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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The Sucker (1965)
7.5/10
Director: Gerard Oury
Starring: Andre Bourvil, Louis De Funes
A clever fellow proves himself smarter than the gangsters who would exploit him. The trouble begins in Paris when the vacationing hero accidentally ge... Read more
The Family Jewels (1965)
6.2/10
Director: Jerry Lewis
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Donna Butterworth, Sebastian Cabot
Jerry Lewis plays seven different roles in this comedy about a little girl with a big inheritance. Donna Butter-worth is the little charmer who needs... Read more
Bewitched: Season 2, Episodes 1-18 (37-54) (1965)
4.8/10
Starring: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Richard Dreyfuss, Charlie Rugg...
Bewitched continues in fine form in its second season, still brimming with fabulous guest stars, hilarious family-friendly antics and candy-floss femi... Read more
Bewitched: Season 2, Episodes 19-38 (55-74) (1965)
4.8/10
Director: Various
Starring: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Richard Dreyfuss, Paul Lynde,...
Taking the dynamics from newlyweds to parents created a whole new paradigm for the writers to play with. Darrin was worried enough about his witchy wi... Read more
That Darn Cat! (1965)
6.7/10
Director: Robert Stevenson
Starring: Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Roddy McDowall, Dorothy Provine, Frank Gorshin, Ed Wyn...
The fur flies when a smart Siamese cat goes undercover and Hayley Mills and Dean Jones team up for mystery, adventure, and wild comedy in ths Disney c... Read more
Kimberley Jim (1965)
7.3/10
Director: Emil Nofal
Starring: Jim Reeves
AKA 'Strike It Rich' stars country and western singer Jim Reeves in his first (and only) feature film, as a carefree, guitar-strumming con artist from... Read more
The Intelligence Men (1965)
6/10
Director: Robert Asher
Starring: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, William Franklyn
Morecambe and Wise play bungling spies in their big screen debut, who attempt to infiltrate an enemy organisation to prevent the assassination of a Ru... Read more
The Great Race (1965)
7.3/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Denver Pyle
Follows a pack of wacky racers including capital fellow Tony Curtis, dastardly villain Jack Lemmon, and femme fatale Natalie Wood, on a 22.000-mile ro... Read more
Our Man Flint (1965)
6.5/10
Director: Daniel Mann
Starring: James Coburn, Lee J Cobb, Gila Golan
Super Secret Agent Flint (James Coburn) of Z.O.W.I.E. sets out to foil a plot to control the worlds weather when an evil organisation called Galaxy se... Read more
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
7/10
Director: Ken Annakin
Starring: Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Alberto Sordi, Robert Morley, Gert Frobe...
...or How I Flew From London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes. From the opening prologue by Red Skelton, who gives a hysterical aviatic history les... Read more