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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Local Hero (1983)
7.5/10
Director: Bill Forsyth
Starring: Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Fulton MacKay
The delicate ecological balance of a small unspoiled Scottish village is threatened by the plans of a wealthy oilman. 'Local Hero' is a tender, very f... Read more
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
8.2/10
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Dexter Fletcher, Jason Flemyng, Nick Moran, Steven Mackintosh, Sting , Vinnie Jo...
This stylish, vivacious and witty number focuses on a group of mates who loose half a million pounds in a rigged card game and will start losing pinki... Read more
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels ( Blu-ray ) (1998)
8.2/10
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Dexter Fletcher, Jason Flemyng, Nick Moran, Steven Mackintosh, Sting , Vinnie Jo...
This stylish, vivacious and witty number focuses on a group of mates who loose half a million pounds in a rigged card game and will start losing pinki... Read more
Locked Down (2021)
5.2/10
Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dule Hill, Anne Hathaway
Paxton and Linda, a couple at the end of their relationship who are only still living together because of lock-down orders in the U.K. The two attempt... Read more
Logan Lucky (2017)
7/10
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Daniel Craig, Katie Holmes, Channing Tatum, Adam Driver
West Virginia family man Jimmy Logan teams up with his one-armed brother Clyde and sister Mellie to steal money from the Charlotte Motor Speedway in N... Read more
Logan Lucky (Blu-ray) (2017)
7/10
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Daniel Craig, Katie Holmes, Channing Tatum, Adam Driver
West Virginia family man Jimmy Logan teams up with his one-armed brother Clyde and sister Mellie to steal money from the Charlotte Motor Speedway in N... Read more
Lol ( Laughing Out Loud ) (2008)
6.3/10
Director: Lisa Azuelos
Starring: Sophie Marceau, Christa Theret
In text-speak, LOL means "laughing out loud", but in this case it is also the nickname of fifteen year old Lola, who lives with her mum, Anne. When Lo... Read more
Lonely Hearts (1982)
6.8/10
Director: Paul Cox
Starring: Norman Kaye, Wendy Hughes
In this offbeat comedy, an unlikely romance develops between a flamboyant, middle-aged piano tuner and an extremely timid office worker. In HD. Read more
Lonesome (1928)
7.8/10
Director: Paul Fejos
Two lonely people in the big city meet and enjoy the thrills of an amusement park, only to lose each other in the crowd after spending a great day tog... Read more
Lonesome Jim (2005)
6.6/10
Director: Steve Buscemi
Starring: Casey Affleck, Liv Tyler, Mary Kay Place, Seymour Cassel, Kevin Corrigan
Steve Buscemi directs this low-key comedy/drama about Jim (Casey Affleck) a chronically gloomy, aspiring novelist returning home to his parents' home... Read more