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 Lady in the Van ( Blu-ray ) (2015)
6.7/10
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Starring: Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Deborah Findlay, Alex Jennings, Jamie Parker, Roger...
Maggie Smith lets her hair down in the role of a real-life bumptious bag lady who lived in a van and found a permanent parking spot outside the Camden... Read more
The Lady Vanishes (1979)
5.9/10
Director: Anthony Page
Starring: Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Herbert Lom, Arthur Lowe, Ian C...
Screenwriter George Axelrod turns Alfred Hitchcock's classic comedy-thriller into a capering screwball comedy showcase for Cybill Shepherd and Elliot... Read more
The Ladykillers (2004)
6.2/10
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, Irma P. Hall
The classic '50s British crime comedy is transplanted to a small Southern town by Joel and Ethan Coen in this laugh-filled revamp. Tom Hanks stars as... Read more
The Ladykillers (1955)
7.8/10
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Starring: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Peter Sellers
Alec Guinness teams with Peter Sellers in this fabulous tale of a group of dumb crooks who become unhinged by a sweet old lady. An Ealing Studios gem. Read more
The Ladykillers (Blu-ray) (1955)
7.7/10
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Starring: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Peter Sellers
Alec Guinness teams with Peter Sellers in this fabulous tale of a group of dumb crooks who become unhinged by a sweet old lady. An Ealing Studios gem. Read more
The Larkins (2021)
6/10
Starring: Bradley Walsh, Joanna Scanlan, Amelia Bullmore, Peter Davison
A new adaptation of the classic novel "The Darling Buds of May" by H.E. Bates, following the warm-hearted, wheeler-dealing adventures of the iconic La... Read more
The Last Dragon (1985)
6.9/10
Director: Michael Schultz
Starring: Vanity
In New York City, a young man searches for a Master to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the Glow. Read more
The Last Days Of Disco (1998)
6.7/10
Director: Whit Stillman
Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Chris Eigeman, Kate Beckinsale
Set during the early 1980s and starring Chloe Sevigny and Kate Beckinsale as recent college grads who spend their nights partying at a New York disco,... Read more
The Last Detail (1973)
7.6/10
Director: Hal Ashby
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid
Comedy/drama about two career sailors escorting a sailor to the brig, who decide to show the young man a good time before he begins his prison sentenc... Read more
The Last Five Years (2014)
5.9/10
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Starring: Anna Kendrick, Jeremy Jordan
"The Last Five Years" is a musical chronicling a love affair and marriage taking place over a five year period. Jamie Wellerstein (Jeremy Jordan) is a... Read more