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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The Garden Of Eden (1928)
6.8/10
Director: Lewis Milestone
Starring: Lowell Sherman
Toni Le Brun, a beautiful Viennese singer, becomes the ward of the wardrobe mistress of a Monte Carlo nightclub. Her benefactor, however, is actually... Read more
The Black Cat (1941)
6.3/10
Director: Albert S. Rogell
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi, Broderick Crawford
Elderly Henrietta Winslow lives in an isolated mansion with her housekeeper and beloved cats. As her health fails, her greedy relatives gather in anti... Read more
What Did You Do In The War Daddy? (1966)
6.8/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: James Coburn, Dick Shawn, Sergio Fantoni, Giovanna Ralli, Harry Morgan
In World War II, a strategic Italian village agrees to surrender to the Allies only if it's allowed to organize a celebratory festival while giving ae... Read more
I Was Born, But... (1932)
7.2/10
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Two young brothers throw a tantrum when they discover that their father isn't the most important man in his workplace. Read more
Who's Minding the Store? (Blu-ray) (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 Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
7.3/10
Starring: Don Knotts
A timid typesetter hasn't a ghost of a chance of becoming a reporter - until he decides to solve a murder mystery and ends up spending a fright-filled... Read more
The Other Women (2014)
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Don Johnson
After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly soon meets the wife he's been betraying. And when yet another love affair is discovered, all three w... Read more
The Best Of Bud Abbott And Lou Costello: Volume 3 (1948)
Director: Arthur Lubin, Erle C. Kenton, Edward Sutherland
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
Get ready for big laughs with Abbott and Costello, undeniably the most popular comedy team of all time, in this hilarious collection featuring eight o... Read more
Week-End in Havana (1941)
6.6/10
Director: Walter Lang
Starring: Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, John Payne, Cesar Romero
Nan Spencer is on a boat bound for Havana which runs aground. The man sent to rescue her is engaged and she doesn't understand his disinterest. Gamble... Read more
That Night In Rio (1941)
6.7/10
Director: Irving Cummings
Starring: Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Carmen Miranda
An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue. Read more