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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Groundhog Day (1993)
8/10
Director: Harold Ramis
Starring: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott
Pittsburgh weatherman Bill Murray finds that his worst nightmare has become a reality when he joins producer Andie McDowell and cameraman Chris Elliot... Read more
Grow Your Own (2007)
6.8/10
Director: Richard Laxton
Starring: Olivia Colman, Omid Djalili, Sarah Hadland, Philip Jackson, Roland Manookian, Ed...
Loosely based on a real-life allotment in Liverpool, where Balkan refugees were given plots to provide both food and therapy, this charming comedy-dra... Read more
Grudge Match (2013)
6.4/10
Director: Peter Segal
Starring: Alan Arkin, Kim Basinger, Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Kevin Hart, Jon Be...
Sports comedy casts Robert De Niro as Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen and Sylvester Stallone as Henry 'Razor' Sharp, two local Pittsburgh fighters whose fier... Read more
Grumpier Old Men (1995)
6.6/10
Director: Howard Deutch
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Sophia Loren
This time, the two old codgers (Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau) agree on a temporary truce when newcomer Sophia Loren threatens to turn the local bait... Read more
Grumpy Old Men (1993)
7/10
Director: Donald Petrie
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
'The Odd Couple' pair up again in this engaging tale of two mateless retirees whose lifelong feud escalates when an attractive widow moves in across t... Read more
Guarding Tess (1994)
6.2/10
Director: Hugh Wilson
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Richard Griffiths, Shirley MacLaine
Secret Service agent Nicolas Cage wants out of his current assignment - looking after the former First Lady (Shirley MacLaine) but she has other ideas... Read more
Guest House Paradiso (1999)
6.1/10
Director: Adrian Edmondson
Starring: Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Vincent Cassel, Helene Mahieu
"Bottom" meets "Fawlty Towers" in this movie spin-off featuring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson's characters from "Bottom&quo... Read more
Gung Ho (1896)
6.3/10
Director: Byron Howard
Starring: Michael Keaton
When a Japanese car company buys an American plant, the American liaison must mediate the clash of work attitudes between the foreign management and n... Read more
Guns Akimbo (2019)
6.3/10
Director: Jason Lei Howden
Starring: Samara Weaving, Daniel Radcliffe, Rhys Darby
A guy relies on his newly-acquired gladiator skills to save his ex-girlfriend from kidnappers. Read more
Guns Akimbo (Blu-ray) (2019)
6.3/10
Director: Jason Lei Howden
Starring: Samara Weaving, Daniel Radcliffe, Rhys Darby
A guy relies on his newly-acquired gladiator skills to save his ex-girlfriend from kidnappers. Read more