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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Abbott and Costello: The Noose Hangs High (1948)
7.4/10
Director: Charles Barton
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Joseph Calleia
Two window washers mistakenly receive, and lose, $50,000 belonging to a shady bookie, and have only forty-eight hours to retrieve the money. Read more
Abel (2010)
6.9/10
Director: Diego Luna
Starring: Jose Maria Yazpik, Karina Gidi, Christopher Ruiz-Esparza
Abel, a nine-year-old boy, has stopped talking since his good-for-nothing father left home. Then one morning he starts to speak again, and appears to... Read more
About A Boy (2002)
7.1/10
Director: Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz
Starring: Hugh Grant, Rachel Weisz, Toni Collette, Nicholas Hoult
Winning adaptation of the Nick Hornby ("High Fidelity") novel showcases Hugh Grant as a 38 year old slacker bachelor with an interest in toys and gadg... Read more
About Schmidt (2002)
7.2/10
Director: Alexander Payne
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Len Cariou, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney
In one of his most uncharacteristic roles, Jack Nicholson plays Warren Schmidt, a 66-year-old former insurance actuary in Omaha having trouble adjusti... Read more
Absolutely Anything (2015)
6/10
Director: Terry Jones
Starring: Simon Pegg, Kate Beckinsale, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Rob Riggle, Robert Bathurst, Joann...
A group of eccentric aliens confers a human being with the power to do absolutely anything, as an experiment. Read more
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
5.4/10
Director: Mandie Fletcher
Starring: Jane Horrocks, Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley
Appropriate for their big screen debut, Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, dri... Read more
Accidental Hero (1992)
Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy Garcia
Aka 'Hero'. A top T.V. reporter (Geena Davis) is rescued from a plane crash by a stranger (Dustin Hoffman). A reward is offered to the hero but a conm... Read more
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1993)
6.9/10
Director: Tom Shadyac
Starring: Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young, Tone Loc
A Miami-based 'pet detective' is hired to find the kidnapped mascot of a football team. This comedy/whodunit marks the breakout role for hyperkinetic,... Read more
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
6.3/10
Director: Steve Oedekerk
Starring: Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow, Bob Gunton
Animal Sleuth and hair style freak Ace Ventura returns with his companion, the monkey spike, going to Africa to rescue a sacred bat that has been kidn... Read more
Adam and Steve (2005)
6.4/10
Director: Craig Chester
Starring: Malcolm Gets, Cary Curran, Parker Posey, Craig Chester, Noah Segan
In the 1980s, Adam (played by writer and director Craig Chester) and Steve (Malcolm Gets) had a horrifically embarrassing one-night stand. When they m... Read more