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. Right: There's Something About Mary's hairdo...
Lena Dunham got her start making YouTube videos, but she emerged as a major talent thanks to the breakthrough success of this exceptionally sharp come... Read more
The amphibious crime-fighters are back as computer animated 'heroes in a half shell', taking on a legion of malevolent monsters who gather just once e... Read more
Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft are Polish actors who foil the Nazis at the outbreak of WW II. Charles Durning's Gestapo officer alone is worth the price... Read more
The original WWII satire and comedy classic. Jack Benny is a hammy Shakespearean actor who, along with members of his Polish acting troupe, becomes in... Read more
A biting look at pop celebrity and the drive for fame, this wickedly funny black comedy from scripter Buck Henry and director Gus Van Sant stars Nicol... Read more
A fictional story with touches of magical realism a film which touches on life, death, love, truth, faith, doubt and hope. San Hilario is a village... Read more
Woody Allen continues his European tour (Barcelona, Paris, now Rome) with this comedy starring Alec Baldwin, Penelope Cruz, Jesse Eisenberg, Roberto B... Read more
For many, "To The Manor Born" was 'the' 80s comedy series - pitting one of Britain's best-loved actresses, Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton,... Read more
The tale of three drag queens headed for Hollywood whose car breaks down in a small rural town where they are befriended by the local female populatio... Read more
"Toast" is the ultimate nostalgia trip through everything edible in 1960s Britain, based on the heart-wrenchingly bittersweet story of food writer Nig... Read more