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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Duck Soup, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers (1931)
7.8/10
Director: Leo McCarey
Starring: The Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont, Louis Calhern
'Duck Soup' In postage-stamp sized Freedoria, Prime Minister Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho) declares war on neighbouring Sylvania just for the hell of it... Read more
The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 4 (1930)
7.6/10
A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessentially British nature, Ealing Studios made more than 150 films over a three decade period. A cher... Read more
The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 1 (1930)
The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection - Volume 1 DVD Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Play... Read more
The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 2 (1930)
7.6/10
Product Description Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 2 DVD Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or regi... Read more
Animal Crackers (1930)
7.7/10
Director: Victor Heerman
Starring: The Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont, Lillian Roth
The Marx Brothers' second film finds them still struggling to get a footing in their new medium. With blocking that exposes its stage origins, Animal... Read more
The Garden Of Eden (1928)
6.8/10
Director: Lewis Milestone
Starring: Lowell Sherman
Toni Le Brun, a beautiful Viennese singer, becomes the ward of the wardrobe mistress of a Monte Carlo nightclub. Her benefactor, however, is actually... Read more
The Circus (Blu-ray) (1928)
8.2/10
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Allan Garcia, Henry Bergman
When we first meet Chaplin's Tramp in this comic gem, he's in typical straits: broke, hungry, destined to fall in love and just as sure to lose the gi... Read more
Lonesome (1928)
7.8/10
Director: Paul Fejos
Two lonely people in the big city meet and enjoy the thrills of an amusement park, only to lose each other in the crowd after spending a great day tog... Read more
Harold Lloyd - The Definitive Collection: Volume 2 (1928)
Starring: Harold Lloyd
Harold Lloyd was one of the greatest and most loved comedians of the early film era. More sympathetic than Keaton, more prolific than Chaplin, Harold... Read more
Laurel and Hardy: Way Out West / Pack Up Your Troubles / The Original Brats / A Chump At Oxford / Pardon Us (1928)
7/10
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
This 5 disc collection of classic titles from Laurel and Hardy includes: 'Way Out West' (1937), 'Pack Up Your Troubles' (1932), 'The Original Brats' (... Read more