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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Wild Target (2010)
6.8/10
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Starring: Rupert Everett, Bill Nighy, Rupert Grint, Martin Freeman, Emily Blunt
A con artist sells a fake painting to a powerful gangster and discovers that crime doesn't pay when her unsatisfied customer hires Europe's top assass... Read more
Wildcats (1986)
6/10
Director: Michael Ritchie
Starring: Goldie Hawn, James Keach, Swoosie Kurtz, Bruce McGill, Robyn Lively, Brandy Gold...
Molly McGrath (Goldie Hawn) has always wanted to be a football coach, like her dear old dad. And now she's got her chance, in a tough inner city scho... Read more
WillFull (2001)
6.2/10
Director: Rebel Penfold-Rissell
Starring: C Thomas Howell, Anna Lise Phillips, Anne Looby, Charles Tingwell, John Gaden
A mischievous story about love and loss between a mother and her adult daughter. Catherine returns home after years abroad, only to be confronted by h... Read more
Willy Nilly (2001)
6.5/10
Director: Mike Smith
Starring: Tandi Wright, Mark Hadlow, Katrina Hobbs
A light-hearted comedy about Eric and Harry, two brothers whose sheltered lives on a farm have revolved around their mother. Somewhat stuck in the 195... Read more
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
4.4/10
Director: Mel Stuart
Starring: Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Gene Wilder, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole
One of the most memorably strange children's films ever made, equally influenced by the dark underpinnings of Roald Dahl's original book ("Charlie and... Read more
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ( Blu-ray ) (1971)
4.4/10
Director: Mel Stuart
Starring: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole
One of the most memorably strange children's films ever made, equally influenced by the dark underpinnings of Roald Dahl's original book ("Charlie and... Read more
Willy's Wonderland (2021)
5.5/10
Director: Kevin Lewis
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Beth Grant
A quiet drifter is tricked into a janitorial job at the now condemned Willy's Wonderland. The mundane tasks suddenly become an all-out fight for survi... Read more
Willy's Wonderland (Blu-ray) (2021)
5.5/10
Director: Kevin Lewis
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Beth Grant
A quiet drifter is tricked into a janitorial job at the now condemned Willy's Wonderland. The mundane tasks suddenly become an all-out fight for survi... Read more
Wilt (1989)
8.4/10
Director: Michael Tuchner
Starring: Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Alison Steadman
From the pen of Tom Sharpe flows this amusing tale about the investigation of a 'particularly nasty' case of homicide involving a down trodden teacher... Read more
Win Win (2012)
7.2/10
Director: Tom McCarthy
Starring: Jeffrey Tambor, Paul Giamatti, Bobby Cannavale, Amy Ryan
Academy Award nominee Paul Giamatti stars as a lovable yet long-suffering lawyer and high-school wrestling coach who takes us on a brilliantly heartfe... Read more