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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Ladies in Lavender (2004)
7/10
Director: Charles Dance
Starring: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Daniel Bruhl, Miriam Margolyes, Natascha McElhone, Dav...
Judi Dench and Maggie Smith are elderly spinsters living on the Cornwall coast in 1936 when they find a handsome young Polish man washed up injured on... Read more
Ladies of the Chorus (1948)
6.1/10
Director: Phil Karlson
Starring: Adele Jergens, Marilyn Monroe, Rand Brooks, Nana Bryant, Eddie Garr
Marilyn's second feature film casts her as dizzy burlesque queen, Peggy Martin, who gets a big break after stealing not only the show, but the heart o... Read more
Lady Bird (2017)
7.5/10
Director: Greta Gerwig
Starring: Laurie Metcalf, Lois Smith, Saoirse Ronan, Odeya Rush, Tracy Letts, Timothee Cha...
Christine "Lady Bird" MacPherson is a high school senior from the "wrong side of the tracks." She longs for adventure, sophistication, and opportunity... Read more
Lady Bird (Blu-ray) (2017)
7.5/10
Director: Greta Gerwig
Starring: Laurie Metcalf, Lois Smith, Saoirse Ronan, Odeya Rush, Tracy Letts, Timothee Cha...
Christine "Lady Bird" MacPherson is a high school senior from the "wrong side of the tracks." She longs for adventure, sophistication, and opportunity... Read more
Laggies (2014)
6.4/10
Director: Lynn Shelton
Starring: Keira Knightley, Chloe Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell, Kaitlyn Dever, Jeff Garlin, E...
Aka "Say When". Overeducated and underemployed, 28-year-old Megan (Keira Knightley) is in the throes of a quarter-life crisis. Squarely into adulthood... Read more
Land of the Lost (2009)
5.4/10
Director: Brad Silberling
Starring: Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride, Jorma Taccone
Will Ferrell is Dr Rick Marshall, a quantum paleontologist whose wacky ideas about time travel have seen him outcast from the scientific community. Bu... Read more
Land of the Lost ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
5.4/10
Director: Brad Silberling
Starring: Anna Friel, Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, Jorma Taccone
Will Ferrell is Dr Rick Marshall, a quantum paleontologist whose wacky ideas about time travel have seen him outcast from the scientific community. Bu... Read more
Langauge Lessons (2021)
Starring: Mark Duplass
A Spanish teacher and her student develop an unexpected friendship. Read more
Larger Than Life (1996)
5.6/10
Director: Howard Franklin
Starring: Bill Murray, Janeane Garofalo, Linda Fiorentino
When the circus clown father he never knew dies and leaves him with a four-ton elephant named Vera, Bill Murray sets off on a wild cross-country odyss... Read more
Larry Crowne (2011)
6.1/10
Director: Tom Hanks
Starring: Julia Roberts, Pam Grier, Tom Hanks, Cedric The Entertainer, Taraji P Henson, Br...
Academy Award winner Tom Hanks directed, co-wrote (with Nia Vardalos), and stars in this romantic and optimistic comedy about how it's never too late... Read more