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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Welcome to the Sticks (2008)
7.1/10
Director: Dany Boon
Starring: Kad Merad, Dany Boon, Zoe Felix, Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret, Anne Marivin
A huge hit in its native France, this 'city slicker meets the yokels' comedy stars Kad Merad as a postal worker whose attempts to orchestrate a transf... Read more
West of Hot Dog / The Sleuth (1925)
Director: Harry Sweet
Starring: Stan Laurel
In 'The Sleuth' Stan Laurel gets his man after adopting a series of comic disguises. In 'West Of Hot Dog' Stan Laurel also stars as the heir to a fort... Read more
Wetlands (2013)
5.8/10
Director: David Wnendt
Starring: Carla Juri
Get yourself ready for Helen. She likes to experiment with vegetables while masturbating and thinks that body hygiene is greatly overrated. She sho... Read more
What A Way To Go! (1964)
7/10
Director: J Lee Thompson
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Dick Van Dyke, Gene Kelly, Paul Newman, Dean Martin, Robert Cu...
This exuberant '60s comedy stars Shirley MacLaine as Louisa May, a woman who, despite her best efforts to marry for love, always winds up with a man w... Read more
What About Bob? (1991)
7/10
Director: Frank Oz
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Julie Hagerty, Bill Murray
Hilarity abounds as neurotic Bill Murray discovers that his psychiatrist (Richard Dreyfuss) is about to go on vacation. What's a patient to do but tag... Read more
What Did You Do In The War Daddy? (1966)
6.8/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: James Coburn, Dick Shawn, Sergio Fantoni, Giovanna Ralli, Harry Morgan
In World War II, a strategic Italian village agrees to surrender to the Allies only if it's allowed to organize a celebratory festival while giving ae... Read more
What Did You Do In the War, Daddy? (1966)
6.7/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Aldo Ray, Carroll O'Connor, Dick Shawn, Harry Morgan, James Coburn, Giovanna Ral...
James Coburn is the leader of a misfit group of soldiers stationed in Italy during World War II. Coburn is joined by a superior officer (Dick Shawn) w... Read more
What Happens in Vegas (2008)
6.1/10
Director: Tom Vaughan
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry, Lake Bell, Treat Williams, Dennis Far...
After a wild night of drinking and gambling in Sin City, strangers Ashton Kutcher and Cameon Diaz wake up to find they've emabarked on a whirlwind mar... Read more
What Just Happened (2008)
5.7/10
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Bruce Willis, John Turturro, Robin...
A satirical swipe at Tinseltown with Robert De Niro as Ben, a struggling movie producer who has just gone through his second divorce, and feels his so... Read more
What We Did on Our Holiday (2014)
6.9/10
Director: Guy Jenkin, Andy Hamilton
Starring: Billy Connolly, David Tennant, Rosamund Pike
Gordy McLeod (Billy Connolly - Quartet) has cancer, and is about to turn 75. His combative son (Ben Miller) is hosting birthday celebrations in Scotla... Read more