Two corrupt cops in New Mexico set out to blackmail and frame every criminal unfortunate enough to cross their path. Things take a sinister turn, howe... Read more

War, Inc. (2008)

5.7/10
Director: Joshua Seftel
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack, John Cusack, Marisa Tomei, Hilary Duff

A political satire set in Turaqistan, a country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former US Vice-President (Dan Aykroyd). In an eff... Read more

Warriors Two (1978)

7.4/10
Director: Sammo Hung
Starring: Ka-Yan Leung , Sammo Hung, Casanova Wong, Fung Hak-on

Sammo Hung's ode to the Wing Chun style is one of the greatest martial arts epics of all time. It features a career best from Ka-Yan Leung as a maste... Read more

Wassup Rockers (2005)

6/10
Director: Larry Clark
Starring: Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco Pedrasa, Milton Velasquez, Usvaldo Panameno, Eddie...

Filmmaker Larry Clark ('Kids', 'Bully') again tackles the inner workings of urban youth culture in this comedy drama about a handful of Salvadorian em... Read more

Water (1985)

6.2/10
Director: Dick Clement
Starring: Michael Caine, Leonard Rossiter, Brenda Vaccaro, Billy Connolly

Michael Caine stars in this congenial comedy about the commercial and social exploitation of a small rundown Caribbean outpost, governed by Caine, upo... Read more

Water Drops On Burning Rocks (2000)

6.8/10
Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Bernard Giraudeau, Malik Zidi, Ludivine Sagnier

In 1970s Germany, a 50-year-old businessman falls in love with a 20-year-old man. Read more

Way Out West (1937)

7.7/10
Director: James W Horne
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sharon Lynn

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy go on the trail of the lonesome pine to locate the daughter of a dead prospector who left behind a valuable deed. They ar... Read more

Wayne's World (1992)

7/10
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Starring: Tia Carrere, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Mike Myers, Lara Flynn Boyle

The youth comedy hit of 1992 about the pleasures of best buddies Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey), who transferred their Saturday Night Live... Read more

Wayne's World 2 (1993)

6.2/10
Director: Stephen Surjik
Starring: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Christopher Walken

Mike Myers and Dana Carvey return as the dimwitted heavy-metal fans who encounter both sleaze and sexy shenanigans while organizing a rock music festi... Read more

We Bought a Zoo (2011)

7.1/10
Director: Cameron Crowe
Starring: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Patrick Fugit, John Michael...

From writer/director Cameron Crowe comes this inspirational true story, based on the memoir by Benjamin Mee. Matt Damon stars as Mee, a recent widower... Read more