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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Graduation (2007)
6.6/10
Director: Michael Mayer
Starring: Shannon Lucio, Riley Smith, Chris Marquette, Chris Lowell, Adam Arkin, Aimee Gar...
Four high school seniors decide to pull off a bank heist when one of them becomes in desperate need of cash. It shouldn't be too difficult, they've go... Read more
Grand Theft Parsons (2003)
6.1/10
Director: David Caffrey
Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Christina Applegate, Robert Forster, Gabriel Macht
Based on the bizarre but true funeral pact between country music legend Gram Parsons (Gabriel Macht) and his manager Phil Kaufman (Johnny Knoxille).... Read more
Grandma (2015)
6.7/10
Director: Paul Weitz
Starring: Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, Judy Greer, Laverne Cox, Sam Ellio...
Lily Tomlins no cuddly movie granny in this richly loaded comedy of inter-generational female camaraderie and exasperation. Shes just sent her you... Read more
Grandma's Boy (2005)
7/10
Director: Nicholaus Goossen
Starring: Shirley Jones, Shirley Knight, Linda Cardellini, Kevin Nealon, Allen Covert, Dor...
Life is sweet for 35-year-old video game tester Alex (Allen Covert), until he's forced to move in with his overbearing grandmother Lilly (Doris Robert... Read more
Gray Matters (2006)
5.8/10
Director: Sue Kramer
Starring: Heather Graham, Bridget Moynahan, Molly Shannon, Sissy Spacek, Alan Cumming, Tho...
Sibling dance partners Gray (Heather Graham) and Sam (Tom Cavanagh) spend so much time together that they decide to enliven their social lives by seek... Read more
Great Aussie Icons - Barry Humphries in... The Great Macarthy / Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
Director: Bruce Beresford, David Baker
Starring: Barry Humphries, Barry Crocker, Donald Pleasence, Max Gillies
Sit back possums and marvel at Barry's finest moments on film! One of Australia's best-known, and loved, comedians stars in two classic comedies. 'T... Read more
Great Aussie Icons - Graham Kennedy in... The Club (1980) / Travelling North (1987)
Director: Bruce Beresford, Carl Schultz
Starring: Graham Kennedy, Jack Thompson, Henri Szeps, Frank Wilson, Harold Hopkins, John H...
Long hailed as the 'King of Australian Television' Graham Kennedy also had a stellar career in film including these David Williamson-scripted classics... Read more
Greed (2019)
5.7/10
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Steve Coogan, David Mitchell, Isla Fisher
Satire about the world of the super-rich. Read more
Greedy (1994)
6.3/10
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Starring: Michael J Fox, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Travis, Olivia D'abo, Phil Hartman, Ed Begley...
Kirk Douglas plays old Uncle Joe a millionaire close to death's door and with a sudden influx of close relatives. The family are worried the new biki... Read more
Green Book (2018)
8.3/10
Director: Peter Farrelly
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini
Dr Don Shirley is a world-class African-American pianist, who is about to embark on a concert tour in the Deep South in 1962. In need of a driver and... Read more