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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Carry On: Don't Lose Your Head (1967)
7.2/10
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims
The 'Carry On' gang are at it again in their 13th outing and this time it's the French Revolution that's in for the chop! The usual cheap gags and inu... Read more
The Graduate (1967)
8/10
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, Murray Hamilton, William Daniels
A landmark film of the late '60s that's still just as pungent and funny. Dustin Hoffman, in his first major film role, plays an ultra-naive college gr... Read more
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
7.2/10
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Alfie Bass, Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate
AKA: 'Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are In My Neck' or 'Dance of the Vampires'. Polanski's near brilliant mixture of humour and horror. Professor Abronsiu... Read more
In Like Flint (1967)
6.2/10
Director: Gordon Douglas
Starring: James Coburn, Lee J Cobb, Jean Hale
Super-suave super spy James Coburn returns, this time he must fight a group of powerful female tycoons who have developed a way of brainwashing women... Read more
The Odd Couple (1967)
7.7/10
Director: Gene Saks
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, John Fiedler
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau are two divorced buddies who decide to be roommates in this classic film adaptation of the Neil Simon smash hit play. Read more
Carry On Collection Part Two: ...Cabby (1963) / ...Cleo (1964) / ...Spying (1964) / ...Cowboy (1965) / ...Screaming (1966)
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Barbara Windsor, Bernard Cribbins, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie Jacques, Jim Dale, Jo...
A deliciously naughty box set containing six of the best from the Carry On team. Join Sid James, Hattie Jaques, Kenneth Williams, Bernard Cribbins an... Read more
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
7.3/10
Starring: Don Knotts
A timid typesetter hasn't a ghost of a chance of becoming a reporter - until he decides to solve a murder mystery and ends up spending a fright-filled... Read more
What Did You Do In The War Daddy? (1966)
6.8/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: James Coburn, Dick Shawn, Sergio Fantoni, Giovanna Ralli, Harry Morgan
In World War II, a strategic Italian village agrees to surrender to the Allies only if it's allowed to organize a celebratory festival while giving ae... Read more
Blindfold (1966)
6.1/10
Director: Philip Dunne
Starring: Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Warden
A New York psychiatrist is solicited by government agents in connection with a former patient of his who also happens to be a scientist wanted by cert... Read more
What Did You Do In the War, Daddy? (1966)
6.7/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Aldo Ray, Carroll O'Connor, Dick Shawn, Harry Morgan, James Coburn, Giovanna Ral...
James Coburn is the leader of a misfit group of soldiers stationed in Italy during World War II. Coburn is joined by a superior officer (Dick Shawn) w... Read more