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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Paul (2011)
7/10
Director: Greg Mottola
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Jason Bateman, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Bill Hader, Kristen Wii...
Two British comic book nerds (Simon Pegg and Nick Frost) befriend a foul-mouthed alien named Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen) while touring UFO-related sit... Read more
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
5.2/10
Director: Steve Carr
Starring: Kevin James, Keir O'Donnell, Jayma Mays, Raini Rodriguez, Shirley Knight, Stephe...
Kevin James stars in and also co-wrote this comedy in which he plays a single dad and wannabe State Trooper who instead patrols his local mall as a se... Read more
Pauline at the Beach (1982)
7.5/10
Director: Eric Rohmer
Starring: Amanda Langlet, Arielle Dombasle, Feodor Atkine
Eric Rohmer explores the complicated and comical romantic and sexual entanglements of six people on summer holiday. The coincidences, misunderstanding... Read more
Pawn Shop Chronicles (Blu-ray) (2013)
5.9/10
Director: Wayne Kramer
Starring: Paul Walker, Norman Reedus, Elijah Wood, Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser, Vincent D'...
An anthology of stories involving meth addicted white supremacists, a man looking for his kidnapped wife and an Elvis impersonator. Read more
Peaceful Times (2008)
Director: Neele Leana Vollmar
Starring: Katharina Schubert, Oliver Stokowski, Axel Prahl, Leonie Brill, Nina Monka, Tami...
Germany, 1963. Irene and Dieter, together with their children Ute, Wasa and Flori, have fled East Germany for the freedom of the West. But while Diete... Read more
Peacemaker (2022)
Director: James Gunn
Starring: John Cena, Danielle Brooks, Steve Agee, Robert Patrick
Picking up where The Suicide Squad (2021) left off, Peacemaker returns home after recovering from his encounter with Bloodsport - only to discover tha... Read more
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
7/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton
You want some fresh air? Here it is! Pee-wee Herman goes on an adventure to recover his most important possession - a bicycle stolen by some nasties.... Read more
Peekaboo! ( Cache Cache ) (2005)
6.9/10
Director: Yves Caumon
Starring: Antoine Chappey, Bernard Blancan, Lucia Sanchez
The story of an expropriated farmer who hides in the bottom of a well. From his well, he observes the newcomers in his own house. He tries to understa... Read more
Peep Show: Season 1 (2003)
8.6/10
Director: Jeremy Wooding
Starring: Robert Webb, David Mitchell
Mark and Jeremy are a couple of twenty-something roommates who have nothing in common - except for the fact that their lives are painfully normal. May... Read more
Peep World (2010)
5.6/10
Director: Barry W Blaustein
Starring: Alicia Witt, Lesley Ann Warren, Stephen Tobolowsky, Kate Mara, Michael C Hall, S...
What happens to a rich, neurotic family when one of their own writes a tell-all book, exposing all of their dirty secrets? Three siblings find themsel... Read more