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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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
A Good Woman (2004)
6.5/10
Director: Mike Barker
Starring: Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Mark Umbe...
One of Oscar Wilde's most popular plays, 'Lady Windermere's Fan', is moved to '30s New York. Helen Hunt is Mrs Erlynne, the widow living comfortably o... Read more
She's the Man (2006)
6.4/10
Director: Andy Fickman
Starring: Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, Robert Hoffman, Jonathan Sadowski, A...
This contemporary teen take on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night sees Viola (Amanda Bynes) assuming her brother Sebastian's identity so she can play on the... Read more
Seinfeld: Season 7, Episodes 1 - 12 (1996)
8.9/10
Director: Various
Starring: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander, Michael Richards
Pontifications on marriage, maturity and the availability of soup abound in the fabulous seventh season of 'Seinfeld'. This set includes the episodes:... Read more
Seinfeld: Season 7, Episodes 13 - 24 (1996)
8.9/10
Director: Various
Starring: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander, Michael Richards
Pontifications on marriage, maturity and the availability of soup abound in the fabulous seventh season of 'Seinfeld'. This set includes the episodes:... Read more
Priceless (2006)
7/10
Director: Pierre Salvadori
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh
Irene (Audrey Tautou) is an old-fashioned gold-digger, seducing rich older men in return for dresses, trinkets and baubles. When she mistakes shy barm... Read more
What We Did on Our Holiday (2014)
6.9/10
Director: Guy Jenkin, Andy Hamilton
Starring: Billy Connolly, David Tennant, Rosamund Pike
Gordy McLeod (Billy Connolly - Quartet) has cancer, and is about to turn 75. His combative son (Ben Miller) is hosting birthday celebrations in Scotla... Read more
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
7.6/10
Director: Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement
Starring: Jemaine Clement, Jonathan Brugh, Taika Waititi, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Stu Ruther...
Flatmates Viago (Taika Waititi), Deacon (Jonny Brugh), and Vladislav (Jemaine Clement) are three vampires who are just trying to get by in modern soci... Read more
CRAZY (2005)
3.7/10
Director: Jean-Marc Vallee
Starring: Michel Cote, Marc-Andre Grondin, Danielle Proulx, Emile Vallee, Pierre-Luc Brill...
Zac Beaulieu was born on Christmas Day in 1960 and lives with his parents and four brothers in Quebec. He grows up longing for acceptance from his ho... Read more
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1993)
6.9/10
Director: Tom Shadyac
Starring: Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young, Tone Loc
A Miami-based 'pet detective' is hired to find the kidnapped mascot of a football team. This comedy/whodunit marks the breakout role for hyperkinetic,... Read more