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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Hula Girls (2006)
7.2/10
Director: Sang-il Lee
Starring: Yasuko Matsuyuki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Yu Aoi, Shizuyo Yamazaki, Shoko Ikezu, Eri T...
Winner of five Japanese Oscars including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay, this is the true story of a small mining town in Japan whose fo... Read more
Human Nature (2001)
6.4/10
Director: Michel Gondry
Starring: Tim Robbins, Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto, Rosie Perez
"Being John Malkovich" scripter Charlie Kaufman wrote this delightfully offbeat yarn about an uptight behavioural scientist (Tim Robbins), his hirsute... Read more
Humboldt County (2008)
6.4/10
Director: Darren Grodsky, Danny Jacobs
Starring: Brad Dourif, Fairuza Balk, Peter Bogdanovich, Frances Conroy, Madison Davenport,...
Peter Hadley (Jeremy Strong), an uptight and disillusioned medical student, is failed by one of his professors, who happens to be his father. Seeking... Read more
Humor Me (2017)
5.9/10
Director: Sam Hoffman
Starring: Jemaine Clement, Elliott Gould, Annie Potts
An aging, widowed father refuses to engage emotionally with his recently divorced son, who is desperate for approval. Read more
Humpday (2009)
6/10
Director: Lynn Shelton
Starring: Joshua Leonard, Lynn Shelton, Mark Duplass, Alycia Delmore
It's been a decade since Ben (Mark Duplass) and Andrew (Joshua Leonard) were college bad boys. Ben is living contently with a good job and a great wif... Read more
Hunky Dory (2011)
6.2/10
Director: Marc Evans
Starring: Minnie Driver, Robert Pugh, Haydn Gwynne
It's the long hot British summer of 1976 and Viv (Minnie Driver) has left London, and her thespian aspirations, to work as a drama teacher in the loca... Read more
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
7.9/10
Director: Taika Waititi
Starring: Rima Te Wiata, Sam Neill, Oscar Kightley, Rhys Darby, Rachel House, Julian Denni...
Set in the New Zealand bush, the screenplay (based on Barry Crumps novel) begins on country folk Bella (Rima Te Wiata) and Hec (Neill) taking custody... Read more
Hunt for the Wilderpeople ( Blu-ray ) (2016)
7.9/10
Director: Taika Waititi
Starring: Rima Te Wiata, Sam Neill, Oscar Kightley, Rhys Darby, Rachel House, Julian Denni...
Set in the New Zealand bush, the screenplay (based on Barry Crumps novel) begins on country folk Bella (Rima Te Wiata) and Hec (Neill) taking custody... Read more
Hunting Elephants (2013)
6.4/10
Director: Reshef Levi
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Sasson Gabai, Moni Moshonov
"Hunting Elephants" centers on a 12-year-old Israeli boy named Jonathan, who is dealt a cruel double-blow by fate. First his father is killed in a fre... Read more
Husbands (Blu-ray) (1970)
7.4/10
Director: John Cassavetes
Starring: John Cassavetes, Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara
After the death of a common friend, three married men leave their lives together, seeking pleasure and freedom and ultimately leaving for London. Read more