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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Juno (2007)
7.5/10
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, J K Si...
Cool, confident high-schooler Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) hadn't planned on getting pregnant, but an impulsive coupling with a friend (Michael Cera) put... Read more
Swingers (1996)
7.3/10
Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Ron Livingston, Jon Favreau, Heather Graham
Doug Liman's debut is a surprisingly winning look at the romantic and social entanglements of a group of Los Angeles lounge lizards. Jon Favreau and V... Read more
American Pie (1999)
7/10
Director: Paul Weitz
Starring: Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Natasha Lyonne, Tara Reid, Mena Suvari, Eugene Levy
This raunchy comedy focuses on four high school seniors trying to lose their virginity. Loaded with vulgarity and outrageous humour, but ultimately sw... Read more
Cemetery Junction (2010)
6.9/10
Director: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Starring: Emily Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Christian Cooke, Tom Hughes, Matthe...
Written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, 'Cemetery Junction' is a nostalgic coming-of-age comedy set in 1970s Reading, where three... Read more
The World According to Garp (1982)
7.2/10
Director: George Roy Hill
Starring: Glenn Close, Mary Beth Hurt, Robin Williams, John Lithgow
Robin Williams is writer, wrestler and family man T S Garp in this George Roy Hill adaptation of the John Irving bestseller. With Glenn Close as his m... Read more
Toni Erdmann (2016)
7.4/10
Director: Maren Ade
Starring: Peter Simonischek, Sandra Huller
Winfried doesn't see much of his working daughter Ines. The suddenly student-less music teacher decides to surprise her with a visit after the death o... Read more
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
6.6/10
Director: Jay Roach
Starring: Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Rob Lowe, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, E...
More swingin' 60s lunacy as Dr Evil returns to Earth with a time-travel machine and goes back to 1969 to steal Austin's mojo and terrorise the world w... Read more
Just Like Heaven (2005)
6.7/10
Director: Mark Waters
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Jon Heder, Donal Logue, Ben Shenkman
Elizabeth (Reese Witherspoon) is a dedicated medical resident coming off a 20 hour shift when her car goes off the road and she is killed. A few week... Read more
The Valet ( La Doublure ) (2006)
6.6/10
Director: Francis Veber
Starring: Gad Elmaleh, Daniel Auteuil, Alice Taglioni, Kristin Scott Thomas, Richard Berry...
Master of the French farce, Francis Veber, combines wacky slapstick with quick-fire dialogue in this tale of marital deception, as the ubiquitous Fran... Read more
The Party (1968)
7.6/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Peter Sellers, Claudine Longet, Marge Champion
Peter Sellers in one of his best roles plays a clumsy Indian bit player who has just destroyed a remake of 'Gunga Din', and finds himself at a posh pa... Read more