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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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
The Best Of Ronnie Barker (2005)
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett
Compilation of the much-loved British comedian's finest moments, selected by Barker himself and including sketches and scenes from 'The Two Ronnies' w... 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
Take This Waltz (Blu-ray) (2011)
6.5/10
Director: Sarah Polley
Starring: Michelle Williams, Luke Kirby, Sarah Silverman, Seth Rogen
Michelle Williams plays twenty-eight-year-old Margot, happily married to Lou (Seth Rogan), a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Danie... Read more
Horrible Bosses (Blu-ray) (2011)
6.9/10
Director: Seth Gordon
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Ja...
For Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Day), the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grin... Read more
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (Blu-ray) (2013)
7.6/10
Director: Declan Lowney
Starring: Colm Meaney, Steve Coogan
Alan Partridge has had many ups and downs in his life. National television broadcaster. Responsible for killing a guest on live TV. Local radio broadc... Read more
Night of the Creeps (Blu-ray) (1986)
6.8/10
Director: Fred Dekker
Starring: Jason Lively, Jill Whitlow, Steve Marshall, Wally Taylor, Bruce Solomon
When aliens jettison an interstellar space pod in 1959 it crashes to Earth and infects an unsuspecting human in a most sinister manner, establishing a... Read more
Iron Sky (Blu-ray) (2012)
5.9/10
Director: Timo Vuorensola
Starring: Udo Kier, Julia Dietze, Christopher Kirby, Gotz Otto, Peta Sergeant, Stephanie P...
Aiming for instant cult status, this outrageous sci-fi comedy reveals how the Nazis managed to continue their plans for world conquest after losing Wo... Read more
Excision (2012)
6.1/10
Director: Richard Bates Jr.
Starring: Roger Bart, Ariel Winter
A disturbed and delusional high school student with aspirations of a career in medicine goes to extremes to earn the approval of her controlling mothe... Read more