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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Robbie the Reindeer Trilogy: The Whole Herd ( Hooves of Fire / Legend of the Lost Tribe / Close Encounters of the Herd Kind ) (1999)
Director: Richard Goleszowski, Peter Peake, Donnie Anderson
Starring: Ardal O'Hanlon, Jane Horrocks, Steve Coogan, Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse
A Robbie the Reindeer triple feature. "Hooves of Fire" (1999) - Robbie must fulfil his destiny to run the race of his life and take on his father's sw... Read more
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
6.7/10
Director: Mel Brooks
Starring: Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees, Amy Yasbeck, Dave Chappelle, Isaac Hayes,...
The once brilliant Mel Brooks provides further proof that his comedic well ran dry some time ago with this inane skewering of the legend of Sherwood F... Read more
Robin Williams: Live at the Met (1986)
Director: Bruce Gowers
Starring: Robin Williams
This HBO Special of Robin Williams live at New York's Metropolitan Opera House is one of the funniest stand up shows ever to be performed and recorded... Read more
Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (2002)
8.5/10
Director: Marty Callner
Starring: Robin Williams
Recorded and broadcast live from New York City's Broadway Theater at the culmination of his historic 2002 sold-out tour, the "Robin Williams: Live on... Read more
Robin-B-Hood (2006)
6.7/10
Director: Benny Chan
Starring: Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao
Jackie Chan plays an acrobatic cat burglar with a knack for getting out of tight spots. When he gets lured into a fishy kidnapping plot involving a ba... Read more
Robot and Frank (2012)
Director: Jake Schreier
Starring: Frank Langella, Liv Tyler, Susan Sarandon, James Marsden, Peter Sarsgaard, Jerem...
Set in the near future, Frank (Frank Langella), a retired cat burglar, has two grown kids who are concerned he can no longer live alone. They are temp... Read more
Rock Slyde (2009)
5.6/10
Starring: Patrick Warburton, Andy Dick, Elaine Hendrix
A film noir comedy about Rock Slyde, a down-and-out private detective that engages in a turf war with an upstart quasi-religious cult, The House of Ba... Read more
Rock the Casbah (2013)
6.5/10
Director: Laila Marrakchi
Starring: Morjana Alaoui, Nadine Labaki, Lubna Azabal, Hiam Abbass
The whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for her father's funeral. Quickly, inner problems are revealed. "Rock the Casbah is consistently en... Read more
Rock the Kasbah (Blu-ray) (2015)
5.5/10
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Bill Murray, Kate Hudson, Bruce Willis
A down-on-his-luck music manager discovers a teenage girl with an extraordinary voice while on a music tour in Afghanistan and takes her to Kabul to c... Read more
Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)
6.8/10
Director: Frank Tashlin
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Maxwell, Connie Stevens, Reginald Gardiner
Jerry Lewis becomes a full-time baby-sitter for movie sex-siren Marilyn Maxwell, who doesn't want her public to know she's had triplets. Connie Steven... Read more