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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Tough Guys (1986)
6.2/10
Director: Jeff Kanew
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Charles Durning, Eli Wallach
Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas teamed a fifth time for this action-packed adventure. The two screen legends play ex-cons, released after 30 years in... Read more
Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
5.8/10
Director: Penny Marshall
Starring: Roscoe Lee Browne, Stephen Collins, Whoopi Goldberg, Carol Kane, Annie Potts, Jo...
Whoopi Goldberg made her comedy feature debut (after a dramatic turn in 'The Color Purple') in this comedy/thriller, as bank computer operator Terry,... Read more
Police Academy 3. Back In Training (1986)
6.7/10
Director: Jerry Paris
Starring: Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, Bubba Smith, George Gaynes
The alumni of Commandant Lassard's Police Academy (1984) return to the school to train new recruits and prevent its closure. Read more
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
8/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Barbara Hershey, Carrie Fisher, Daniel Stern, Dianne Wiest, Lloyd Nolan, Maureen...
Woody Allen at his best: Sibling rivalry has never been so funny nor so poignant as in Woody Allen's Oscar-winning comedy-drama Hannah and Her Sisters... Read more
She's Gotta Have It (1986)
6.6/10
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Spike Lee
The celebrated first feature from independent black filmmaker Spike Lee, a brazenly comic foray into sexual politics. Tracy Camilla Johns stars as Nol... Read more
Something Wild (1986)
6.9/10
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta
Jonathan Demme's wonderfully funny, unusual film with Jeff Daniels as the straight-laced stock broker whose only brush with crime - trying to get away... Read more
Pirates (1986)
6.1/10
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Walter Matthau, Richard Pearson, Damien Thomas, Cris Campion, Charlotte Lewis, R...
Comic-adventure film about buccaneers who take on a Spanish galleon filled with Aztec gold. Polanski is said to have spent $30 million on the film, of... Read more
Restless Natives (1986)
7.2/10
Director: Michael Hoffman
Starring: Vincent Friell, Joe Mulloney, Ned Beatty
Unemployed Scottish lads Will (Vincent Friell) and Ronnie (Joe Mullaney) are living on a housing estate in Edinburgh. Broke, bored and in an effort to... Read more
Rita, Sue and Bob Too! (1986)
6.4/10
Director: Alan Clarke
Starring: Siobhan Finneran, Michelle Holmes, George Costigan
A married man finds great satisfaction in the company of two large teenage girls of working class backgrounds. This lively English social comedy detai... Read more
Three Amigos! (1986)
6.5/10
Director: John Landis
Starring: Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Steve Martin, Tony Plana, Alfonso Arau
In this amusing send-up of 'The Magnificent Seven', Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short play three silent screen cowboys who attempt to save a... Read more