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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Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon (1990)
Director: Liu Chia-Liang
Starring: Sammo Hung, Liu Chia-Liang, Karl Maka, Carrie Ng
Hong Kong comedy legend Sammo Hung is a cop obsessed with the legacy of Bruce Lee (the Little Dragon), he teams up with the infamous Skinny Tiger and... Read more
Warriors Two (1978)
7.4/10
Director: Sammo Hung
Starring: Ka-Yan Leung , Sammo Hung, Casanova Wong, Fung Hak-on
Sammo Hung's ode to the Wing Chun style is one of the greatest martial arts epics of all time. It features a career best from Ka-Yan Leung as a maste... Read more
Molly and Me (1945)
7/10
Director: Lewis Seiler
Starring: Gracie Fields, Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall, Reginald Gardiner, Natalie Schafer
A vivacious actress in need of work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty old politician, and gives his life the good shaking-up that it needs.This music... Read more
Harold Lloyd - The Definitive Collection: Volume 2 (1928)
Starring: Harold Lloyd
Harold Lloyd was one of the greatest and most loved comedians of the early film era. More sympathetic than Keaton, more prolific than Chaplin, Harold... Read more
Knockabout (1979)
7.4/10
Director: Sammo Hung
Starring: Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, Ka-Yan Leung , Hoi San Lee
Two con-men brothers, Yipao (Yuen Biao) and Taipao (Ka-Yan Leung) manage to lose all their cash and get into trouble with a casino owner. When their p... Read more
Charlie Chaplin: A Night Out (1915)
6.1/10
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Edna Purviance, Ben Turpin
Compilation includes the classics "A Night Out" (1915) co-starring Ben Turpin, "Kid Auto at the Races" (1914) with Charlie Chaplin in only his second... Read more
Queen Kong (1976)
3.5/10
Director: Frank Agrama
Starring: Robin Askwith, Rula Lenska, Valerie Leon, John Clive, Carol Drinkwater
A British send-up of the original film with Rula Lenska as a director who takes an all-female crew and a handsome young actor, Ray Fay (Robin Askwith)... Read more
For Your Consideration (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Christopher Guest
Starring: Christopher Guest, Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey, Fred Willard,...
Christopher Guest turns his satirical mockumentary eye on the film industry, following the fortunes of a small independent drama that has attracted 'O... Read more
WillFull (2001)
6.2/10
Director: Rebel Penfold-Rissell
Starring: C Thomas Howell, Anna Lise Phillips, Anne Looby, Charles Tingwell, John Gaden
A mischievous story about love and loss between a mother and her adult daughter. Catherine returns home after years abroad, only to be confronted by h... Read more
Dr Plonk (2007)
6.7/10
Director: Rolf de Heer
Starring: Paul Blackwell, Magda Szubanski, Nigel Lunghi
It is the great year of 1907 and Dr Plonk, eminent scientist and inventor, calculates that the world will end in exactly 101 years. He must get to the... Read more