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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Flux Gourmet (2022)
6/10
Director: Peter Strickland
Starring: Leo Bill, Asa Butterfield, Gwendoline Christie
Set at an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance, a collective finds themselves embroiled in power struggles, artistic vendettas, an... Read more
21 Jump Street (Blu-ray) (2012)
7.2/10
Director: Christopher Miller, Phil Lord
Starring: Ice Cube, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Jonah Hill, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle
The popular 1980s cop show gets a modern updating in this hilarious action/comedy. Rookie police officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tat... Read more
Strays (2023)
Starring: Will Forte, Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx, Isla Fisher, Randall Park
Abandoned on the mean city streets by his lowlife owner, Doug, a naive but lovable dog named Reggie falls in with a fast-talking, foul-mouthed Boston... Read more
Full Moon High (1982)
4.8/10
Director: Larry Cohen
Starring: Adam Arkin, Elizabeth Hartman, Joanne Nail, Kenneth Mars, Ed McMahon, Roz Kelly
Details the comic misadventures of Tony Walker (Adam Arkin, son of Alan), a former high-school jock who is transformed into a werewolf during a family... Read more
Reckless (1996)
7.2/10
Director: Norman Rene
Starring: Mia Farrow, Scott Glenn, Mary-Louise Parker
This quirky comedy-drama showcases Mia Farrow as a cheerful housewife who gets a surprise for the holidays when she discovers hubby Tony Goldwin hired... Read more
School Daze (1988)
5.9/10
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell
Spike Lee produced, wrote, directed and stars in this all-black musical comedy about tensions and social divisions at a southern black university, Mis... Read more
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
6.8/10
Director: Preston Sturges
Starring: Harold Lloyd, Jimmy Conlin, Raymond Walburn
Harold Lloyd's final film is actually a sequel to his 1925 comedy "The Freshman." After being fired from his job, staid bookkeeper Lloyd goes on a dri... Read more
Funny Farm (1988)
6.1/10
Director: George Roy Hill
Starring: Chevy Chase, Madolyn Smith, Joseph Maher
When Chevy Chase as a Manhattan sportswriter abandons his career for country life, you know 'getting away from it all' will inevitably mean getting in... Read more
Switching Channels (1988)
5.9/10
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Starring: Kathleen Turner, Christopher Reeve, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson
A modern take on 'His Girl Friday' which in turn was an adaptation of '20s play 'The Front Page'. Kathleen Turner takes the lead as a fiesty cable ne... Read more
The Bullfighters (1945)
6.4/10
Director: Mal St Clair
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
Laurel and Hardy are detectives on the trail of petty thief, Larceny Nell, that leads them south of the border. They lose the girl but end up in the... Read more