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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Poltergay (2006)
5.4/10
Director: Eric Lavaine
Starring: Clovis Cornillac, Julie Depardieu, Lionel Abelanski, Gilles Gaston Dreyfus, Jean...
An over-the-top horror spoof from France, with a young married couple thrilled to have bought a decrepit old mansion at a cheap price only to discover... Read more
Poms (2019)
5.4/10
Director: Zara Hayes
Starring: Diane Keaton, Jacki Weaver, Rhea Perlman, Pam Grier, Celia Weston, Charlie Tahan...
Martha is an introverted woman who moves to a retirement community that has shuffleboard, golf, bowling and other activities. Hoping to be left alone,... Read more
Poor Things (Blu-ray) (2023)
7.8/10
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Christopher Abbott
Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the pr... Read more
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
6.7/10
Director: Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone
Starring: Joan Cusack, Sarah Silverman, Tim Meadows, Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Imogen P...
After a two-year, sold-out, worldwide tour, Conner4Real (Andy Samberg) is the biggest name in music. Go behind the scenes as Conner faces a crisis of... Read more
Populaire (2012)
6.9/10
Director: Regis Roinsard
Starring: Eddy Mitchell, Miou-Miou, Romain Duris, Frederic Pierrot, Deborah Francois, Ber...
Set in 1950s France, Rose (Deborah Francois), a village shopkeeper's daughter, travels to Normandy to try out for a job as a secretary for local lawye... Read more
Pork Pie (2017)
6.5/10
Director: Matt Murphy
Starring: Dean O'Gorman, James Rolleston, Ashleigh Cummings
'Pork Pie' tracks the escapades of a trio of accidental outlaws as they travel the length of New Zealand in a yellow MINI Cooper S, protesting conform... Read more
Pork Pie (Blu-ray) (2017)
6.4/10
Director: Matt Murphy
Starring: Dean O'Gorman, James Rolleston, Ashleigh Cummings
'Pork Pie' tracks the escapades of a trio of accidental outlaws as they travel the length of New Zealand in a yellow MINI Cooper S, protesting conform... Read more
Porky's/Porky's II: The Next Day (1981)
6.2/10
Director: Bob Clark
Starring: Dan Monahan, Kim Cattrall, Nancy Parsons, Susan Clark, Alex Karras, Kaki Hunter,...
Porky's (1981): This raunchy comedy hit that spawned two sequels takes an unblushing look at teenage adolescence in the 1950s. It follows the comic mi... Read more
Porridge (1979)
8.3/10
Director: Dick Clement
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale
This full-length feature based on the classic British TV series stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as two prisoners who want nothing more than... Read more
Porterhouse Blue (1987)
7.7/10
Director: Robert Knights
Starring: David Jason, Ian Richardson, John Sessions, Charles Gray, Barbara Jefford
Based on the best-seller by great British satirist Tom Sharpe, this TV classic stars David Jason and Ian Richardson as two men battling over the futur... Read more