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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As You Like It (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Alfred Molina, Brian Blessed, Janet McTeer, Kevin Kline, Richard Briers, David O...
Kenneth Branagh adapts and directs this playful version of Shakespeare's comedy, setting the action in a time and place resembling 19th-century Japan.... Read more
Where Do We Go Now? (2011)
7.5/10
Director: Nadine Labaki
Starring: Nadine Labaki, Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Layla Hakim, Yvonne Maalouf
Christians and Muslims lived peacefully together for years in this small Lebanese village, but animosities begin to build among the men as a result of... Read more
The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012)
6.7/10
Director: Peter Lord
Starring: Hugh Grant, Imelda Staunton, Jeremy Piven, David Tennant, Martin Freeman
Fun-filled computer-animated adventure from Aardman ('Wallace and Gromit", "Chicken Run") focuses on the Pirate Captain (voiced by Hugh Grant), an ine... Read more
Valentine's Day (2010)
5.7/10
Director: Garry Marshall
Starring: Hector Elizondo, Jessica Biel, Julia Roberts, Kathy Bates, Patrick Dempsey, Quee...
An all-star ensemble cast highlights this romantic comedy about a group of people who all struggle with the complexities of love. As Valentine's Day l... Read more
Middle Men (2010)
5.8/10
Director: George Gallo
Starring: Giovanni Ribisi, James Caan, John Ashton, Kelsey Grammer, Kevin Pollak, Luke Wil...
Luke Wilson stars in this comedy/drama, very loosely based on actual events, as a businessman/problem-solver who helps a couple of degenerate upstarts... Read more
Abel (2010)
6.9/10
Director: Diego Luna
Starring: Jose Maria Yazpik, Karina Gidi, Christopher Ruiz-Esparza
Abel, a nine-year-old boy, has stopped talking since his good-for-nothing father left home. Then one morning he starts to speak again, and appears to... Read more
Ruby and Rata (1990)
6/10
Director: Gaylene Preston
Starring: Vanessa Rare, Yvonne Lawley, Simon Barnett
The winning flick about Ruby, an elderly woman not yet ready for a retirement home and Rata, a would be rock singer and solo mother well practiced in... Read more
The Hangover ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
7.7/10
Director: Todd Phillips
Starring: Heather Graham, Jeffrey Tambor, Mike Tyson, Mike Epps, Justin Bartha, Bradley Co...
In 48 hours, Doug is scheduled to walk down the aisle, effectively ending his reign as a rowdy bachelor. So as a fitting farewell, Doug's mates organi... Read more
Charlie and Boots (2009)
Director: Dean Murphy
Starring: Paul Hogan, Morgan Griffin, Shane Jacobson, Roy Billing
When Charlie McFarlane (Paul Hogan) withdraws from his life after a family tragedy, his estranged son, "Boots" (Shane Jacobson), decides to drag his r... Read more
Shrink (2009)
6.7/10
Director: Jonas Pate
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Saffron Burrows, Mark Webber, Jack Huston, Keke Palmer, Dallas Rob...
Literary success, a steady workload, and a marijuana habit do little to quell the demons raging inside celebrity psychiatrist Dr. Henry Carter (Kevin... Read more