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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Les Grandes Manoeuvres (1955)
Director: Rene Clair
Starring: Michele Morgan, Gerard Philipe, Jean Desailly, Brigitte Bardot
AKA "Summer Manoeuvres" A rakish army lieutenant takes a bet from his comrades that he can make love to any woman in the town. The bet of course backf... Read more
Les Patterson Saves the World (1987)
4.9/10
Director: George Miller (II)
Starring: Barry Humphries, Dame Edna Everage, Henri Szeps, Pamela Stephenson, Sir Les Patt...
The one-time Australian Minister for the Yarts, Sir Leslie Colin Patterson KBE (Barry Humphries), is a lecherous, drunken, chain-smoking slob and vaun... Read more
Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot ( Mr Hulot's Holiday ) ( Blu-ray ) (1952)
Director: Jacques Tati
Starring: Nathalie Pascaud, Michelle Rolla, Jacques Tati
Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tatis endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tatis... Read more
Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009)
Director: Phil Claydon
Starring: James Corden, Mathew Horne, MyAnna Buring, Paul McGann, Vera Filatova, Silvia Co...
If the title doesn't make you want to watch this, then it's probably not for you. But if you're in the mood for a movie about two no-hoper guys who fi... Read more
Lesbian Vampire Killers (Blu-ray) (2009)
Director: Phil Claydon
Starring: James Corden, Mathew Horne, MyAnna Buring, Paul McGann, Vera Filatova, Silvia Co...
If the title doesn't make you want to watch this, then it's probably not for you. But if you're in the mood for a movie about two no-hoper guys who fi... Read more
Let It Ride (1989)
6.9/10
Director: Joe Pytka
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Jennifer Tilly
Richard Dreyfuss is on a roll and he just can't quit as a racetrack addict who gets a hot tip, and lets it ride him to big payouts. But when will his... Read more
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Let's Go To Prison (2006)
6/10
Director: Bob Odenkirk
Starring: Will Arnett, Dylan Baker, David Koechner, Chi McBride, Michael Shannon, Dax Shep...
Career crim John Lyshitski (Dax Shepard) has a big grudge against the man who has sentenced him to jail so many times and has his revenge all worked o... Read more
Let's Make Love (1960)
6.5/10
Director: George Cukor
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, Tony Randall
Marilyn Monroe sings 'My Heart Belongs to Daddy' in this breezy comedy of billionaires, show business and the truth. Yves Montand, a very wealthy man,... Read more
Letter To Brezhnev (1985)
6.6/10
Director: Chris Bernard
Starring: Alexandra Pigg, Alfred Molina, Peter Firth
One of the most highly acclaimed films from the New British cinema, this gritty portrait is the story of two girls caught up in the meaningless job of... Read more
Liar Liar (1997)
6.9/10
Director: Tom Shadyac
Starring: Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Jennifer Tilly, Swoosie Kurtz, Amanda Donohoe, Cary E...
Jim Carrey, an attorney who's made a career of stretching the truth, grants a birthday wish to his estranged son to be honest regardless of the cost i... Read more