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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Heathers (1988)
7.3/10
Director: Michael Lehmann
Starring: Shannen Doherty, Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Kim Walker, Lisanne Falk
Welcome to Westerburg High, where Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder) is beginning to tire of her membership in the powerful yet cruel clique of 'Heathers'... Read more
Heathers ( Blu-ray ) (1988)
7.3/10
Director: Michael Lehmann
Starring: Christian Slater, Kim Walker, Shannen Doherty, Winona Ryder, Lisanne Falk
Welcome to Westerburg High, where Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder) is beginning to tire of her membership in the powerful yet cruel clique of 'Heathers'... Read more
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
7.5/10
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Starring: Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main
Delightful classic fantasy/comedy from Ernst Lubitsch that despite its title opens in the 'other place' where deceased womanizer Don Ameche renews his... Read more
Heavens Above! (1963)
6.8/10
Director: John Boulting
Starring: Isabel Jeans, Cecil Parker, Peter Sellers, Ian Carmichael, Bernard Miles, Brock...
Peter Sellers, in an unusually low-key performance stars as a young vicar whose tendencies to interpret Christian doctrine in his own individualistic... Read more
Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)
7/10
Director: Peter Chelsom
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Jean Reno, Stellan Skarsgard, Toni Collette, Rosamund Pike,...
Hector (Simon Pegg) is a quirky, yet irresistible London psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. He tells his girlfriend,... Read more
Hello Again (1987)
5.3/10
Director: Frank Perry
Starring: Shelley Long, Judith Ivey, Gabriel Byrne
A suburban housewife chokes to death and is brought back to life by a spell cast by her wacky sister. Read more
Hello I Must Be Going (2012)
6.2/10
Director: Todd Louiso
Starring: Blythe Danner, Dan Futterman, John Rubinstein, Melanie Lynskey, Julie White, Chr...
Acclaimed Kiwi actress Melanie Lynskey ("Heavenly Creatures", "Up in the Air") stars in this quirky seriocomedy as Amy, a recent divorcée who seeks re... Read more
Henry Poole is Here (2008)
6.5/10
Director: Mark Pellington
Starring: Luke Wilson, Radha Mitchell, Adriana Barraza, George Lopez, Cheryl Hines, Richar...
Henry Poole (Luke Wilson) has a great life, a beautiful fiancee and he's just found out he's going to die. Hoping to drop out and live his final days... Read more
Henry Rollins: Uncut From NYC (2006)
7.5/10
Starring: Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins has been on the road a long time (25 years) and amassed quite a collection of outrageous, humorous stories and observations. The former... Read more
Henry's Crime (Blu-ray) (2010)
6/10
Director: Malcolm Venville
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Judy Greer, Fisher Stevens, James Caan, Vera Farmiga
Released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing. Read more