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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1941 (Director's Cut) (1979)
5.8/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Christoph...
Steven Spielberg's monumental comedy spectacular, based on a true incident, about the war panic that erupted in Southern California after a Japanese s... Read more
Rio (2011)
6.9/10
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Starring: Leslie Mann, Jamie Foxx, Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, George Lopez, Jemaine C...
The creators of "Ice Age" take flight with this comic animated adventure about Minnesota macaw Blu (voiced by Jesse Eisenberg), a domesticated parrot... Read more
Micmacs ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
7.2/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring: Andre Dussollier, Dany Boon
From Jean-Pierre Jeunet ('Amelie', 'Delicatessen'), one of cinema's most inspired and inventive talents, comes 'Micmacs', a dazzling and deeply human... Read more
Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)
7/10
Director: Maya Forbes
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana
A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who d... Read more
Miss You Already (2015)
6.8/10
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Toni Collette, Jacqueline Bisset, Dominic Cooper, Paddy Considin...
An honest and powerful story following two best friends, Milly and Jess, as they navigate life's highs and lows. Inseparable since they were young gir... Read more
The Infinite Man (2014)
6.4/10
Director: Hugh Sullivan
Starring: Alex Dimitriades, Hannah Marshall, Josh McConville
Meticulous and neurotic scientist Dean (Josh McConville) attempts to recreate his first anniversary with girlfriend Lara (Hannah Marshall) one year on... Read more
The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
6.3/10
Director: Clay Kaytis, Fergal Reilly
Starring: Voices Of, Peter Dinklage, Tony Hale, Danny McBride, Jason Sudeikis
Flightless birds lead a mostly happy existence, except for Red (Jason Sudeikis), who just can't get past the daily annoyances of life. His temperament... Read more
The Mafia Only Kills in Summer (2013)
Director: Pierfrancesco Diliberto
Starring: Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli
The winner of the 2014 European Film Award for Best European Comedy, this Italian box office hit follows the growing pains of Arturo, a Palermo boy wh... Read more
Kingsman: The Secret Service ( Blu-ray ) (2015)
7.8/10
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Michael Caine, Samuel L Jackson, Geoff Bell, Sofia Bou...
Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn, 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' tells a story of a super-secret spy organisation th... Read more
Suburbicon (2017)
5.6/10
Director: George Clooney
Starring: Julianne Moore, Matt Damon, Oscar Isaac
Suburbicon is a peaceful, idyllic, suburban community with affordable homes and manicured lawns -- the perfect place to raise a family, and in the sum... Read more