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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The Guard ( Blu-ray ) (2011)
7.3/10
Director: John Michael McDonagh
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Fionnula Flanagan, Liam Cunningham, Mark Strong, D...
Working a beat on the Irish coast, Sgt. Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) experiences some culture shock when he is assigned a black American partner (Don... Read more
The Guilt Trip (2012)
5.8/10
Director: Anne Fletcher
Starring: Barbra Streisand, Seth Rogen
Road trip comedy starring Seth Rogen as a neurotic inventor who invites his overbearing mother (Barbra Streisand) on a cross-country road trip in orde... Read more
The Gumball Rally (1976)
6.3/10
Director: Chuck Bail
Starring: Michael Sarrazin, Gary Busey, Raul Julia
One phone call is all it takes, and one word mentioned - 'GUMBALL', and the contestants in an illegal cross-country road-race gather at the starting p... Read more
The Guru (2002)
5.4/10
Director: Daisy Von Scherler Mayer
Starring: Christine Baranski, Heather Graham, Jimi Mistry, Rob Morrow, Marisa Tomei, Micha...
Bollywood meets Hollywood in this engaging comedy starring Jimi Mistry as a cinema-obsessed Indian dance instructor who moves to New York to make it i... Read more
The Hairy Bird (1998)
Director: Sarah Kernochan
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Gaby Hoffmann, Lynn Redgrave, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tom Guiry, Vinc...
Aka 'Strike'. It's 1963 and the pupils of a highbrow New England girl's boarding school are dismayed when they find they're merging with a boy's schoo... Read more
The Halo Effect (2004)
5.8/10
Director: Lance Daly
Starring: Stephen Rea, Grattan Smith, Kerry Condon, Simon Delaney, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Ge...
Stephen Rea plays Fatso, owner of one of the worst takeaways in Dublin. His heart is in the right place, but a gambling addiction means keeping his he... Read more
The Hammer (2007)
7.3/10
Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
Starring: Adam Carolla, Heather Juergensen, Oswaldo Castillo, Harold House Moore, Tom Quin...
Jerry Ferro used to be an up-and-comer in the boxing world, but that was a long time ago, before he quit with an untarnished, (and undistinguished), r... Read more
The Hangover (2009)
7.7/10
Director: Todd Phillips
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Heather Graham, Sash...
In 48 hours, Doug is scheduled to walk down the aisle, effectively ending his reign as a rowdy bachelor. So as a fitting farewell, Doug's mates organi... Read more
The Hangover ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
7.7/10
Director: Todd Phillips
Starring: Heather Graham, Jeffrey Tambor, Mike Tyson, Mike Epps, Justin Bartha, Bradley Co...
In 48 hours, Doug is scheduled to walk down the aisle, effectively ending his reign as a rowdy bachelor. So as a fitting farewell, Doug's mates organi... Read more
The Hangover Part II (2011)
6.5/10
Director: Todd Phillips
Starring: Mike Tyson, Justin Bartha, Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis
The Wolfpack returns in this sequel that finds Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), and Alan (Zach Galifianakis) in Thailand for Stu's wedding. But... Read more