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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Youth ( Blu-ray ) (2015)
7.3/10
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Jane Fonda, Michael Caine, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano
YOUTH is about two longtime friends vacationing in the Swiss Alps. Oscar winning actor Michael Caine plays Fred, an acclaimed composer and conductor,... Read more
Youth in Revolt (2009)
6.5/10
Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Jean Smart, Mary Kay Place, Ray Liotta, Steve Buscemi, Zach Galifianakis, Michae...
Based on a novel by C.D. Payne, this quirky dark comedy focuses on Nick Twisp (Michael Cera), a virginal misfit dealing with divorced parents and thei... Read more
Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion (2005)
7.4/10
Director: Michael Blieden
Starring: Zach Galifianakis
A master of the one-liner and non-sequiter, with an absurd rambling style that sees him as frequently roving through the audience as he is seated at h... Read more
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
6.6/10
Director: Kevin Smith
Starring: Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Craig Robinson, Jason Mewes, Jeff Anderson, Traci L...
Kevin Smith's raunchy romantic comedy caused a furore in Bible Belt America with entire cities refusing the movie, its poster and its title. Teaming u... Read more
Zack and Miri Make a Porno ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
6.6/10
Director: Kevin Smith
Starring: Jeff Anderson, Traci Lords, Jason Mewes, Elizabeth Banks, Craig Robinson, Seth R...
Kevin Smith's raunchy romantic comedy caused a furore in Bible Belt America with entire cities refusing the movie, its poster and its title. Teaming u... Read more
Zee and Co ( X, Y and Zee ) (1971)
5.9/10
Director: Brian G Hutton
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Susannah York, John Standing
The venomous and amoral wife of a wealthy architect tries, any way she can, to break up the blossoming romance between her husband and his new mistres... Read more
Zelig (1983)
7.8/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Garrett Brown, Mia Farrow, Will Holt, Woody Allen
Woody Allen's side-splitting comic documentary and a scathing attack on the shallowness of American culture. Allen plays Leonard Zelig, a man famous f... Read more
Zelig (Blu-ray) (1983)
7.7/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Garrett Brown, Mia Farrow, Will Holt, Woody Allen
Woody Allen's side-splitting comic documentary and a scathing attack on the shallowness of American culture. Allen plays Leonard Zelig, a man famous f... Read more
Zombieland (2009)
7.7/10
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Abigail Breslin, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone
In the vein of "Shaun of the Dead," this fun-filled mix of horror, comedy, and action focuses on two guys, nerdy college student Columbus (Jesse Eisen... Read more
Zombieland ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
7.7/10
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Abigail Breslin, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone
In the vein of "Shaun of the Dead," this fun-filled mix of horror, comedy, and action focuses on two guys, nerdy college student Columbus (Jesse Eisen... Read more