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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Cinderfella (1960)
6/10
Director: Frank Tashlin
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Ed Wynn, Judith Anderson, Count Basie
The fairy tale classic is given a new look when Jerry Lewis, as a put-upon Fella, gets some help from Fairy Godfather Ed Wynn and meets Princess Anna... Read more
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
7.5/10
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Kieron Moore,...
A humorous, tension-filled heist film about a former British Army officer who organises a group of his somewhat dodgy friends to pull off a 1,000,000... Read more
Let's Make Love (1960)
6.5/10
Director: George Cukor
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, Tony Randall
Marilyn Monroe sings 'My Heart Belongs to Daddy' in this breezy comedy of billionaires, show business and the truth. Yves Montand, a very wealthy man,... Read more
Make Mine Mink (1960)
7.1/10
Director: Robert Asher
Starring: Hattie Jacques, Terry-Thomas, Athene Seyler, Billie Whitelaw
Retired major Terry-Thomas, ex-con, Billie Whitelaw, eccentric dowager Athene Seyler and disgruntled teacher of etiquette Hattie Jacques are among the... Read more
The Millionairess (1960)
5.5/10
Director: Anthony Asquith
Starring: Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim, Dennis Price, Vittorio De Sica
George Bernard Shaw's aceribic play served as the basis for this romantic satire starring Sophia Loren as a fabulously wealthy beauty who tires of men... Read more
Please Don't Eat The Daisies (1960)
6.5/10
Director: Charles Walters
Starring: Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Page, Jack Weston
A drama critic (David Niven) and his wife (Doris Day) pack up their brood and move from New York to a dilapidated old house in the country and a new s... Read more
The Apartment (1960)
8.3/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray
This Oscar-winning Best Picture stars Jack Lemmon and Shirley Maclaine as they wheel and deal over a New York apartment in a comedy of morality. This... Read more
Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)
6.5/10
Director: Norman Taurog
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Dina Merrill
John Paul Steckler was the Junior Officer aboard a destroyer when WWII ended. He gets stuck with the job of sailing the ship to the states to be decom... Read more
The Shaggy Dog/The Shaggy D.A. (1959)
Director: Charles Barton, Robert Stevenson
Starring: Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen, Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Tim Considine, Dean J...
The Shaggy Dog: The son of dog-hating former mailman Wilson Daniels (Fred MacMurray), young Wilby (Tommy Kirk) accidentally becomes a canine himself... Read more
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 3 (1959)
8.6/10
Starring: Tony Hancock, Sid James, Patricia Hayes
The late, great Tony Hancock is at his best in these ten episodes from 1959, with Sid James as the perfect foil. Collected from Series 5, Tony and Si... Read more