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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. Right: There's Something About Mary's hairdo...

The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

7.3/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Colin Blakely, Leonard Rossiter, Lesley-Anne Down

The unflappable Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) has finally done it. After repeated run-ins with his boss, Chief Dreyfus (Herbert Lom), Clouseau ha... Read more

The Good Girl (2002)

6.5/10
Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Zooey Deschanel, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tim Blake Nelson, John C Rei...

Justine Last (Jennifer Aniston) is a genuine, down-to-earth good girl whose humdrum existence revolves around her clueless husband (John C Reilly), hi... Read more

Jojo Rabbit (2019)

8/10
Director: Taika Waititi
Starring: Taika Waititi, Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Rebel...

A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his s... Read more

Patch Adams (1998)

6.7/10
Director: Tom Shadyac
Starring: Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Bob Gunton

Robin Williams delivers a stellar performance as Patch, who practices "Laughter is the Best Medicine" and entertains and amuses hospital patients in a... Read more

The Angels' Share (2012)

7/10
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: William Ruane, Gary Maitland, Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw

Escaping a prison sentence by the skin of his teeth, the wayward and disillusioned small-time criminal and new father Robbie (Paul Brannigan) is given... Read more

Legally Blonde (2001)

6.2/10
Director: Robert Luketic
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Ali Larter, Raquel Welch

Blondacious Los Angeles college student Reese Witherspoon is unceremoniously dumped by her preppy Havard-bound boyfriend, who happens to think she's b... Read more

Mr Hulot's Holiday ( Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot ) (1952)

Director: Jacques Tati
Starring: Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Michelle Rolla

This wonderfully comic plotless movie about Monsieur Hulot's vacation trip to the seashore features hilarious situations and a brilliant performance b... Read more

Inside Out (2015)

8.2/10
Director: Pete Docter
Starring: Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Phyllis Smith, Mindy Kaling, Richard Kind,...

Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francis... Read more

Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

7.7/10
Director: David O Russell
Starring: Chris Tucker, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jacki Weaver

Pat Solatano (Bradley Cooper) has lost everything - his house, his job and his wife. He finds himself living back with his mother (Jacki Weaver) and f... Read more

Captain Fantastic (2016)

7.9/10
Director: Matt Ross
Starring: Frank Langella, Steve Zahn, Viggo Mortensen, Missi Pyle, George MacKay, Ann Dowd...

In this energetic and touching dramedy, Viggo Mortensen kids his own image, playing an anarcho-survivalist solo dad. In a remote Washington state fore... Read more