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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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1993)
6.9/10
Director: Tom Shadyac
Starring: Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young, Tone Loc
A Miami-based 'pet detective' is hired to find the kidnapped mascot of a football team. This comedy/whodunit marks the breakout role for hyperkinetic,... Read more
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
6.3/10
Director: Steve Oedekerk
Starring: Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow, Bob Gunton
Animal Sleuth and hair style freak Ace Ventura returns with his companion, the monkey spike, going to Africa to rescue a sacred bat that has been kidn... Read more
Adam and Steve (2005)
6.4/10
Director: Craig Chester
Starring: Malcolm Gets, Cary Curran, Parker Posey, Craig Chester, Noah Segan
In the 1980s, Adam (played by writer and director Craig Chester) and Steve (Malcolm Gets) had a horrifically embarrassing one-night stand. When they m... Read more
Adam's Rib (1949)
7.6/10
Director: George Cukor
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Tom Ewell, Judy Holliday
Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in one of their all-time great appearances as married attorneys who find themselves on opposite sides of a murder... Read more
Adaptation (2002)
7.7/10
Director: Spike Jonze
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, Brian Cox
From the "Being John Malkovich" duo of director Spike Jonze and writer Charlie Kaufman comes this stunningly original comedy that seamlessly blends fi... Read more
Adaptation ( Blu-ray ) (2002)
7.7/10
Director: Spike Jonze
Starring: Brian Cox, Chris Cooper, Meryl Streep, Nicolas Cage, Tilda Swinton
From the "Being John Malkovich" duo of director Spike Jonze and writer Charlie Kaufman comes this stunningly original comedy that seamlessly blends fi... Read more
Addams Family Values (1993)
6.7/10
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Cusack, Christina Ricci, Ca...
Love is in the air and when that air surrounds the Addams Family, events unfold in delightfully unexpected ways. Take Gomez (Raul Julia) and Morticia... Read more
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1973)
5.9/10
Director: Norman Cohen
Starring: Jim Dale, Arthur Lowe, Bill Maynard, Spike Milligan
Based on the first volume of Spike Milligan's wartime memoirs, this successful transition from page to screen takes us into the 56th Heavy Regiment, R... Read more
Adult Life Skills (2016)
6.2/10
Director: Rachel Tunnard
Starring: Brett Goldstein, Jodie Whittaker, Lorraine Ashbourne
Anna is stuck: she's approaching 30, living like a hermit in her mum's garden shed and wondering why the suffragettes ever bothered. She spends her da... Read more
Adventureland (2009)
6.8/10
Director: Greg Mottola
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Margar...
It's the summer of '87, and uptight college grad James (Jesse Eisenberg) has just had to give up a trip to Europe for a job at the local amusement par... Read more