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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Family Business (1989)
5.7/10
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Sean Connery, Rosanna DeSoto
The three generations of the McMullen family have never gotten along - Grandfather Jesse (Sean Connery) has led a full and happy life of crime! His so... Read more
Fanboys (2008)
6.6/10
Director: Kyle Newman
Starring: Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, Kristen Bell, Christo...
1998. A fanatical group of 'Star Wars' devotees travel across country on a mission to steal a pre-release print of 'Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom M... Read more
Far North (2023)
6.1/10
Starring: Robyn Malcolm, Temuera Morrison
The series is based on events in New Zealand from 2016, in which the largest ever drug bust in New Zealand, worth up to $150 million if sold in 1kg lo... Read more
Fargo (Blu-ray) (1996)
8.1/10
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: Frances McDormand, Harve Presnell, Steve Buscemi, William H Macy, Peter Stormare...
"Fargo" is a reality-based crime drama set in Minnesota in 1987. Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) is a car salesman in Minneapolis who has gotten hi... Read more
Fast Food Nation (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Patricia Arquette, Bobby Cannavale, Paul Dano, Luis Guzman, Ethan Hawke, Ashley...
Based on Eric Schlosser's best-selling, and comical, expose of America's fast food industry, this film revolves around a small meat-processing town an... Read more
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
7.2/10
Director: Amy Heckerling
Starring: Anthony Edwards, Eric Stoltz, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinh...
Students at a school in California try various ploys to loose their virginity in this engaging and funny comedy, helped along by some great performanc... Read more
Fatal Instinct (1993)
5.7/10
Director: Carl Reiner
Starring: Armand Assante, Sherilyn Fenn, Kate Nelligan
A funny take-off on film noir - and some of the targets include "Body Heat", "Fatal Attraction", "Basic Instinct" and "Double Indemnity". Armand Assan... Read more
Father Mother Sister Brother (2026)
6.5/10
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky...
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER is a feature film, though carefully constructed in the form of a triptych. The three stories all concern the relationship... Read more
Father Of The Bride (1991)
6.5/10
Director: Charles Shyer
Starring: Diane Keaton, Kieran Culkin, Martin Short, Steve Martin, Kimberly Williams, Geor...
A good remake of the '50s comedy masterpiece about a father unwilling to let go of his little girl. Steve Martin, Diane Keaton and Martin Short star. Read more
Father Of The Bride (1950)
7.2/10
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Spencer Tracy, Don Taylor, Billie Burke, Leo G C...
This comic, sentimental gem stars Spencer Tracy as a dad, coping with one emergency after another, as daughter Elizabeth Taylor prepares to walk down... Read more