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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Johnny English Reborn (2011)
6.3/10
Director: Oliver Parker
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Rowan Atkinson, Dominic West, Togo Igawa, Rosamund Pike
English, Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson), is back in this slapstick-stuffed sequel to the 2003 spy spoof. This time out, the determined (if occasional... Read more
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
6.6/10
Director: David Kerr
Starring: Charles Dance, Edward Fox, Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Rowan Atkinson, Ben Mi...
The new adventure begins when a cyberattack reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain, leaving Johnny English as the secret se... Read more
Johnny English Strikes Again (Blu-Ray) (2018)
6.6/10
Director: David Kerr
Starring: Charles Dance, Edward Fox, Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Rowan Atkinson, Ben Mi...
The new adventure begins when a cyberattack reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain, leaving Johnny English as the secret se... Read more
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
8/10
Director: Taika Waititi
Starring: Taika Waititi, Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Rebel...
A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his s... Read more
Jojo Rabbit (Blu-Ray) (2019)
8/10
Director: Taika Waititi
Starring: Taika Waititi, Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Rebel...
A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his s... Read more
Joseph Andrews (1977)
5.7/10
Director: Tony Richardson
Starring: Ann-Margret , Beryl Reid, Jim Dale, Kenneth Cranham, Michael Hordern, Peter Bull...
Director Tony Richardson's ("Tom Jones") bawdy adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic novel finds the pure-hearted Joseph Andrews (Peter Firth) employ... Read more
Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
5.4/10
Director: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
Starring: Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson, Parker Posey, Alan Cumming
The curvaceous Archie Comics girls' rock band with "long tails and ears for hats" is brought to life by Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid and Rosario Daws... Read more
Jour De Fete (1949)
7.4/10
Director: Jacques Tati
Starring: Jacques Tati, Guy Decomble, Paul Frankeur
Jacques Tati's first feature film, which introduced some of the finest mime and slapstick humour since the days of Chaplin and Keaton. Tati is the vil... Read more
Jour De Fete ( Blu-ray ) (1949)
7.4/10
Director: Jacques Tati
Starring: Guy Decomble, Paul Frankeur
In his enchanting debut feature, Jacques Tati stars as a fussbudget of a postman who is thrown for a loop when a traveling fair comes to his village.... Read more
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)
6.8/10
Director: Stephen Chow
Starring: Shu Qi, Zhang Wen, Bo Huang, Show Luo, Shing-Cheung Lee, Bingqiang Chen, Sihan C...
This is a world plagued by demons, who cause its human inhabitants unspeakable suffering. Young demon hunter Xuan Zang, fearlessly guided by his belie... Read more