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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Irma La Douce (1963)
7.4/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Jack Lemmon, Lou Jacobi
Jack Lemmon plays a bumbling Paris gendarme who is fired for raiding the red light district (where his chief is a customer) and becomes an equally bum... Read more
Iron Fisted Monk (1977)
Director: Sammo Hung
Starring: Sammo Hung, James Tien, Chan Sing, Fung Hak-on, Wu Ma
Sammo Hung's first directorial outing is a well-polished, innovative and highly entertaining kung-fu flick that was breaking new ground with its blend... Read more
Iron Sky (2012)
5.9/10
Director: Timo Vuorensola
Starring: Udo Kier, Julia Dietze, Christopher Kirby, Gotz Otto, Peta Sergeant, Stephanie P...
Aiming for instant cult status, this outrageous sci-fi comedy reveals how the Nazis managed to continue their plans for world conquest after losing Wo... Read more
Iron Sky (Blu-ray) (2012)
5.9/10
Director: Timo Vuorensola
Starring: Udo Kier, Julia Dietze, Christopher Kirby, Gotz Otto, Peta Sergeant, Stephanie P...
Aiming for instant cult status, this outrageous sci-fi comedy reveals how the Nazis managed to continue their plans for world conquest after losing Wo... Read more
Irresistible (2020)
6.2/10
Director: Jon Stewart
Starring: Steve Carell, Rose Byrne, Chris Cooper, Mackenzie Davis, Natasha Lyonne, Topher...
A Democratic strategist helps a retired veteran run for mayor in a small, conservative Midwest town. Read more
Ishtar (1987)
4.2/10
Director: Elaine May
Starring: Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani
An inept pair of singer-songwriters travel to North Africa to get a booking. However our heroes end up stranded in the Sahara Desert with a blind came... Read more
Isle of Dogs (2018)
8/10
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Akira Takayama, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Courtney B Vance, Edw...
When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off alon... Read more
Isle of Dogs (Blu-ray) (2018)
8/10
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Akira Takayama, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Courtney B Vance, Edw...
When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off alon... Read more
Isn't She Great (1999)
5.4/10
Director: Andrew Bergman
Starring: Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, Stockard Channing, David Hyde Pierce, Amanda Peet, Jo...
From the very beginning, best-selling novelist Jacqueline Susann (Bette Midler) just wanted her place in the spotlight. But with her career going nowh... Read more
It Ain't Half Hot Mum: Series 1 (1974)
7.1/10
Director: Bob Spiers, John Kilby, Ray Butt, Paul Bishop
Starring: Windsor Davies, Don Estelle, Melvyn Hayes, Michael Bates, George Layton, Donald...
Following the success of 'Dad's Army', co-creator Jimmy Perry adapted some more of his war-time memories into this award-winning sit-com. Featuring t... Read more