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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It Happened To Jane (1959)
6.6/10
Director: Richard Quine
Starring: Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs
When a shipment of lobsters arrives spoiled thanks to some careless railroad workers, feisty New England businesswoman Doris Day, and best friend Jack... Read more
Too Many Crooks (1959)
7/10
Director: Mario Zampi
Starring: Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Bresslaw, Sid James, Vera...
Fingers (George Cole) and his gang of criminals (including Sid James and Bernard Bresslaw) have the reputation for being the most dim-witted crooks Lo... Read more
I'm All Right Jack (1959)
7.3/10
Director: John Boulting
Starring: Ian Carmichael, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough
Britain's great comic talents join forces in this hilariously witty spoof of the absurdities of the labour movement. Starring Peter Sellers and Ian Ca... Read more
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
7/10
Director: Jack Arnold
Starring: Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, David Kossoff
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick declares war on the United States in order to improve the welfare of the tiny nation. Unfortunately no one told Peter Selle... Read more
Operation Petticoat (1959)
7.3/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Cary Grant, Dina Merrill, Gene Evans, Tony Curtis, Dick Sargent, Joan O'Brien
Directed by Blake Edwards (The Pink Panther, Victor/Victoria), Operation Petticoat moves from one hilarious situation to the next. With the USS Tiger... Read more
Two Way Stretch (1959)
7/10
Director: Robert Day
Starring: Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Liz Fraser
A fast and funny British farce about three convicts who break out of jail to rob a Maharajah and then break back in again, all in the same night. Star... Read more
Equinox Flower (1958)
7.8/10
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Starring: Shin Saburi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiko Kuga, Keiji Sada, Teiji Takahashi
A businessman clashes with his elder daughter over her choice of a husband. Read more
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
6/10
Director: Leo McCarey
Starring: Jack Carson, Joan Collins, Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman
This diverting romantic comedy centers on the deteriorating relationship of Harry and Grace Bannerman (Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward). While Harry is e... Read more
The Geisha Boy (1958)
6.5/10
Director: Frank Tashlin
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Marie McDonald, Sessue Hayakawa
One of Jerry Lewis' funniest romps has him as a third rate magician on a tour of the Orient where he falls for a Japanese widow, befriends her young s... Read more
Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)
6.8/10
Director: Frank Tashlin
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Maxwell, Connie Stevens, Reginald Gardiner
Jerry Lewis becomes a full-time baby-sitter for movie sex-siren Marilyn Maxwell, who doesn't want her public to know she's had triplets. Connie Steven... Read more