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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Revenge Of The Pink Panther (1978)
6.7/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Dyan Cannon
Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom return for the fifth in the Pink Panther series, this one set in Hong Kong. With Dyan Cannon, theme music by Henry Manci... Read more
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
7.3/10
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy, Jonatha...
The whole crew reunites for this supernatural swashbuckling sequel as Captain Jack (Johnny Depp) tries to avoid a blood debt he owes to the somewhat s... Read more
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask) (1972)
6.8/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Anthony Quayle, Burt Reynolds, Gene Wilder, John Carradine, Lou Jacobi, Tony Ran...
Another Woody Allen hit, with Woody examining sexuality in an outrageous series of sketches. Perhaps the funniest involves a mild-mannered doctor fall... Read more
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
7.8/10
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson
When a book brought back by Michael J Fox from the 21st century turns his 1985 homelife upside-down, it calls for a return trip to the '50s. Read more
Happy, Happy (2010)
6.5/10
Director: Anne Sewitsky
Starring: Agnes Kittelsen, Henrik Rafaelsen, Joachim Rafaelsen, Maibritt Saerens
Anne Sewitsky directs this offbeat black comedy/drama from Norway. Family is the most important thing in the world to Kaja (Agnes Kittelsen). She is a... Read more
Van Wilder: Party Liaison (2002)
6.4/10
Director: Walt Becker
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Tim Matheson, Tom Everett Scott, Kal Penn, Curtis Arms...
Kooky campus comedy starring Ryan Reynolds as the title character, the popular "Big Man on Campus" for seven years running, who has no aspirations of... Read more
Orange County (2002)
6.2/10
Director: Jake Kasdan
Starring: Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Schuyler Fisk, Lily Tomlin, John Lithgow, Catherine O'H...
Exuberant teen comedy from Jake Kasdan ("Zero Effect") stars Colin Hanks as an Orange County surfer dude who is inspired by a book to get off the slac... Read more
The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
7.1/10
Director: Judd Apatow
Starring: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Leslie M...
Steve Carrell is Andy Stitzer, a cheerful, middle-aged geek who, as the title suggests, has yet to take the sexual plunge. When his friends find out... Read more
God Willing (2015)
6.7/10
Director: Edoardo Falcone
Starring: Alessandro Gassman, Laura Morante, Marco Giallini
The #1 smash-hit comedy success of the 2015 Lavazza Italian Film Festival, this wildly entertaining and multi award-winning debut feature is the story... Read more
The Death of Stalin (2018)
7.2/10
Director: Armando Iannucci
Starring: Dermot Crowley, Jason Isaacs, Jeffrey Tambor, Karl Johnson, Michael Palin, Steve...
When tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin dies in 1953, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. Am... Read more