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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After the Thin Man (1936)
7.7/10
Director: W S Van Dyke
Starring: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart
William Powell and Myrna Loy are back as society sleuths Nick and Nora in this second entry in the 'Thin Man' series. When Nora's cousin is wrongly ac... Read more
The Three Stooges In Colour (1936)
Starring: The Three Stooges
'Disorder in the Court' (1936) - One of the stooges friends has been accused of murder and when the stooges are asked to appear as witnesses, they do... Read more
The Milky Way (1936)
6.7/10
Director: Leo McCarey
Starring: Harold Lloyd
Mild-mannered milkman Burleigh Sullivan (Harold Lloyd) becomes the toast of the boxing world when he's accidentally credited with knocking out the cha... Read more
Amazing Adventure (1936)
6.3/10
Director: Alfred Zeisler
Starring: Cary Grant, Mary Brian, Henry Kendall, Leon M Lion
Based on the novel by E. Philips Oppenheim, this was an early showcase of Cary Grant's easy charm and helped establish him as a star in his native Eng... Read more
Modern Times (1936)
8.5/10
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin's silent homage to the human spirit in which Charlie Chaplin is the victim of industrial boom. Chaplin plays the factory worker gone looney by... Read more
Mr Deeds Goes To Town (1936)
8/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft
Gary Cooper is Longfellow Deeds who inherits 20 million dollars and wants to give it away to needy people. Director Capra won an Oscar for this irresi... Read more
Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
7.3/10
Director: John Ford
Starring: Will Rogers, Ann Shirley, Irvin S. Cobb, Eugene Pallette
John Ford directs Will Rogers in his final film. A fast-paced comedy and slice of Americana, Rogers stars as Dr. John, the proprietor of a travelling... Read more
The Little Colonel (1935)
7.1/10
Director: David Butler
Starring: Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore, Evelyn Venable
In the post-Civil War South, Elizabeth Lloyd marries a Yankee. In response, her stern Confederate father vows to never speak to her again. That is, un... Read more
A Night at the Opera (1935)
8/10
Director: Sam Wood
Starring: The Marx Brothers, Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones
Considered by many to be the Marx Brothers' best film. Groucho, Harpo and Chico take on the opera world in order to reunite singers Allan Jones and Ki... Read more
Belle of the Ninties (1934)
Director: Leo McCarey
Starring: Mae West, Roger Pryor
Ruby Carter is an infamous cabaret entertainer plying her trade along the Mississippi. Having no trouble surviving on her own terms in a man's world,... Read more