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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Willy's Wonderland (Blu-ray) (2021)
5.5/10
Director: Kevin Lewis
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Beth Grant
A quiet drifter is tricked into a janitorial job at the now condemned Willy's Wonderland. The mundane tasks suddenly become an all-out fight for survi... Read more
Wilt (1989)
8.4/10
Director: Michael Tuchner
Starring: Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Alison Steadman
From the pen of Tom Sharpe flows this amusing tale about the investigation of a 'particularly nasty' case of homicide involving a down trodden teacher... Read more
Win Win (2012)
7.2/10
Director: Tom McCarthy
Starring: Jeffrey Tambor, Paul Giamatti, Bobby Cannavale, Amy Ryan
Academy Award nominee Paul Giamatti stars as a lovable yet long-suffering lawyer and high-school wrestling coach who takes us on a brilliantly heartfe... Read more
Winners and Sinners (1983)
Director: Sammo Hung
Starring: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Ching-Ying Lam
Jackie Chan plays an ex-con who forms a cleaning business with four other former crims looking to go straight. While working in a building, they run i... Read more
Wise Guys (1986)
5.6/10
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Danny DeVito, Joe Piscopo, Harvey Keitel
Brian De Palma's refreshingly funny tale about two inept mobster pals whose latest blunder gives them only one way to clear things up- bump off the ot... Read more
Wish I Was Here (2014)
6.7/10
Director: Zach Braff
Starring: Kate Hudson, Zach Braff, James Avery, Josh Gad, Jim Parsons, Joey King, Pierce G...
'Wish I Was Here' is the story of Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, who at 35 is still trying to find his identity; a purpose for h... Read more
Wish You Were Here (1987)
6.8/10
Director: David Leland
Starring: Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell, Clare Clifford
Emily Lloyd gives a spirited and remarkable performance as a young girl growing up in a hurry in post-war England. Her salty language and her sassy be... Read more
With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
6.4/10
Director: Howard Morris
Starring: Doris Day, Brian Keith, Pat Carroll, Barbara Hershey, George Carlin
A Doris Day favourite in which she plays a widow with three sons. She starts dating a man with a teenage daughter but when they announce their marriag... Read more
Withnail and I (1986)
Director: Bruce Robinson
Starring: Richard E Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths
London. The 1960s. Two unemployed actors - acerbic, elegantly wasted Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and the anxiety-ridden "I" (Paul McGann) - drown thei... Read more
Withnail and I ( Blu-ray ) (1986)
Director: Bruce Robinson
Starring: Paul McGann, Richard E Grant, Richard Griffiths
London. The 1960s. Two unemployed actors - acerbic, elegantly wasted Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and the anxiety-ridden "I" (Paul McGann) - drown thei... Read more