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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Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)
7.3/10
Director: Goran Dukic
Starring: Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Whigham, Tom Waits, John Hawkes, Will Arne...
After breaking up with his girlfriend, Zia (Patrick Fugit) commits suicide, only to find himself in a bleak afterlife populated by lost souls and mela... Read more
Written and Directed by Preston Sturges 2: Sullivan's Travels / The Lady Eve / The Great Moment / Christmas in July (1941)
Director: Preston Sturges
Starring: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Dick Powell, Ellen Dr...
This collection of four films from legendary writer/director Preston Sturges includes: "Sullivan's Travels" (1941) - Preston Sturges' gem of Hollywood... Read more
Wrong (2012)
6.3/10
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Starring: William Fichtner, Alexis Dziena, Steve Little, Jack Plotnick, Eric Judor
Dolph Springer (Jack Plotnick) awakens one morning to find he has lost the sole love of his life - his dog, Paul. Desperate to reunite with his best f... Read more
X+Y ( X Plus Y ) (2014)
8.4/10
Director: Morgan Matthews
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Rafe Spall, Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan, Jo Yang
Aka "A Brilliant Young Mind". A young maths genius sees logic thwarted by one truly baffling equation: love. Teenage maths prodigy Nathan (Asa Butterf... Read more
Year of the Dog (2007)
6.1/10
Director: Mike White
Starring: Molly Shannon, Laura Dern, Regina King, Thomas McCarthy, Josh Pais, John C Reill...
Peggy, an ever-cheery office-worker, lives a flat but jolly life with her beloved dog Pencil until the beagle is taken before his time. Now forced to... Read more
Year One (2009)
4.9/10
Director: Harold Ramis
Starring: Hank Azaria, Oliver Platt, Jack Black, Vinnie Jones, David Cross, Michael Cera,...
Jack Black is Zed, a primitive hunter who, along with his gatherer pal Oh (Michael Cera), are banished from their tribe. They wander through the world... Read more
Yellowbeard (1983)
6/10
Director: Mel Damski
Starring: Peter Boyle, Graham Chapman, Peter Cook, Eric Idle, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, M...
Yellowbeard is the ultimate pirate feared by whoever travels the high seas. A true scurvy shyster of the highest order and nautical scallywag in leagu... Read more
Yes Man (2008)
6.8/10
Director: Peyton Reed
Starring: Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper, John Michael Higgins, Rhys Darby, D...
Carl (Jim Carrey) has all but shut down his life in the wake of his divorce. He avoids his friends, he doesn't answer his phone, he doesn't do anythi... Read more
Yesterday (2019)
7/10
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Himesh Patel
Jack Malik is a struggling singer-songwriter in an English seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and suppo... Read more
Yesterday (Blu-Ray) (2019)
7/10
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Himesh Patel
Jack Malik is a struggling singer-songwriter in an English seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and suppo... Read more