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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Summerstorm (2004)
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner
Starring: Robert Stadlober, Kostja Ullmann
Tobi and Achim, the pride of the local crew club, have been the best of friends for years and are convinced that nothing will ever stand in the way of... Read more
Yesterday (Blu-Ray) (2019)
7/10
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Himesh Patel
Jack Malik is a struggling singer-songwriter in an English seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and suppo... Read more
The Campaign (Blu-ray) (2012)
6.1/10
Director: Jay Roach
Starring: Dylan McDermott, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis
Politics gets dirty - and funny - in this irreverent satire about a seasoned congressman (Will Ferrell) whose notorious election season gaffe inspires... Read more
Life of Crime (Blu-ray) (2013)
5.8/10
Director: Daniel Schechter
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Tim Robbins, Mos Def, John Hawkes, Isla Fisher, Mark Boone Jun...
Jennifer Aniston plays Margaret Mickey Dawson, a loving, if-not naive housewife whose husband, Frank Dawson (Tim Robbins), has been embezzling milli... Read more
St. Vincent (Blu-ray) (2014)
7.2/10
Director: Theodore Melfi
Starring: Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd, Terrence Howard, Jaede...
Maggie (McCarthy), a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her 12-year old son, Oliver (Lieberher). Forced to work long hours, she has... Read more
In Bruges ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
7.9/10
Director: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Farrell, Jeremie Renier, Clemence Poesy
Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are two hitmen whose last job didn't go so well, prompting their boss (Ralph Fiennes) to send them to the beautiful... Read more
Charlie's Angels (Blu-ray) (2019)
5.5/10
Director: Elizabeth Banks
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Kristen Kerr
Sabina Wilson (Kristen Stewart), Elena Houghlin (Naomi Scott), and Jane Kano (Ella Balinska) are working for the mysterious Charles Townsend (Robert C... Read more
All I Want (2002)
7.5/10
Starring: Elijah Wood, Franka Potente, Mandy Moore
After 17-year-old misfit Jones Dillon drops out of college on his first day, he moves into an old apartment building where he soon becomes entangled i... Read more
Cats (Blu-ray) (2019)
2.7/10
Director: Tom Hooper
Starring: Judi Dench, Idris Elba, James Corden, Rebel Wilson, Taylor Swift, Ian McKellen,...
A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life. Read more
Cedar Rapids (Blu-ray) (2011)
6.2/10
Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Anne Heche, John C Reilly, Sigourney Weaver, Ed Helms
To call insurance agent Tim Lippe (Ed Helms), "naïve" is a gross understatement. He's never left his small hometown. He's never stayed at a hotel. And... Read more