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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Neighbors (1981)
6.3/10
Director: John G. John G. Avildsen
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Kathryn Walker
One man's quiet suburban life takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into the deserted house next door. From the word go it is... Read more
Breaking Up (1997)
4.9/10
Director: Robert Greenwald
Starring: Russell Crowe, Salma Hayek
Monica teaches, Steve's a photographer. They've dated more than two years. They're arguing, and she leaves for her apartment, only to return in a few... Read more
The Liability (2012)
5.9/10
Starring: Tim Roth, Jack O'Connell, Peter Mullan
When 19-year-old Adam agrees to do a day's driving for his mum's gangster boyfriend Peter, it takes him on a 24-hour journey into a nightmarish world... Read more
Rock the Kasbah (2015)
5.5/10
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Bill Murray, Kate Hudson, Bruce Willis
A down-on-his-luck music manager discovers a teenage girl with an extraordinary voice while on a music tour in Afghanistan and takes her to Kabul to c... Read more
The Cobbler (Blu-ray) (2014)
5.8/10
Director: Tom McCarthy
Starring: Adam Sandler, Melonie Diaz, Steve Buscemi
A cobbler, bored of his everyday life, stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to become other people and see the world in a different way. Read more
Terri (2011)
6.5/10
Director: Azazel Jacobs
Starring: John C Reilly
The story of a bullied fifteen-year-old boy in a small town as he struggles to adjust to his difficult life. Read more
Karate Dog (2005)
2.8/10
Director: Bob Clark
Starring: Jon Voight, Chevy Chase, Jaime Pressly
When LAPD computer expert Peter Fowler investigates the killing of an old man in Chinatown, he finds the only witness is his dog, Cho Cho. But Fowler... Read more
Off Beat (1986)
5/10
Director: Michael Dinner
Starring: Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, Cleavant Derricks, Harvey Keitel
Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer and friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance per... Read more
Gung Ho (1896)
6.3/10
Director: Byron Howard
Starring: Michael Keaton
When a Japanese car company buys an American plant, the American liaison must mediate the clash of work attitudes between the foreign management and n... Read more
Free Samples (2012)
5.6/10
Starring: Jess Weixler, Jesse Eisenberg
Stanford Law dropout Jillian wakes up with a hangover and is pressured by her friend to take a shift at an ice-cream truck in LA, giving out free samp... Read more