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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Half A Loaf Of Kung Fu (1977)
Director: Lo Wei
Starring: Jackie Chan
The humour that is a hallmark of Jackie Chan's cinematic work first appeared in this light-hearted costume actioner, in which Jackie is a member of an... Read more
Half Baked (1998)
6.7/10
Director: Tamra Davis
Starring: Dave Chappelle, Jim Breuer, Harland Williams, Guillermo Diaz, Clarence Williams...
Like, oh wow man. There's this comedy right, and it's all about these dudes that need to get some money together so they can get their buddy out of ja... Read more
Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces (1990)
6.7/10
Director: Ferid Boughedir
Starring: Mustapha Adouani
A coming-of-age comedy/drama set in Tunisia. Twelve-year-old Noura is an impressionable boy who must learn to reconcile two conflicting worlds - the l... Read more
Hall Pass (2011)
5.9/10
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Starring: Christina Applegate, Richard Jenkins, Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Jenna Fischer
From the Farrelly Brothers ("There's Something About Mary") comes your ticket to fool around! Rick (Owen Wilson) and Fred (Jason Sudeikis) are best fr... Read more
Hamlet 2 (2008)
6.4/10
Director: Andrew Fleming
Starring: Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, David Arquette, Elisabeth Shue, Amy Poehler, Jos...
Steve Coogan stars as a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher who, in an effort to save his newly acquired drama department, conceives a... Read more
Hampstead (2017)
5.9/10
Director: Joel Hopkins
Starring: Diane Keaton, Brendan Gleeson, James Norton, Lesley Manville, Jason Watkins, Phi...
An American widow living in the London suburb of Hampstead and a man who lives on the Heath form an unlikely alliance against unscrupulous property de... Read more
Hancock (2008)
6.4/10
Director: Peter Berg
Starring: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Eddie Marsan, Jae Head, David Mattey...
Disillusioned superhero, Hancock (Will Smith), has fallen out of favour with his once adoring public - his life-saving antics are costing the city a b... Read more
Hancock ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
6.4/10
Director: Peter Berg
Starring: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Eddie Marsan, Jae Head, David Mattey...
Disillusioned superhero, Hancock (Will Smith), has fallen out of favour with his once adoring public - his life-saving antics are costing the city a b... Read more
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 3 (1959)
8.6/10
Starring: Tony Hancock, Sid James, Patricia Hayes
The late, great Tony Hancock is at his best in these ten episodes from 1959, with Sid James as the perfect foil. Collected from Series 5, Tony and Si... Read more
Hanging Up (2000)
4.8/10
Director: Diane Keaton
Starring: Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton, Lisa Kudrow, Walter Matthau
A trio of sisters, high-powered magazine editor Diane Keaton, housewife and would-be party planner Meg Ryan, and flighty soap actress Lisa Kudrow, hav... Read more