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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Anomalisa (2015)
7.3/10
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Starring: David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan
From the mind of Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) comes Anomalisa, a tender, touching and ach... Read more
Anomalisa ( Blu-ray ) (2015)
7.3/10
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Starring: David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan
From the mind of Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) comes Anomalisa, a tender, touching and ach... Read more
Anora (2024)
7.5/10
Director: Sean Baker
Starring: Mikey Madison, Yura Borisov, Mark Eydelshteyn, Karren Karagulian
Anora, a sex worker from brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russ... Read more
Anora (Blu-ray) (2024)
7.5/10
Director: Sean Baker
Starring: Mikey Madison, Yura Borisov, Mark Eydelshteyn, Karren Karagulian
Anora, a sex worker from brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russ... Read more
Another Gay Movie (2006)
5/10
Director: Todd Stephens
Starring: Michael Carbonaro, Jonah Blechman, Jonathan Chase, Mitch Morris, Ashlie Atkinson...
A twist on the well-worn conceit of four horny friends each trying to get their cherries popped before college - these four teen virgins are gay. Jaro... Read more
Another Stakeout (1993)
5.5/10
Director: John Badham
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Rosie O'Donnell, Cathy Moriarty, Dennis Farina...
Disaster-prone detectives (Dreyfuss and Estevez) have trouble blending in when they are assigned to stake out a ritzy neighbourhood. Read more
Another Thin Man (1939)
7.5/10
Director: W S Van Dyke
Starring: Myrna Loy, William Powell, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger, C Aubrey Smith
In their third outing, the Charleses travel to the Long Island estate of a wealthy munitions mogul who is convinced his ex-business partner is out to... Read more
Another Woman's Life (2012)
6.3/10
Director: Sylvie Testud
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Mathieu Kassovitz, Aure Atika
On the night of her 29th birthday, fun-loving Marie (Juliette Binoche) meets quiet comic book artist Paul (Mathieu Kassovitz). During an evening of dr... Read more
Another Year (2010)
7.3/10
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: Imelda Staunton, Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville, Peter Wight
Writer/director Mike Leigh's moving and comic drama follows a year in the life of long-married couple Tom (Jim Broadbent) and Gerri (Ruth Sheen), who... Read more
Antboy (2013)
5.2/10
Starring: Nicolas Bro, Marcuz Jess Petersen
12-year-old Pelle is bitten by an ant and develops superpowers. Aided by comic book nerd Wilhelm, Pelle creates a secret identity as superhero Antboy.... Read more