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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Doctor Detroit (1983)
5.3/10
Director: Michael Pressman
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Donna Dixon
A pimp (Howard Hesseman) on the run trusts his call girls to a meek professor of literature (Dan Aykroyd), who accepts the challenge. Clifford Skridlo... Read more
The Big Chill (1983)
7.2/10
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, Meg Tilly, Mary Kay Place, JoBeth Will...
College friends from the 1960's are re-united at the funeral of a mutual friend who committed suicide, and have to re-examine the twenty years that ha... Read more
A Christmas Story (1983)
8/10
Director: Bob Clark
Starring: Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon, Peter Billingsley
Christmas is approaching and 9 year-old Ralphie wants only one thing: a Red Ryder Range Shot 200 BB gun. When he mentions it at the dinner table, his... Read more
Protectors of the Universe (1983)
Director: Larry M. Jackson
In the far reach of space, a new star evokes. At that very moment, a horrible roaring sweeps across the universe. This sudden roaring, like a helpless... Read more
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life ( Blu-ray ) (1983)
Director: Terry Jones
Starring: Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jone...
The Monty Python team embark on the holy grail of human understanding with a series of sketches aimed at discovering the meaning of life itself. Inclu... Read more
Baby It's You (1983)
6.4/10
Director: John Sayles
Starring: Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano
Evocative and engaging romantic comedy, written and directed by John Sayles ("Passion Fish"), traces the relationship of a book-smart, street-dumb hig... Read more
Bullshot (1983)
6.4/10
Director: Dick Clement
Starring: Alan Shearman, Billy Connolly, Diz White, Mel Smith, Ron House, Ron Pember, Fran...
An outrageous spoof of Sapper McNeile's 1930s "Bulldog Drummond" secret agent stories complete with stolen formula, mad professor, hapless heroine and... Read more
Yellowbeard (1983)
6/10
Director: Mel Damski
Starring: Peter Boyle, Graham Chapman, Peter Cook, Eric Idle, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, M...
Yellowbeard is the ultimate pirate feared by whoever travels the high seas. A true scurvy shyster of the highest order and nautical scallywag in leagu... Read more
Mr Mom (1983)
6.5/10
Director: Stan Dragoti
Starring: Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Martin Mull, Ann Jillian, Christopher Lloyd
What happens when husband Michael Keaton loses his job and wife Teri Garr has to go to work, leaving him with the housework, the neighbours and the ki... Read more
An Audience with Kenneth Williams (1983)
8.5/10
Director: Alasdair Macmillan
Starring: Kenneth Williams
"...And may I say what an honour it is for you to have me". Sit back and enjoy as Kenneth Williams takes a witty and enthralling look at his career in... Read more