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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. Right: There's Something About Mary's hairdo...

Ghost Writer (1989)

5.6/10
Starring: Audrey Landers, John Matuszak, David Doyle

A writer moves into a Malibu beach house, and comes up against the ghost of an actress who supposedly had committed suicide there 30 years previously,... Read more

Going Berserk (1983)

5.3/10
Director: David Steinberg
Starring: John Candy, Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty

A drummer/chauffeur engaged to a congressman's daughter encounters a sleazy film director, the leader of an aerobics cult, and other crazed characters... Read more

My Science Project (1985)

6.1/10
Starring: Fisher Stevens, John Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, Raphael Sbarge

A high school student and his friend find a strange, orb-like piece of equipment to use as a science project, but must stop it when it begins to threa... Read more

Private School (1983)

5.3/10
Director: Noel Black
Starring: Phoebe Cates, Betsy Russell, Matthew Modine

Chris from a girls' boarding school loves Jim from a nearby boys' boarding school. Jordan also wants Jim and plays dirty. Jim and 2 friends visit the... Read more

Summer School (1987)

6.6/10
Director: Carl Reiner
Starring: Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Robin Thomas

Freddy the gym teacher has to teach remedial English in summer (high) school, if he wants tenure. As he can only teach gym and his students want fun,... Read more

K-9 (1989)

6/10
Director: Rod Daniel
Starring: James Belushi, Mel Harris, Kevin Tighe

To stop an elusive criminal, a maverick detective enlists the aid of a police dog who's an unusually intelligent smart alec. Read more

Who's Minding the Store? (1963)

6.8/10
Director: Frank Tashlin
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Jill St John, Ray Walston

Barbara is a very rich girl who falls in love with Norman Phiffier, a poor young man. She doesn't tell him who she really is and prepares to marry him... Read more

Brief Crossing (2001)

6.8/10
Director: Catherine Breillat

Desire for a subject that functions like a brief fling with no future as such, yet embellished by that very fact. Because something fleeting and futur... Read more

This Means War (2012)

6.3/10
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy

C.I.A. operatives wage an epic battle on each other when they discover they are dating the same woman. Read more

The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 1 (1930)

The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection - Volume 1 DVD Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Play... Read more