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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Twinkle Twinkle, Lucky Stars (1986)
6.5/10
Director: Sammo Hung
Starring: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Andy Lau, Yuen Biao, Eric Tsang, Rosamund Kwan, Richard...
Hong Kong cops Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao and childhood friend/thief Sammo Hung must save a druglord from assassination by Thai gangsters in this OTT a... Read more
Wise Guys (1986)
5.6/10
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Danny DeVito, Joe Piscopo, Harvey Keitel
Brian De Palma's refreshingly funny tale about two inept mobster pals whose latest blunder gives them only one way to clear things up- bump off the ot... Read more
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
6.9/10
Director: Frank Oz
Starring: Rick Moranis, Steve Martin, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, James Belushi, John...
The film of the off-Broadway musical of the horror movie spoof... an hilarious, tuneful story of a nerd and his man-eating plant starring Rick Moranis... Read more
Les Fugitifs (1986)
5.1/10
Director: Francis Veber
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Pierre Richard, Jean Carmet
The story of two men, Lucas and Pignon. Lucas (Gerard Depardieu), who has just done five years in prison, has decided to go straight. Pignon (Pierre R... Read more
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
7.8/10
Director: John Hughes
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck
A charming teen comedy about a high school student who's not going to let a little thing like classes get in the way of his enjoying one fine spring d... Read more
Police Story (1986)
7.6/10
Director: Jackie Chan
Starring: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Bill Tung, Brigitte Lin
Crammed with incredible stuntwork this lightning-paced Kung Fu comedy about cop Jackie Chan, a one-man police force attempting to get the goods on som... Read more
The Beiderbecke Trilogy (1985)
Director: David Reynolds, Brian Parker
Starring: James Bolam, Barbara Flynn, Dudley Sutton, Terence Rigby, Danny Schiller, Keith...
The Beiderbecke Affair (1985), The Beiderbecke Tapes (1987), The Beiderbecke Connection (19880: Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to... Read more
The Last Dragon (1985)
6.9/10
Director: Michael Schultz
Starring: Vanity
In New York City, a young man searches for a Master to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the Glow. Read more
My Science Project (1985)
6.1/10
Starring: Fisher Stevens, John Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, Raphael Sbarge
A high school student and his friend find a strange, orb-like piece of equipment to use as a science project, but must stop it when it begins to threa... Read more
Once Bitten (1985)
5.5/10
Director: Howard Storm
Starring: Jim Carrey, Lauren Hutton, Cleavon Little
A vampire Countess needs to drink the blood of a virgin in order to keep her eternal beauty. It seems that all is hopeless, until she bumps into Mark... Read more