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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A Month of Sundays (2015)
5.9/10
Director: Matthew Saville
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, John Clarke, Julia Blake, Justine Clarke
Divorced and disillusioned real estate agent Frank Mollard cant move on. He can't sell a house in a property boom or connect with his teenage son. On... Read more
A Night at the Opera (1935)
8/10
Director: Sam Wood
Starring: The Marx Brothers, Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones
Considered by many to be the Marx Brothers' best film. Groucho, Harpo and Chico take on the opera world in order to reunite singers Allan Jones and Ki... Read more
A Night in Casablanca (1946)
7.1/10
Director: Archie Mayo
Starring: The Marx Brothers, Lisette Verea, Charles Drake
Groucho, Harpo and Chico involved in a nest of Nazi spies in a Casablanca hotel. One of the later Marx Brothers' films, but still a good one, with gre... Read more
A Perfect Couple (1979)
6/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Paul Dooley, Marta Heflin, Dennis Franz, Henry Gibson
When young rocker Sheila Shea (Marta Heflin), meets an older man, Alex Theodopoulos (Paul Dooley), through a computer dating service, their unusual co... Read more
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)
7/10
Director: Roy Andersson
Starring: Holger Andersson, Nils Westblom, Charlotta Larsson, Viktor Gyllenberg
The deeply eccentric Roy Anderssons meticulously mounted comic sketches move from historic fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as he muses on human... Read more
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
6.8/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Woody Harrelson, John C Reilly, Kevin Kline, Garrison...
The late Robert Altman's swansong is this whimsical tribute to radio shows of days gone by. Scripted by Garrison Keillor (who plays himself in the fi... Read more
A Private Function (1985)
6.6/10
Director: Malcolm Mowbray
Starring: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott
In 1947, people in England are having a thin time. In a little-known Yorkshire town, plans are afoot to fatten a contraband pig which is then stolen.... Read more
A Rainy Day In New York (2019)
6.6/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Timothee Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Jude Law, Selena Gomez, Liev Schreiber, Diego L...
A young couple arrives in New York for a weekend where they are met with bad weather and a series of adventures. Read more
A Real Pain (Blu-ray) (2024)
7.1/10
Director: Jesse Eisenberg
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey
Written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg. Mismatched cousins David (Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honour th... Read more
A Serious Man (2009)
7/10
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: Richard Kind, Sari Lennick, Fred Melamed, Michael Stuhlbarg
An original and darkly humorous story from Joel and Ethan Coen ("The Big Lebowski") about one ordinary man's quest to become a serious man. Physics pr... Read more