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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Kung Fu Hustle ( Blu-ray ) (2004)
7.8/10
Director: Stephen Chow
Starring: Stephen Chow
Charismatic Hong Kong comedy legend Stephen Chow's ('Shaolin Soccer') frenetically paced martial arts spoof is a delirious mix of quickfire gags, surr... Read more
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
7.1/10
Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Alessandro Carloni
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, James Hong, Kate Hudson, Lucy Liu,...
In 2016, one of the most successful animated franchises in the world returns with its biggest comedy adventure yet, KUNG FU PANDA 3. When Po's long-lo... Read more
Kung Fu Panda 3 ( Blu-ray ) (2016)
7.1/10
Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Alessandro Carloni
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, James Hong, Kate Hudson, Lucy Liu,...
In 2016, one of the most successful animated franchises in the world returns with its biggest comedy adventure yet, KUNG FU PANDA 3. When Po's long-lo... Read more
Kung Fu Vampire Killers (2001)
5.7/10
Director: Phil Davison
Starring: Katherine Beresford, Aaron Orr, Ellie Swann, Vincent Wong Ming, Christopher Summ...
From Dunedin filmmaker Phil Davison comes a gruesome comedy about grave robbery, racism, and headless vampire flatmate corpses. Lucy is almost finishe... Read more
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
6.2/10
Director: Steve Oedekerk
Starring: Steve Oedekerk, Jennifer Tung, Leo Lee
Writer/Director Steve Oedekerk kicks the karate film genre up a notch by inserting new scenes, new dialogue - and himself - into an obscure Hong Kong... Read more
La Chevre ( The Goat ) (1981)
7.4/10
Director: Francis Veber
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Pedro Armendariz, Pierre Richard, Corynne Charbit
A classic French farce from Francis Veber, his first with comic duo Gerard Depardieu and Pierre Richard. Depardieu is the top private eye and Richard... Read more
La Chimera (2023)
7.3/10
Director: Alice Rohrwacher
Starring: Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Isabella Rossellini, Alba Rohrwacher
Tuscany, early 1980s. Arthur has just been released from a short stint in prison. During his earlier studies in the region, he fell in love with Benia... Read more
La Vache (2016)
6.8/10
Director: Mohamed Hamidi
Starring: Lambert Wilson, Jamel Debbouze
An Algerian man's life-long dream finally comes true when he receives an invitation to take his cow Jacqueline to the Paris International Agriculture... Read more
Ladies in Black (2018)
7.4/10
Director: Bruce Beresford
Starring: Julia Ormond, Noni Hazlehurst, Susie Porter, Vincent Perez, Nicholas Hammond, Sh...
In the summer of 1959, Lisa, a shy schoolgirl, takes a job in Sydney's prestigious department store Goode's. There, her life is changed forever when s... Read more
Ladies in Black (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7.4/10
Director: Bruce Beresford
Starring: Julia Ormond, Noni Hazlehurst, Susie Porter, Vincent Perez, Nicholas Hammond, Sh...
In the summer of 1959, Lisa, a shy schoolgirl, takes a job in Sydney's prestigious department store Goode's. There, her life is changed forever when s... Read more