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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Quartet (2012)
6.8/10
Director: Dustin Hoffman
Starring: Billy Connolly, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Pauline Collins, Tom Courtenay
Dustin Hoffman directs this comedy drama adapted by writer Ronald Harwood from his own stage play of the same name. Beecham House is a retirement home... Read more
Queen Kong (1976)
3.5/10
Director: Frank Agrama
Starring: Robin Askwith, Rula Lenska, Valerie Leon, John Clive, Carol Drinkwater
A British send-up of the original film with Rula Lenska as a director who takes an all-female crew and a handsome young actor, Ray Fay (Robin Askwith)... Read more
Queens Logic (1991)
5.9/10
Director: Steve Rash
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Linda Fiorentino, John Malkovich, Joe Mantegna, Tom Waits, Chloe We...
A remarkable ensemble cast comes together for a thought-provoking examination of growing up and growing apart. A group of friends return to their old... Read more
Quick Change (1990)
6.8/10
Director: Bill Murray, Howard Franklin
Starring: Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid, Jason Robards
A clever, fast-paced comedy about a trio of bank robbers headed by Bill Murray, who pull off a complicated heist but then fail to find a way out of N.... Read more
Quiet Night In (2006)
5.3/10
Director: Christopher Banks
Starring: Nicolette Kenny, Richard Lambeth, Lucy Gay, Brian McKay, Kittichon Helviphat
B-movie madness ensues when would-be novelist Jess Bartlett stages a 'quiet night in' to finish her new book, fuelled by endless glasses of red wine a... Read more
R.P.M. (1997)
3.6/10
Director: Ian Sharp
Starring: David Arquette, Emmanuelle Seigner, Famke Janssen, Stephen Yardley, Kenneth Cran...
A professional car thief pulls off the heist of a lifetime when a steals a prototype supercar. Read more
Radiant City (2006)
7/10
Director: Jim Brown, Gary Burns
Shot in Alberta, Canada, this mock documentary takes a satiric look at 21st-century suburban sprawl...and dislikes what it finds! Taking a harsh but h... Read more
Radio Days (1987)
7.6/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Dianne Wiest, Julie Kavner, Mia Farrow, Seth Green
Woody Allen's wonderful period comedy returning to the nostalgia of the days of radio, with Julie Kavner, Michael Tucker, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest and... Read more
Raising Helen (2004)
6/10
Director: Garry Marshall
Starring: Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan Cusack, Hayden Panettiere, Spencer Breslin, Abig...
Helen Harris (Kate Hudson) is a glamourous big-city fashion executive whose life of late nights and bright lights is turned upside down when she's une... Read more
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
6/10
Director: Leo McCarey
Starring: Jack Carson, Joan Collins, Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman
This diverting romantic comedy centers on the deteriorating relationship of Harry and Grace Bannerman (Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward). While Harry is e... Read more