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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Guest House Paradiso (1999)
6.1/10
Director: Adrian Edmondson
Starring: Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Vincent Cassel, Helene Mahieu
"Bottom" meets "Fawlty Towers" in this movie spin-off featuring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson's characters from "Bottom&quo... Read more
Conversations With My Gardener (2007)
7.1/10
Director: Jean Becker
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Fanny Cottencon, Hiam Abbass, Alexis Bar...
An artist moves to the country and strikes up an unlikely friendship with the gardener - a man he knew as a child many years before. As the men talk t... Read more
Harvey (1950)
8/10
Director: Henry Koster
Starring: James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Victoria Horn
This beloved comedy stars James Stewart as a good-hearted inebriate whose constant companion is a six foot, invisible rabbit named Harvey that only he... Read more
Mrs Doubtfire (1993)
6.9/10
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Sally Field, Robin Williams, Harvey Fierstein
Robin Williams dons a dress in this heartwarming tale of a doting divorcee dad disguising himself as a housekeeper to regain access to the kids he ado... Read more
Jeeves and Wooster: Series 2 (1991)
8.4/10
Starring: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Martin Clunes, Robert Daws, Vivian Pickles
Following the immense success of the first series, British greats Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry return to the iconic swing-time roles of P.G. Wodehouse'... Read more
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
8/10
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Pryce
The popular Disney theme park attraction inspired this swashbuckling, high-seas adventure from producer Jerry Bruckheimer. The roguish yet charming Ca... Read more
Office Space (1999)
7.8/10
Director: Mike Judge
Starring: Diedrich Bader, Gary Cole, Jennifer Aniston, Ron Livingston, Stephen Root
Mike Judge, the creator of 'Beavis and Butt-head', tackles flesh-and-blood characters in this satiric look at corporate life. When Peter the computer... Read more
Groundhog Day (1993)
8/10
Director: Harold Ramis
Starring: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott
Pittsburgh weatherman Bill Murray finds that his worst nightmare has become a reality when he joins producer Andie McDowell and cameraman Chris Elliot... Read more
So I Married An Axe Murderer (1993)
6.4/10
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Starring: Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Anthony LaPaglia
Charlie begins to suspect his new wife Harriet might be the killer he's read about in the tabloids. This delightfully quirky outing stars Nancy Travis... Read more
The Sweetest Thing (2002)
5.1/10
Director: Roger Kumble
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, Selma Blair, Thomas Jane, Parker Posey
Cameron Diaz is a guy-happy, commitment-phobic beauty who decides to mend her ways after she meets Mr Right, in the form of Thomas Jane, at a club. Ja... Read more