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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Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins... (1985)
6.4/10
Director: Guy Hamilton
Starring: Charles Cioffi, Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Kate Mulgrew, Wilford Brimley, George Coe
Given a new face and identity, street-smart NYC cop Remo Williams (Fred Ward) is recruited into a super-secret organization which roots out crooks so... Read more
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins... (Blu-ray) (1985)
6.4/10
Director: Guy Hamilton
Starring: Charles Cioffi, Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Kate Mulgrew, Wilford Brimley, George Coe
Given a new face and identity, street-smart NYC cop Remo Williams (Fred Ward) is recruited into a super-secret organization which roots out crooks so... Read more
Renfield (2023)
6.4/10
Director: Chris McKay
Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina Nora Lum, Ben Schwartz, Adrian Martinez,...
Renfield, Dracula's tortured henchman, is forced to capture prey for his master and do his every bidding. But now, after centuries of servitude, Renfi... Read more
Reno 911! Miami - The Movie (2007)
Director: Robert Ben Garant
Starring: Carlos Alazraqui, Mary Birdsong, Robert Ben Garant, Alejandra Gutierrez, Kerri K...
A spin-off film from the hilarious reality TV/'Cops' spoof originally made by Comedy Central. Featuring all the original cast members, and like the se... Read more
Reno 911: Miami (2007)
5.9/10
Director: Robert Ben Garant
Starring: Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, Kerri Kenney
A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring... Read more
Rent-a-Cop (1987)
4.6/10
Director: Jerry London
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli, James Remar, Richard Masur, Bernie Casey, Robby Be...
When call-girl Della gets caught in the middle of a drug bust at a hotel where she was meeting a trick, she is held hostage by a robber that busted in... Read more
Rentadick (1972)
4.4/10
Director: Jim Clark
Starring: Donald Sinden, Julie Ege, Richard Briers, Ronald Fraser, Spike Milligan, Richard...
Scripted by John Cleese and Graham Chapman, this bawdy British farce sees long-suffering Mr. Armitage (Donald Sinden) calling in a band of private det... Read more
Repo Chick (2009)
3.8/10
Director: Alex Cox
Starring: Chloe Webb, Karen Black, Robert Beltran, Rosanna Arquette, Miguel Sandoval, Jacl...
Spoiled rich girl Pixie De La Chasse has been disinherited by her family due to her numerous driving offences, her failure to get a job and her overal... Read more
Repossessed (1990)
4.8/10
Director: Bob Logan
Starring: Linda Blair, Leslie Nielsen, Ned Beatty
Leslie Nielsen stars as Father Mayii, the retired priest who must once again do battle with Satan for the soul of a suburban housewife in thisover the... Read more
Rest for the Wicked (2011)
6.7/10
Director: Simon Pattison
Starring: Ian Mune, John Bach, Ken Blackburn, Tony Barry, Bruce Allpress, Irene Wood, Eliz...
In "Rest for the Wicked", Tony Barry is Murray, an ex-cop compelled to come out of retirement for one last case when he finds out his old nemesis, Fra... Read more