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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Almost Christmas (2013)
6.1/10
Director: Phil Morrison
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Paul Rudd
Two French Canadian ne'er-do-wells travel to New York City with a scheme to get rich quick selling Christmas trees. Easygoing charmer Rene (Paul Rudd)... Read more
Almost Famous (2000)
7.9/10
Director: Cameron Crowe
Starring: Billy Crudup, Peter Frampton, Patrick Fugit, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kate Hudson...
Former rock critic Cameron Crowe delves into the past with this affectionate story centering on high school student Patrick Fugit, who aspires to cove... Read more
Almost Famous: The Bootleg Edition ( Blu-ray ) (2000)
7.9/10
Director: Cameron Crowe
Starring: Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Patrick Fugit, Anna Paq...
Former rock critic Cameron Crowe delves into the past with this affectionate story centering on high school student Patrick Fugit, who aspires to cove... Read more
Almost Pregmant (1992)
Starring: Tanya Roberts, Jeff Conaway, John Calvin, Joan Severance, Dom DeLuise
A sex farce about a woman with an infertile husband who is desperate to get pregnant. She enlists the help of her neighbor and an in-law. Meanwhile he... Read more
Aloha (2015)
5.4/10
Director: Cameron Crowe
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Emma Stone, Bill Murray, John Krasinski, Danny M...
A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling f... Read more
Along Came Jones (1945)
6.6/10
Director: Stuart Heisler
Starring: Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, William Demarest, Dan Duryea, Frank Sully
A light-hearted spoof on Westerns and Cooper's own heroic movie persona. The iconic western star plays Melody Jones, a mild-mannered cowboy who drift... Read more
Amazing Adventure (1936)
6.3/10
Director: Alfred Zeisler
Starring: Cary Grant, Mary Brian, Henry Kendall, Leon M Lion
Based on the novel by E. Philips Oppenheim, this was an early showcase of Cary Grant's easy charm and helped establish him as a star in his native Eng... Read more
American Beauty (1999)
8.4/10
Director: Sam Mendes
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Allison Janney, Peter Gallagher, Mena...
Five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Director and Actor, went to this lacerating, darkly funny look at decay in contemporary suburbia. Kevin Sp... Read more
American Beauty ( Blu-ray ) (1999)
8.4/10
Director: Sam Mendes
Starring: Annette Bening, Chris Cooper, Kevin Spacey, Peter Gallagher, Scott Bakula, Thora...
Five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Director and Actor, went to this lacerating, darkly funny look at decay in contemporary suburbia. Kevin Sp... Read more
American Dreamer (1984)
6.7/10
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Starring: JoBeth Williams, Tom Conti, Giancarlo Giannini
A stifled housewife (JoBeth Williams) who loses herself in trashy romance novels wins a trip to Paris and, after a bump on the head, comes to believe... Read more