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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Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
7.5/10
Director: Liev Schreiber
Starring: Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Boris Leskin
Actor Liev Schreiber makes his directing debut with this quirky comedy/drama based on Jonathan Safran Foer's novel. Elijah Wood plays Jonathan, a sel... Read more
Unconditional Love (2002)
6.9/10
Director: P J Hogan
Starring: Kathy Bates, Rupert Everett, Dan Aykroyd, Peter Sarsgaard, Lynn Redgrave, Jonath...
Hilarious farce finds Kathy Bates as a frumpy Chicago woman who is told by hubby Dan Aykroyd he wants a divorce on the same day her idol, a pop singer... Read more
Opal Dream (2005)
6.6/10
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Starring: Sapphire Boyce, Christian Byers, Vince Colosimo, Jacqueline McKenzie, Robert Mor...
8-year-old Kellyanne lives with her family in the outback opal-mining town of Lightning Ridge, where treasure-seekers live on the edge of poverty hopi... Read more
Venus (2006)
7.1/10
Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker, Richard Griffiths, Vanessa Redg...
The grand Peter O'Toole plays a weathered old curmudgeon in this hilarious and touching story of an aging actor taking a young woman under his wing. M... Read more
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
6.2/10
Director: Brett Ratner
Starring: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Hiroyuki Sanada, Youki Kudoh, Max von Sydow, Yvan Att...
Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker return in the third entry in the popular buddy cop comedy franchise. An attempt on the life of Chan's old friend, a Chine... Read more
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ( Blu-ray ) (2006)
7.3/10
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy, Jonatha...
The whole crew reunites for this supernatural swashbuckling sequel as Captain Jack (Johnny Depp) tries to avoid a blood debt he owes to the somewhat s... Read more
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.1/10
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Jack Davenport, Bill...
Hitting the high seas for a third time, Captain Jack is in trouble down in Davy Jones' Locker, after an incident with the Kraken; and Will and Elizabe... Read more
Ex Drummer (2007)
7/10
Director: Koen Mortier
Starring: Dries Van Hegen, Norman Baert, Gunter Lamoot, Sam Louwyck
Blood-spattered, darkly comic, punk rock shocker from Belgium. When well-known writer Dries is approached by a punk band to be their drummer, there is... Read more
Woman Times Seven (1967)
6.2/10
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Alan Arkin, Rossano Brazzi, Michael Caine, Vittorio Gassman, P...
Vittorio De Sica directs this episodic sex comedy consisting of seven short stories each starring Shirley MacLaine. In "Funeral Possession," she plays... Read more
April's Shower (2003)
5/10
Director: Trish Doolan
Starring: Maria Cina, Frank Grillo, Zack Ward, Lara Harris, Trish Doolan
Writer/director Trish Doolan also stars in her debut feature as Alex, a chef giving her all to host the perfect bridal shower...because she's secretly... Read more