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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Laurel and Hardy: The Wizard of Oz / Hustling for Health (1925)
7/10
Director: Larry Semon
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy makes an appearance in the 1925 version of "The Wizard of Oz" (which is totally different in its approach compared to the classic 1939 re... Read more
Laurel and Hardy: Way Out West / Pack Up Your Troubles / The Original Brats / A Chump At Oxford / Pardon Us (1928)
7/10
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
This 5 disc collection of classic titles from Laurel and Hardy includes: 'Way Out West' (1937), 'Pack Up Your Troubles' (1932), 'The Original Brats' (... Read more
Laurel Canyon (2002)
6.4/10
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Starring: Frances McDormand, Kate Beckinsale, Christian Bale, Natascha McElhone, Alessandr...
In an exclusive Los Angeles neighbourhood, ageing hippie record producer Frances McDormand finds her empty nest filled by son Christian Bale and his f... Read more
Lawn Dogs (1997)
7.6/10
Director: John Duigan
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Christopher McDonald, Kathleen Quinlan, Mischa Barton
Landscaper Sam Rockwell ('Box of Moonlight') observes the foibles of the privileged people around him in a posh surburban gated community and forms an... Read more
Le Chef ( aka Comme un chef ) (2012)
6.7/10
Director: Daniel Cohen
Starring: Jean Reno, Julien Boisselier, Michael Youn, Raphaelle Agogue, Salome Stevenin
Alexandre Lagarde (Jean Reno) is the king of the kitchen at Cargo Lagarde. But his position at the top is threatened when scheming CEO Stanislas Matte... Read more
Le Chignon d'Olga (2002)
6.8/10
Director: Jerome Bonnell
Starring: Nathalie Boutefeu
A bereaved young man falls in love with a shop assistant he glimpses in a window and secretly tries to get to know her better. Read more
Le Donk and Scor-zay-zee (2009)
Director: Shane Meadows
Starring: Paddy Considine, Richard Graham, Dean Palinczuk, Olivia Colman, The Arctic Monke...
Rock 'n' roll roadie and failed musician Le Donk (Paddy Considine) has lived, loved and learned. Now he sees a great opportunity when he spots up-and-... Read more
Le Havre (2011)
7.2/10
Director: Aki Kaurismaki
Starring: Andre Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Blondin Miguel
In this warmhearted comic yarn from Aki Kaurismaki, fate throws the young African refugee Idrissa (Blondin Miguel) into the path of Marcel Marx (Andre... Read more
Le Redoubtable (Godard Mon Amour) (2017)
6.7/10
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Starring: Louis Garrel, Berenice Bejo, Gregory Gadebois, Stacy Martin, Micha Lescot
During the making of one of his films, French film director Jean-Luc Godard falls in love with 17-year-old actress Anne Wiazemsky and later marries he... Read more
Le Souffle au Coeur ( Murmur of the Heart ) (1971)
7.8/10
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Daniel Gelin, Benoit Ferreux, Lea Massari, Marc Wincourt
One of Louis Malle's finest films, it is set in France at the time of the Indochinese war and follows the progress of 14-year-old Laurent as he tries... Read more