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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Undercover (1983)
6.7/10
Director: David Stevens
Starring: Genevieve Picot, John Walton, Michael Pare, Peter Phelps, Barry Otto
True story set in the Roaring Twenties Sydney about the rise of Berlei, a popular Australian brand of women's lingerie, famous for its bras and girdle... Read more
Brenda Starr (1989)
4.7/10
Director: Robert Ellis Miller
Starring: Brooke Shields, Timothy Dalton, Diana Scarwid, Jeffrey Tambor, Charles Durning
A comic book artist struggling with his "Brenda Starr" strip decides to draw himself into it when his comic book character is disappointed and leaves... Read more
Starting Over (1979)
6.4/10
Director: Alan J Pakula
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, Frances Sternhag...
Burt Reynolds is an attractive middle-aged man who suffers a crisis of confidence when ditched by his ambitious singer wife (Candice Bergen), until he... Read more
The Marrying Man (1991)
5.8/10
Director: Jerry Rees
Starring: Kim Basinger, Alec Baldwin, Robert Loggia, Elisabeth Shue, Armand Assante, Paul...
A millionaire playboy goes into Las Vegas and comes out married to a woman he barely knows. Read more
Lonely Hearts (1982)
6.8/10
Director: Paul Cox
Starring: Norman Kaye, Wendy Hughes
In this offbeat comedy, an unlikely romance develops between a flamboyant, middle-aged piano tuner and an extremely timid office worker. In HD. Read more
Almost Pregmant (1992)
Starring: Tanya Roberts, Jeff Conaway, John Calvin, Joan Severance, Dom DeLuise
A sex farce about a woman with an infertile husband who is desperate to get pregnant. She enlists the help of her neighbor and an in-law. Meanwhile he... Read more
My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
5.4/10
Director: Bob Balaban
Starring: Traci Lind, Edward Herrmann, Mary Beth Hurt, Jay O Sanders, Matthew Fox, Philip...
A teenage boy comes back from the dead because he is determined to win the most beautiful girl in school. Read more
Fear, Inc. (2016)
5.5/10
Director: Vincent Masciale
Starring: Caitlin Stasey, Abigail Breslin, Richard Riehle, Patrick Renna
A horror junkie and his friends sign up with a company that brings their customer's greatest fears to life. Read more
Dummy (2002)
6.6/10
Starring: Adrien Brody, Milla Jovovich, Illeana Douglas, Vera Farmiga, Jessica Walter, Ron...
An ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but his quirky family and a gauche female friend may t... Read more
Little Noises (1991)
6.1/10
Starring: Tatum O'Neal, Crispin Glover, Nina Siemaszko, Tate Donovan, Rik Mayall
A struggling writer (Glover) steals poems written by his mute friend to achieve fame and fortune. Read more